Bespoke critical deep dives. JUST KING THINGS. SHELVED BY GENRE. GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES. other stuff. @ckunzelman / @warrenisdead / @badsavingthrow
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11 Dec 2024
If you want to get a question in for our Shelved By Genre Patreon Q&A, where we'll be debriefing on The Last Herald Mage, then get it into QuestionedByGenre at Gmail by Friday night (12/13)!
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6 Dec 2024
The new SHELVED BY GENRE completes our Mercedes Lackey unit as, unfortunately, Vanyel's promised tragic end is undercut by some less than stellar authorly decisions, ranging from structure to pacing to content. But finally, we get to say The Line: rangedtouch.com/2024/12/06/m…
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29 Nov 2024
The turkey is packed away, but why not sneak a little extra? Celebrate Black Friday with the newest SHELVED BY GENRE Bonus Episode, our examination of the cultural document that is THE BEASTMASTER (1982): patreon.com/posts/shelved-by…
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27 Nov 2024
Just in time for your holiday travels and travails, a Patreon-exclusive BONUS Bonus episode in which Michael, CMRN, and Austin revisit 1998's classic superhero horror-action flick, BLADE. patreon.com/posts/116832083
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22 Nov 2024
SHELVED BY GENRE hits the final stretch of The Last Herald Mage Trilogy with part one of MAGIC'S PRICE, wherein an older Vanyel faces his greatest recurring foe: people trying to get him to date someone new, despite his Depression. Plus, bardic content: rangedtouch.com/2024/11/22/m…
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12 Nov 2024
i might have listened to this twice already. even tho it's four hours long and came out today. it's the best read on The Dark Tower ive encountered in, idk, 15 years
11 Nov 2024
The wheel turns: reunions are made, battles are won, friends are lost, and 30 years of Stephen King's career are summarized and reflected upon as his magnum opus comes to a close with 2004's THE DARK TOWER, on the latest JUST KING THINGS: rangedtouch.com/2024/11/11/t…
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11 Nov 2024
The wheel turns: reunions are made, battles are won, friends are lost, and 30 years of Stephen King's career are summarized and reflected upon as his magnum opus comes to a close with 2004's THE DARK TOWER, on the latest JUST KING THINGS: rangedtouch.com/2024/11/11/t…
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8 Nov 2024
SHELVED BY GENRE completes the second book of The Last Herald-Mage Trilogy, with the guys giving their thoughts as Vanyel makes peace with childhood adversaries, solves the mysteries of the Royal House of Lineas, and confronts denizens of THE HUNGER REALM: rangedtouch.com/2024/11/08/m…
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4 Nov 2024
Reminder that if you want to keep up with lots of things we do outside of podcasts the best way is instagram.com/rangedtouch/pr…
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1 Nov 2024
It's a BONUS week for SHELVED BY GENRE, so we're talking about 1985's rather imperfect, but very interesting romantic fantasy fable LADYHAWKE, featuring an out-of-place Matthew Broderick and one of the most dissonant soundtracks in film history: patreon.com/posts/shelved-by…
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31 Oct 2024
GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES gets lost in a hotel lobby and discusses the work and legacy of Fredric Jameson, who had some thoughts about this situation we're all in back in 1984 with his essay "Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism": rangedtouch.com/2024/10/31/7…
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25 Oct 2024
Transformed by the years from a depressed teen to a depressed adult, Herald-Mage Vanyel goes home again for a series of awkward family interactions before a mysterious plot breaks out--as we read MAGIC'S PROMISE by Mercedes Lackey for SHELVED BY GENRE. rangedtouch.com/2024/10/25/m…
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21 Oct 2024
Shoutout to @rangedtouch who covered Le Guin’s Wizard of Earthsea series on their podcast Shelved by Genre, an excellent deep dive into various literary genres. Well worth checking out if you’re into that kind of thing
21 Oct 2024
happy birthday to one of my favorite writers, Ursula K. Le Guin. here's some cover art for her novels & an illustration of Ursula herself
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18 Oct 2024
To find the tower is my purpose. I’m sworn.
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