56 episodes

This is a podcast where your friends Cameron Kunzelman and Michael Lutz read books about games and discuss them chapter-by-chapter. We're exploring the big world of game studies, and we want you to come along!



You can find Cameron on Twitter @ckunzelman, and you can find Michael @warrenisdead.

Game Studies Study Buddies Ranged Touch

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    • 4.9 • 178 Ratings

This is a podcast where your friends Cameron Kunzelman and Michael Lutz read books about games and discuss them chapter-by-chapter. We're exploring the big world of game studies, and we want you to come along!



You can find Cameron on Twitter @ckunzelman, and you can find Michael @warrenisdead.

    55 – Isbister – How Games Move Us

    55 – Isbister – How Games Move Us

    We discuss Katherine Isbister’s How Games Move Us: Emotion By Design.

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    • 1 hr 44 min
    54 – Rubin – Well Met

    54 – Rubin – Well Met

    We discuss Rachel Lee Rubin’s 2012 book Well Met: Renaissance Faires and the American Counterculture.

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    • 3 hr 22 min
    54 – Gee – What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy

    54 – Gee – What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy

    We discuss James Paul Gee’s 2003 book What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy.

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    • 2 hr 13 min
    53 – Mukherjee – Video Games and Storytelling

    53 – Mukherjee – Video Games and Storytelling

    We discuss Souvik Mukherjee’s 2015 book Video Games and Storytelling.

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    • 1 hr 45 min
    52 – Woodcock – Marx at the Arcade

    52 – Woodcock – Marx at the Arcade

    We discuss 2019’s Marx at the Arcade by Jamie Woodcock.

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    • 1 hr 23 min
    51 – Suits – The Grasshopper

    51 – Suits – The Grasshopper

    We discuss 1978’s The Grasshopper, a book on the philosophy of games.

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    • 2 hr 17 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
178 Ratings

178 Ratings

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