October 2021 Podcast
The video version of this episode (the optimal way to experience it) is here: https://youtu.be/ZPE2pAJ6gSg
There is some crunchy audio here due to how we recorded. Apologies.
2021-10-21 03:27:44 +0000 UTC View Post
The video version of this episode (the optimal way to experience it) is here: https://youtu.be/ZPE2pAJ6gSg
There is some crunchy audio here due to how we recorded. Apologies.
2021-10-21 03:27:44 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
Apologies for the extremely long delay on the newsletter this month. We wanted to record some special treats, and it took longer to get it all together than we thought. But that means we have an immense number of cool things to talk to you about. Let's talk about it!
All patrons have access to a co...
2021-10-21 00:23:56 +0000 UTC View PostHello! As a special treat for all of our Patreon backers, all three members of Ranged Touch got together to record a full let's play of Little Hope, a game from the creators of RT-favorite Until Dawn. We learn a lot about scary towns and colonial time travel in this episode. Warning: it's scary and there's s...
2021-10-16 17:09:31 +0000 UTC View PostHave you ever heard about a dead body? What about a dead body that was hit by a train? Did you race some evil greasers to see that body by walking along some train tracks for several days? If so, you might have lived the plot of Stand By Me. This month we're joined by Joseph Fink to talk about a 1980s nostalgia class...
2021-10-11 14:09:28 +0000 UTC View PostYou ever get so mad at your white picket fence family that you make a devilish pact with Raoul the Ghoul and get him to evoke a series of horrifying stories meant for children, except for the one story that is clearly about being middle aged and hating your wife? Has this ever happened to you?
We talk about the Stephen ...
2021-09-13 13:56:05 +0000 UTC View PostIt's September, the truest month of the year, and we all know what that means: we're only one month away from the Liar's Month of tricksters and cowards, where the dead walk the earth and play the hollowed bones of their ancestors like flutes. Messed up stuff.
We're doing the damn thing here at Ranged Touch HQ. 2021-09-12 17:12:43 +0000 UTC View Post
We talk about a thousand things, and we solve Danni's Dungeon World problem.
2021-09-12 17:08:18 +0000 UTC View PostA new episode of Kilmercast, the long-defunct podcast where Laurel and CMRN talk about the films of Val Kilmer, discussing the 2021 documentary Val.
2021-09-12 16:42:54 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the show:
Lots of ways to subscribe: https://blubrry.com/homestuckmadethisworld/
Apple Podcasts link: https://p...
2021-08-13 20:24:49 +0000 UTC View PostHello there! It's August, the Cursed Month, known only to the few who can peer behind the veil and into the Second Domain of Months.
Big news this month! We've just launched a new store over at TeePublic, and you can go there to buy some remixed old merch (like the 2021-08-09 15:20:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Sometimes a regular cop is trying to make his way in the world, hanging out with his mystic brother-in-law, and gets attacked by a cursed refrigerator. We've all been there. This is a movie in which this happens, and then also there is an evil laundry press. It mangles people. It's The Mangler! This is a truly wild e...
2021-08-09 12:18:43 +0000 UTC View PostSome big strong guy is part of the military, but damn it, he's not going to do military stuff like they want him to! He's in the near-future dystopia where good guys are rebels and bad guys run extremely popular prime-time television shows. This is the setup for 1987's The Running Man, and we're here to talk about it...
2021-07-12 19:32:53 +0000 UTC View PostWe missed last month's newsletter! We were too busy! But we've got the delicious stuff for you here. Don't eat this, though, please.
Last month's Game Studies Study Buddies was on Lev Manovich's The Language of New Media, an important book in the history of understanding whatever the hell "new media" a...
2021-07-06 16:57:09 +0000 UTC View PostThere's a dog. He's a Saint Bernard. He gets rabies. Meanwhile, there's a whole domestic drama going on. Put on your panic pants, because it's time for Cujo from 1983. We reveal all kinds of great information about this film in this episode, including some revelatory remarks about Jan de Bont.
There's a new bon...
2021-06-14 12:01:17 +0000 UTC View PostDanni and CMRN were able to quarantine and spend some time together in a physical space. They tell you all about the games they played in this episode.
2021-05-10 21:07:09 +0000 UTC View PostA wise man once said that it is gonna be may. It's May. No longer will it gonna be May. Think about that for just a moment. Consider it.
This month's Game Studies Study Buddies was on Colin Milburn's Mondo Nano, a truly bizarre book of game studies that everyone should at least 2021-05-10 21:02:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to watch an anthology film held together by a cat's journey from North Carolina to New York and back again? Do you believe in the hateful power of monstrous pigeons? Cat's Eye is something you need to know about. We talk about it on the new episode of the Bonusodes!
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2021-05-10 14:50:29 +0000 UTC View PostHey there! Patreon is a little weird about creating lots of different feeds, so we've assembled this convenient list of things you might want to be accessing with your subscription to the Ranged Touch Patreon.
The Shelved By Genre bonusodes are accessed at the $10/month level and can be found by 2021-04-13 01:32:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Apologies for skipping a month in the podcast. We recorded this in March, and I am posting it now. Back to normal next month!
2021-04-13 01:22:33 +0000 UTC View PostWe cannot begin to explain to you what's happening in Sleepwalkers, but we can say to you that we enjoyed it and talked about it for nearly two hours. We get deep on cat vampire lore, filmmaking in the 1980s, and briefly discuss Tobe Hooper.
There's a new bonusode on 1992's Stephen King's Sleepwalkers ...
2021-04-13 01:19:21 +0000 UTC View PostIt's April! Spring is happening! It is such a robust and busy time that...someone...forgot to put this newsletter together for last month. Anyway!
Game Studies Study Buddies continues in a cool and rad way. Our last two episodes have been on 2021-04-13 01:16:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Drew Barrymore? Martin Sheen? David Keith but not Keith David? Join us to discuss this forgotten classic of sweaty 1980s men and faceless, evil government figures.
There's a new bonusode on 1984's Firestarter that you can check out by heading over to the 2021-03-08 15:10:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Did you know that David Cronenberg directed a Stephen King adaptation? Did you know that Christopher Walken is in it? What about Martin Sheen ad libbing the weirdest political speeches you've ever seen? It seems like you might have forgotten...it might be in....the dead zone for you.
There's a new bonusode on 1983's
CMRN is joined by special guest Paul Tamayo for episode 8 of this show!
Another solo episode, but I'm 99% sure that the NEXT episode WILL have a guest.
It's February! The cold month. We all know it's called that. Everyone calls it that. If you don't call it that, then you're out of alignment.
We've had a great time with the last couple of Game Studies Study Buddies episodes, and we hope that you've been enjoying them. We did a really 2021-02-05 00:26:24 +0000 UTC View Post
We talk about native plants for 30 minutes and then, also, some movies.
2021-02-05 00:04:03 +0000 UTC View PostThis is the busiest season, but we finally got this going. Apologies on the delay! January is always hard for us. We talk a lot about movies in this one.
2021-01-22 00:40:07 +0000 UTC View PostHello all! We've gotten some feedback about the bonusodes for Just King Things, so I am creating this post to help smooth things out. First,
Hello all! We've gotten some feedback about the bonusodes for Just King Things, so I am creating this post to help smooth things out.
First, here is the RSS link tha...
2021-01-11 15:55:07 +0000 UTC View PostAnother solo episode, but I'm 99% sure that the NEXT episode WILL have a guest.
1 - Warm Welcome
2 - Wolves at the Door
3 - 2020-12-02 18:29:14 +0000 UTC
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