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cmrn knzlmn

@ckunzelman.bsky.social

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critic | games | science fiction. Tabletop columnist at Endless Mode and Rascal News. Podcasts for Ranged Touch (Shelved By Genre | Just King Things | Game Studies Study Buddies). Working on books: Assassin’s Creed and Magic: The Gathering.

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · Jul 3

You can PREORDER my book about the Assassin's Creed franchise NOW! Please do that. I think it is both a fun and interesting dive into what Assassin's Creed is, how it develops its ideas, and what it says about the world we live in. TOC attached, preorder at the link! bookshop.org/p/books/ever...

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 7h

being a Zamboni driver is a respectable job

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 9h

WEAPONS was great. Larkin Seiple nailed it.

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 19h

NEW VIDEO on spooks and indie horror games and computers distorting our understanding of the world, available right now on Nebula! nebula.tv/videos/jacob...

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 1d

I had a great time on Aftermath talking about how you can use Assassin’s Creed as a method of tracing the pathway to the world we live in.

Aftermath @aftermath.site · 1d

The Assassin’s Creed series was a canary in the coal mine for our modern, engagement-obsessed world. @ckunzelman.bsky.social explains:

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 1d

jesus christ michael just because i asked you "what's a baby" you dont have to roast me like this

michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · 1d

most annoying part of having a baby is how everyone you know is all "can I see the baby" "where's the baby" "I don't see the baby" "is there actually a baby" "I don't mean to imply anything" "it's just that... You've been different lately" "ever since you fainted during that weird electrical storm"

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 1d

Swamp Thing...he makes my heart sing...he's a plant

Ranged Touch @rangedtouch.bsky.social · 1d

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...

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 1d

@chasecarter.bsky.social has been covering this regularly for at least a year, I imagine he will have an update

cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 1d

I had a great time!

cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 1d

I had a great time on Aftermath talking about how you can use Assassin’s Creed as a method of tracing the pathway to the world we live in.

Aftermath @aftermath.site · 1d

The Assassin’s Creed series was a canary in the coal mine for our modern, engagement-obsessed world. @ckunzelman.bsky.social explains:

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 1d

Swamp Thing...he makes my heart sing...he's a plant

Ranged Touch @rangedtouch.bsky.social · 1d

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 2d

I would and it would be fine

julie muncy @julie.radiantarray.io · 2d

if i were a man in the waning age of magic i would simply not found my kingdom right on the border of Shadow Evil Death Land

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the smallest possible e @cel10e.bsky.social · 2d

hell yeah. been thinking about replaying some ACs soon and now I have @ckunzelman.bsky.social 's writing to think about it with

holding the book Everything is Permitted: On Assassin's Creed by Cameron Kunzelman

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Endless Mode @endlessmode.bsky.social · 2d

Rillem is a one-player journaling game that uses cards as prompts for creating and solving puzzles, @ckunzelman.bsky.social writes. www.endlessmode.com/tabletop/ril...

Create Your Own Puzzles and Stories with Rillem

Rillem is a one-player journaling game that uses cards as prompts for creating and solving your own puzzles.

www.endlessmode.com

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 2d

Reminder: you can still get the deluxe edition of You're Not Overthinking It, with slipcase and vinyl and print and patch and stuff!! Also we'll include a whole book I guess

Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 25d

THEY LET ME WRITE ANOTHER BOOK

"You’re Not Overthinking It" is available for pre-order right now. It collects the most meaningful essays of my career alongside hundreds of new annotations on each piece’s creation, background, and legacy. Far more details below: www.lostincult.co.uk/overthinking

Book: "You're not overthinking it," blue cover depicting an overgrown futuristic cityscape. Alongside it is a yellow slipcase with a patterned die-cut and an emboss of the same city.

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 2d

I once had someone crash out on me so bad that they also found me on twitter to continue crashing out postgame

cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 2d

intended outcome

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👻 Boo-arvik B. Boo-arvik 👻 @luarvik.bsky.social · 2d

kinda like how Just King Things made me decide to have a decades long, astronomically successful career as a horror author

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 2d

On today's stream, we're joined by @ckunzelman.bsky.social, author of a book about Assassin's Creed coming out next month, to discuss all things AC, including Ubisoft's recently canceled Reconstruction-era game. Also, the Discord hack. We go live at 4 PM ET

www.twitch.tv/aftermathdot...

yasuke and naoe from assassin's creed shadows

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rhode. read my trans girl superhero comic @rhodezero.bsky.social · 2d

book acquired @ckunzelman.bsky.social
Congrats on it finally coming out!

My hand holding a copy of Cameron's book "Everything is Permitted: On Assassin's Creed"
The cover is black with a white cloak blowing in the wind

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 2d

truly the weirdest part of having made this show for X years is that there’s something like 10 people who have started / completed an advanced degree due in part to the show’s influence, which we partially started because of how fed up we were with academia

Ondřej Trhoň🐍 @ondrejtrhon.bsky.social · 3d

Uh, something happened. Defence in December.

Also, Game Studies Study Buddies to Dissertation pipeline is real, thanks @ckunzelman.bsky.social & @ztul.bsky.social

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 2d

This game rules and if you enjoy Riven-esque worlds it’s a must-play solo game.

Endless Mode @endlessmode.bsky.social · 2d

Rillem is a one-player journaling game that uses cards as prompts for creating and solving puzzles, @ckunzelman.bsky.social writes. www.endlessmode.com/tabletop/ril...

Create Your Own Puzzles and Stories with Rillem

Rillem is a one-player journaling game that uses cards as prompts for creating and solving your own puzzles.

www.endlessmode.com

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 2d

Game Studies Study Buddies Guide to Advanced Degrees (congrats Ondrej!)

Ondřej Trhoň🐍 @ondrejtrhon.bsky.social · 3d

Uh, something happened. Defence in December.

Also, Game Studies Study Buddies to Dissertation pipeline is real, thanks @ckunzelman.bsky.social & @ztul.bsky.social

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Samantha Mackenzie Greer @sammgreer.bsky.social · 2d

Look. I totally get the despair and frustration. But every couple of weeks someone else is asking "where's press coverage for indie games?" and like, have you been under a rock? It's been torn to pieces my dudes! The devastation of games media has been widely talked about!

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 9d

ALERT! ALERT! We're in the last days of being able to preorder my book EVERYTHING IS PERMITTED: ON ASSASSIN'S CREED, which is a book about the Assassin's Creed franchise and how games reflect and impact the real world! Click this link and use the code MN93450 for 30% off! z.umn.edu/14943

Everything Is Permitted

An entertaining deep dive into the world, gameplay, and evolution of the hugely successful Assassin’s Creed video game franchiseA hooded figure stands i...

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Garrett Martin @garrettmartin.bsky.social · 3d

one perfect shot etc.

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