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
mrw ur whispering instead of choosing a pebble
November 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
mrw ur whispering instead of choosing a pebble
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This is why I love Just King Things 🚙🏨🤡
@rangedtouch.bsky.social's Michael Lutz:
"Obviously I'm marrying Christine, because it's what she deserves;
I'm killing the Overlook Hotel, and
I will fuck Pennywise, because there's, uh, there's a LOT of room for what might happen there"
@rangedtouch.bsky.social's Michael Lutz:
"Obviously I'm marrying Christine, because it's what she deserves;
I'm killing the Overlook Hotel, and
I will fuck Pennywise, because there's, uh, there's a LOT of room for what might happen there"
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This is why I love Just King Things 🚙🏨🤡
@rangedtouch.bsky.social's Michael Lutz:
"Obviously I'm marrying Christine, because it's what she deserves;
I'm killing the Overlook Hotel, and
I will fuck Pennywise, because there's, uh, there's a LOT of room for what might happen there"
@rangedtouch.bsky.social's Michael Lutz:
"Obviously I'm marrying Christine, because it's what she deserves;
I'm killing the Overlook Hotel, and
I will fuck Pennywise, because there's, uh, there's a LOT of room for what might happen there"
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You can buy the director’s cut of Doctor Sleep on Apple/iTunes as an “iTunes bonus” and it has its own menu with soundtrack music, it felt like a dvd menu! (I think it also has a directory commentary)
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
You can buy the director’s cut of Doctor Sleep on Apple/iTunes as an “iTunes bonus” and it has its own menu with soundtrack music, it felt like a dvd menu! (I think it also has a directory commentary)
If you still hunger for more JUST KING THINGS, our Patreon-exclusive BONUS EPISODE this month is a wide-ranging edition of the yearly Q&A special where Michael talks a great deal about Dean Koontz and CMRN shares a story about coyotes and brave wives: www.patreon.com/posts/just-k...
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
If you still hunger for more JUST KING THINGS, our Patreon-exclusive BONUS EPISODE this month is a wide-ranging edition of the yearly Q&A special where Michael talks a great deal about Dean Koontz and CMRN shares a story about coyotes and brave wives: www.patreon.com/posts/just-k...
We return to the question of BASEBALL this month for a rather light lift on JUST KING THINGS, as a fairly solid co-authored short story is, for some reason, touted as a standalone novella with A FACE IN THE CROWD, giving us opportunity to discuss King's "cash-in" era: rangedtouch.com/2025/11/10/a...
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We return to the question of BASEBALL this month for a rather light lift on JUST KING THINGS, as a fairly solid co-authored short story is, for some reason, touted as a standalone novella with A FACE IN THE CROWD, giving us opportunity to discuss King's "cash-in" era: rangedtouch.com/2025/11/10/a...
Let's make it official:
SHELVED BY GENRE's next unit, spanning ALL of 2026, will be a delve into the depths of modern genre with J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION.
If you don't have those, you can grab them through our Bookshop:
bookshop.org/lists/shelve...
SHELVED BY GENRE's next unit, spanning ALL of 2026, will be a delve into the depths of modern genre with J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION.
If you don't have those, you can grab them through our Bookshop:
bookshop.org/lists/shelve...
Shelved By Genre
These are books discussed on the podcast Shelved by Genre!
bookshop.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Let's make it official:
SHELVED BY GENRE's next unit, spanning ALL of 2026, will be a delve into the depths of modern genre with J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION.
If you don't have those, you can grab them through our Bookshop:
bookshop.org/lists/shelve...
SHELVED BY GENRE's next unit, spanning ALL of 2026, will be a delve into the depths of modern genre with J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION.
If you don't have those, you can grab them through our Bookshop:
bookshop.org/lists/shelve...
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Our Moore unit continues with another huge episode on From Hell, which I think really deserves the deep and complex discussion we gave it.
Also, we announce what we'll be covering ALL of next year!
Also, we announce what we'll be covering ALL of next year!
SHELVED BY GENRE completes Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's FROM HELL, learning a great deal of things in another barn-burner 4-hour episode! Plus, if you pay close attention, you'll catch the official announcement of our NEXT UNIT. Listen in: rangedtouch.com/2025/11/07/f...
