Ranged Touch
@rangedtouch.bsky.social
Bespoke critical deep dives. JUST KING THINGS. HOMESTUCK MADE THIS WORLD. GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES. other stuff. @ckunzelman.bsky.social @ztul.bsky.social and Danni too. www.rangedtouch.com
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Ranged Touch
@rangedtouch.bsky.social
· May 2
Hello! Ranged Touch is a podcast network touching on various aspects of popular culture. A selection of currently running shows is below, and everything we do and have done (including a completed Actual Play series and a longform series on the webcomic Homestuck) can be found at rangedtouch.com
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@rangedtouch.bsky.social Will this Jordy Verrill be the first official action figure released of Uncle Steve himself?
February 15, 2026 at 8:01 PM
@rangedtouch.bsky.social Will this Jordy Verrill be the first official action figure released of Uncle Steve himself?
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[Verse 3]
The blue coat and brown hat
And I don't worry 'cause my pony's fat
Yellow boots, Goldberry
Singin' songs, makin' merry
[Chorus]
They come runnin' just as fast as they will
'Cause every hobbit crazy 'bout Tom Bombadil](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ngq2ezbvltsjg6hpp2eftsik/bafkreigsq4uom76h3irojp32qleeywwpsoawbcynj62znimi2ifzbwf4bu@jpeg)
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...the arkenstone....
We went there, and now we're back again! Today Shelved by Genre concludes our reading of THE HOBBIT, discussing a bit more Tolkien's literary scholarship as it inflects his aesthetic projects and why therefore Beowulf needed a little guy who followed him around. rangedtouch.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 AM
...the arkenstone....
or lord of the year. whatever
speaking of, if any tobacco and tobacco accessory outfits (famously numerous here on bluesky) have some Tolkien-themed products they can send samples to @ztul.bsky.social for review during the Year of the Ring
February 13, 2026 at 3:15 PM
or lord of the year. whatever
speaking of, if any tobacco and tobacco accessory outfits (famously numerous here on bluesky) have some Tolkien-themed products they can send samples to @ztul.bsky.social for review during the Year of the Ring
February 13, 2026 at 3:13 PM
speaking of, if any tobacco and tobacco accessory outfits (famously numerous here on bluesky) have some Tolkien-themed products they can send samples to @ztul.bsky.social for review during the Year of the Ring
We went there, and now we're back again! Today Shelved by Genre concludes our reading of THE HOBBIT, discussing a bit more Tolkien's literary scholarship as it inflects his aesthetic projects and why therefore Beowulf needed a little guy who followed him around. rangedtouch.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 13, 2026 at 3:11 PM
We went there, and now we're back again! Today Shelved by Genre concludes our reading of THE HOBBIT, discussing a bit more Tolkien's literary scholarship as it inflects his aesthetic projects and why therefore Beowulf needed a little guy who followed him around. rangedtouch.com/2026/02/13/t...
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Crime Novel Steve is here.
JUST KING THINGS embarks upon a new era today, with the full emergence of 'Crime Fiction Steve' by way of the BILL HODGES TRILOGY. It begins with MR. MERCEDES, a 2014 novel precision-targeted to enrapture and terrify grandparents everywhere. rangedtouch.com/2026/02/09/m...
February 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Crime Novel Steve is here.
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Over on our Patreon, this month's JUST KING THINGS Bonus Episode sees us undertaking something slightly new: discussing a three-season TV show that adapts a trilogy of books. So far it's mainly a good time! www.patreon.com/posts/150368...
February 10, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Over on our Patreon, this month's JUST KING THINGS Bonus Episode sees us undertaking something slightly new: discussing a three-season TV show that adapts a trilogy of books. So far it's mainly a good time! www.patreon.com/posts/150368...
Over on our Patreon, this month's JUST KING THINGS Bonus Episode sees us undertaking something slightly new: discussing a three-season TV show that adapts a trilogy of books. So far it's mainly a good time! www.patreon.com/posts/150368...
February 10, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Over on our Patreon, this month's JUST KING THINGS Bonus Episode sees us undertaking something slightly new: discussing a three-season TV show that adapts a trilogy of books. So far it's mainly a good time! www.patreon.com/posts/150368...
JUST KING THINGS embarks upon a new era today, with the full emergence of 'Crime Fiction Steve' by way of the BILL HODGES TRILOGY. It begins with MR. MERCEDES, a 2014 novel precision-targeted to enrapture and terrify grandparents everywhere. rangedtouch.com/2026/02/09/m...
February 9, 2026 at 2:31 PM
JUST KING THINGS embarks upon a new era today, with the full emergence of 'Crime Fiction Steve' by way of the BILL HODGES TRILOGY. It begins with MR. MERCEDES, a 2014 novel precision-targeted to enrapture and terrify grandparents everywhere. rangedtouch.com/2026/02/09/m...
in just a few hours...you'll learn...just how mister a mercerdes can be
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 AM
in just a few hours...you'll learn...just how mister a mercerdes can be
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I took a little time before work to read The Hobbit and try to draw Smaug based on the description like @rangedtouch.bsky.social asked. He sounds like a Bat-Piggy with a bunch of arms to me.