November 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Our Moore unit continues with another huge episode on From Hell, which I think really deserves the deep and complex discussion we gave it.
Also, we announce what we'll be covering ALL of next year!
Also, we announce what we'll be covering ALL of next year!
SHELVED BY GENRE completes Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's FROM HELL, learning a great deal of things in another barn-burner 4-hour episode! Plus, if you pay close attention, you'll catch the official announcement of our NEXT UNIT. Listen in: rangedtouch.com/2025/11/07/f...
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
SHELVED BY GENRE completes Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's FROM HELL, learning a great deal of things in another barn-burner 4-hour episode! Plus, if you pay close attention, you'll catch the official announcement of our NEXT UNIT. Listen in: rangedtouch.com/2025/11/07/f...
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A sneaky weekend drop of the new GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES, in which we spend 3 hours talking about a book that is 80 pages long! It's worth it, though, as few texts have been as impactful on how we talk about our present moment as Mark Fisher's CAPITALIST REALISM:
rangedtouch.com/2025/10/31/8...
rangedtouch.com/2025/10/31/8...
November 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A sneaky weekend drop of the new GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES, in which we spend 3 hours talking about a book that is 80 pages long! It's worth it, though, as few texts have been as impactful on how we talk about our present moment as Mark Fisher's CAPITALIST REALISM:
rangedtouch.com/2025/10/31/8...
rangedtouch.com/2025/10/31/8...
A sneaky weekend drop of the new GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES, in which we spend 3 hours talking about a book that is 80 pages long! It's worth it, though, as few texts have been as impactful on how we talk about our present moment as Mark Fisher's CAPITALIST REALISM:
rangedtouch.com/2025/10/31/8...
rangedtouch.com/2025/10/31/8...
November 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A sneaky weekend drop of the new GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES, in which we spend 3 hours talking about a book that is 80 pages long! It's worth it, though, as few texts have been as impactful on how we talk about our present moment as Mark Fisher's CAPITALIST REALISM:
rangedtouch.com/2025/10/31/8...
rangedtouch.com/2025/10/31/8...
If you wanna get a question in for next month's JUST KING THINGS Patreon Q&A bonus episode, the submission deadline is TOMORROW at 10pm EDT! thequestionsewer at gmail dot com
October 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
If you wanna get a question in for next month's JUST KING THINGS Patreon Q&A bonus episode, the submission deadline is TOMORROW at 10pm EDT! thequestionsewer at gmail dot com
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I love hearing the honchos talking about comics medium. Every time I listen to them talk about it, it makes me motivated in writing comics script.
Five-star runtime? More like five PENTAGRAM runtime! Today Shelved by Genre talks for over four hours about the first nine chapters of Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's high concept Jack the Ripper yarn FROM HELL, bringing all our diverse pools on knowledge to bear: rangedtouch.com/2025/10/24/f...
October 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I love hearing the honchos talking about comics medium. Every time I listen to them talk about it, it makes me motivated in writing comics script.
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this is what sweet dreams are made of, i'm so excited
Five-star runtime? More like five PENTAGRAM runtime! Today Shelved by Genre talks for over four hours about the first nine chapters of Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's high concept Jack the Ripper yarn FROM HELL, bringing all our diverse pools on knowledge to bear: rangedtouch.com/2025/10/24/f...
October 25, 2025 at 7:23 AM
this is what sweet dreams are made of, i'm so excited
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Is this our longest episode yet? Yes. But it had to be.
Five-star runtime? More like five PENTAGRAM runtime! Today Shelved by Genre talks for over four hours about the first nine chapters of Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's high concept Jack the Ripper yarn FROM HELL, bringing all our diverse pools on knowledge to bear: rangedtouch.com/2025/10/24/f...
October 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Is this our longest episode yet? Yes. But it had to be.
Five-star runtime? More like five PENTAGRAM runtime! Today Shelved by Genre talks for over four hours about the first nine chapters of Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's high concept Jack the Ripper yarn FROM HELL, bringing all our diverse pools on knowledge to bear: rangedtouch.com/2025/10/24/f...
October 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Five-star runtime? More like five PENTAGRAM runtime! Today Shelved by Genre talks for over four hours about the first nine chapters of Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's high concept Jack the Ripper yarn FROM HELL, bringing all our diverse pools on knowledge to bear: rangedtouch.com/2025/10/24/f...
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Another episode of Michael on Michael, one of the many ways @rangedtouch.bsky.social takes care of me
Bad Boys II contains a scene of rats having missionary-position sex. Martin Lawrence sees this and it disturbs him terribly.
For our Patreon supporters, there's a new episode of MICHAEL ON MICHAEL, in which Michael discusses Bay's first sequel, BAD BOYS II: www.patreon.com/posts/michae...
October 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Another episode of Michael on Michael, one of the many ways @rangedtouch.bsky.social takes care of me
For our Patreon supporters, there's a new episode of MICHAEL ON MICHAEL, in which Michael discusses Bay's first sequel, BAD BOYS II: www.patreon.com/posts/michae...
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October 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
For our Patreon supporters, there's a new episode of MICHAEL ON MICHAEL, in which Michael discusses Bay's first sequel, BAD BOYS II: www.patreon.com/posts/michae...
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The saga of Roland and the Dark Tower is over, but that doesn't mean there's not more to be seen in Mid-World! 2012's A WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE has some stuff to say about werewolves, storms, matricidal forgiveness, little trains, and of course, Elf Language rangedtouch.com/2025/10/13/t...
October 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The saga of Roland and the Dark Tower is over, but that doesn't mean there's not more to be seen in Mid-World! 2012's A WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE has some stuff to say about werewolves, storms, matricidal forgiveness, little trains, and of course, Elf Language rangedtouch.com/2025/10/13/t...
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Great conversation. Very interesting to hear Jacob talk about video essays playing on emotions and the role of storytelling in the medium. Mirrors my own thoughts that many in the space lean on the strength of their voice over the strength of their argument.
This month's GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES is a little bit of a swerve. @ckunzelman.bsky.social talks to @jacobgeller.com about YouTube essaying and how it intersects with knowledge production! rangedtouch.com/2025/09/30/8...
October 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Great conversation. Very interesting to hear Jacob talk about video essays playing on emotions and the role of storytelling in the medium. Mirrors my own thoughts that many in the space lean on the strength of their voice over the strength of their argument.
A new JUST KING THINGS bonus ep, available to all our Patreon supporters: we tackle 1994's THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, the best movie of all time according to IMDb, perhaps because of how immaculately it's made and how confusing its message actually is. www.patreon.com/posts/141116...
October 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A new JUST KING THINGS bonus ep, available to all our Patreon supporters: we tackle 1994's THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, the best movie of all time according to IMDb, perhaps because of how immaculately it's made and how confusing its message actually is. www.patreon.com/posts/141116...
The saga of Roland and the Dark Tower is over, but that doesn't mean there's not more to be seen in Mid-World! 2012's A WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE has some stuff to say about werewolves, storms, matricidal forgiveness, little trains, and of course, Elf Language rangedtouch.com/2025/10/13/t...
October 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The saga of Roland and the Dark Tower is over, but that doesn't mean there's not more to be seen in Mid-World! 2012's A WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE has some stuff to say about werewolves, storms, matricidal forgiveness, little trains, and of course, Elf Language rangedtouch.com/2025/10/13/t...
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SHELVED BY GENRE has completed the second half of THE SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING, in which Alan Moore & Co expand the character's mythology, making some truly baffling and ill-advised choices but also giving us some of the coolest-looking Swamp Things ever put on paper. rangedtouch.com/2025/10/10/s...
October 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
SHELVED BY GENRE has completed the second half of THE SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING, in which Alan Moore & Co expand the character's mythology, making some truly baffling and ill-advised choices but also giving us some of the coolest-looking Swamp Things ever put on paper. rangedtouch.com/2025/10/10/s...
SHELVED BY GENRE has completed the second half of THE SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING, in which Alan Moore & Co expand the character's mythology, making some truly baffling and ill-advised choices but also giving us some of the coolest-looking Swamp Things ever put on paper. rangedtouch.com/2025/10/10/s...
October 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
SHELVED BY GENRE has completed the second half of THE SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING, in which Alan Moore & Co expand the character's mythology, making some truly baffling and ill-advised choices but also giving us some of the coolest-looking Swamp Things ever put on paper. rangedtouch.com/2025/10/10/s...