February 6, 2026 at 3:08 AM
I took a little time before work to read The Hobbit and try to draw Smaug based on the description like @rangedtouch.bsky.social asked. He sounds like a Bat-Piggy with a bunch of arms to me.
Help! I've lost my Arkenstone amid the space encompassed by the Hubble Ultra Deep Field image!
February 1, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Help! I've lost my Arkenstone amid the space encompassed by the Hubble Ultra Deep Field image!
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@rangedtouch.bsky.social My 10-year-old daughter drew this for the Smaug description challenge.
January 31, 2026 at 5:58 PM
@rangedtouch.bsky.social My 10-year-old daughter drew this for the Smaug description challenge.
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we forgot to talk about it in the episode but he admits that Donkey Kong defies categorization and typology
In the 90th episode of GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES, we journey all the way back to 1984 to discuss the first published textbook on video game development, Atari legend Chris Crawford's pointed, prescient, and idiosyncratic THE ART OF COMPUTER GAME DESIGN: rangedtouch.com/2026/01/31/9...
January 31, 2026 at 3:30 PM
we forgot to talk about it in the episode but he admits that Donkey Kong defies categorization and typology
In the 90th episode of GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES, we journey all the way back to 1984 to discuss the first published textbook on video game development, Atari legend Chris Crawford's pointed, prescient, and idiosyncratic THE ART OF COMPUTER GAME DESIGN: rangedtouch.com/2026/01/31/9...
January 31, 2026 at 3:21 PM
In the 90th episode of GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES, we journey all the way back to 1984 to discuss the first published textbook on video game development, Atari legend Chris Crawford's pointed, prescient, and idiosyncratic THE ART OF COMPUTER GAME DESIGN: rangedtouch.com/2026/01/31/9...
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I put more work into this than anyone in their right mind would, and I blame/credit the good folks at @rangedtouch.bsky.social for putting the thought into my head.
#comioc #hobbit #bofur #traditionalart
#comioc #hobbit #bofur #traditionalart
January 31, 2026 at 12:16 AM
I put more work into this than anyone in their right mind would, and I blame/credit the good folks at @rangedtouch.bsky.social for putting the thought into my head.
#comioc #hobbit #bofur #traditionalart
#comioc #hobbit #bofur #traditionalart
Venture with SHELVED BY GENRE into the dragon's lair today, as we continue our reading of THE HOBBIT by JRR Tolkien! rangedtouch.com/2026/01/30/t...
January 30, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Venture with SHELVED BY GENRE into the dragon's lair today, as we continue our reading of THE HOBBIT by JRR Tolkien! rangedtouch.com/2026/01/30/t...
tomorrow: more el hobito
January 30, 2026 at 12:44 AM
tomorrow: more el hobito
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Patreon-backers of SHELVED BY GENRE will find on their doorstep today a new BONUS EPISODE in which we go incredibly long on the first movie of Jackson's HOBBIT trilogy, AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, and shoot our shot with Lee Pace: www.patreon.com/posts/shelve...
January 23, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Patreon-backers of SHELVED BY GENRE will find on their doorstep today a new BONUS EPISODE in which we go incredibly long on the first movie of Jackson's HOBBIT trilogy, AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, and shoot our shot with Lee Pace: www.patreon.com/posts/shelve...
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COMMONWEALTH is OUT NOW.
It is a "far-future social climbing simulation" inspired by En Garde!, The Book of the New Sun, and Barry Lyndon.
@nictringali.bsky.social did the layout and graphic design and the cover and interior art is from @amandalee.bsky.social
👉 modality.itch.io/commonwealth 🍷🌹
It is a "far-future social climbing simulation" inspired by En Garde!, The Book of the New Sun, and Barry Lyndon.
@nictringali.bsky.social did the layout and graphic design and the cover and interior art is from @amandalee.bsky.social
👉 modality.itch.io/commonwealth 🍷🌹
COMMONWEALTH by Michael Hansen
A far-future social climbing simulation
modality.itch.io
January 23, 2026 at 6:08 PM
COMMONWEALTH is OUT NOW.
It is a "far-future social climbing simulation" inspired by En Garde!, The Book of the New Sun, and Barry Lyndon.
@nictringali.bsky.social did the layout and graphic design and the cover and interior art is from @amandalee.bsky.social
👉 modality.itch.io/commonwealth 🍷🌹
It is a "far-future social climbing simulation" inspired by En Garde!, The Book of the New Sun, and Barry Lyndon.
@nictringali.bsky.social did the layout and graphic design and the cover and interior art is from @amandalee.bsky.social
👉 modality.itch.io/commonwealth 🍷🌹