cmrn knzlmn
@ckunzelman.bsky.social
Critic. Tabletop columnist at The AV Club and Rascal News. Podcasts for Ranged Touch (Shelved By Genre | Just King Things | Game Studies Study Buddies). Wrote THE WORLD IS BORN FROM ZERO and EVERYTHING IS PERMITTED. Working on a Magic: The Gathering book.
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cmrn knzlmn
@ckunzelman.bsky.social
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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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demonschool credits all 145 people who touched the game over the course of its multi-year dev cycle AND explains what exactly they contributed. the rest of the games industry, which commonly omits people from credits entirely, should be taking notes
![“We worked [on Hyper Gunsport] with a localization company that refused to give the names of the people that actually did the work; they just wanted to have their company name in there,” Sheffield said. “They say they do that because ‘It's the standard’ and ‘to avoid poaching’ or whatever, but I hate that and think it's total BS. … I've also seen a lot of folks complain about how they weren't credited on a game because they'd left the studio before the game they worked on was finished. And indeed, our lead 3D artist left two years ago. But he's still the first artist credited because he set the style and visual tone for a lot of the game. Not working on the game to the very end doesn't negate the work he did.”
The more Sheffield thought about how to meet the needs of so many different types of contributors – and discussed the matter on social media – the more a comprehensive, detail-oriented approach to crediting started to make sense.
“That had all been percolating in the back of my mind as we got close to finishing, and then it just sort of hit me as it came time for me to write the credits,” he said. “I discussed this approach with the team and everyone was fine with it, so we just went for it. We always want to credit everyone that touched the game, so even though the core team was 7 or 8 people at any given time, we credited around 145 people in Demonschool. Who cares if it's a lot of people? Who cares if it's long? They all did something and they deserve credit. And you basically can tell who the core team was by reading the descriptions. None of us are precious about that anyway.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5gdejlhcswjbzraadoltdpps/bafkreibksibak2xsgvbrid7evym3utz6yzfccilowfs7apv7b2sddssd3q@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
demonschool credits all 145 people who touched the game over the course of its multi-year dev cycle AND explains what exactly they contributed. the rest of the games industry, which commonly omits people from credits entirely, should be taking notes
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Hi! I'm Jenna, a narrative designer and illustrator over at @ko-op.com for our new game Young Suns, an optimistic space-faring life sim. I work with some of the coolest people in games and I can't wait to show you what we've been working on.
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Hi! I'm Jenna, a narrative designer and illustrator over at @ko-op.com for our new game Young Suns, an optimistic space-faring life sim. I work with some of the coolest people in games and I can't wait to show you what we've been working on.
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Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
are there any straight-up wargames set in Faerun? fan-made or official? there's all these maps and you just wonder what it would feel like to hex crawl an army across them
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
are there any straight-up wargames set in Faerun? fan-made or official? there's all these maps and you just wonder what it would feel like to hex crawl an army across them
This could be you! Having a good time! ckunzelman.com/describe-wor...
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This could be you! Having a good time! ckunzelman.com/describe-wor...
doing a Bro Check In with Crenshinibon
The fellas are on their way to keep Crenshinibon from succumbing to the shard loneliness epidemic.
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
doing a Bro Check In with Crenshinibon
this holiday season, please consider how lonely Crenshinibon, the evil Crystal Shard, must be and thank your lucky stars that you, too, are not an amoral magical object borne into being by a coven of seven evil liches
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
this holiday season, please consider how lonely Crenshinibon, the evil Crystal Shard, must be and thank your lucky stars that you, too, are not an amoral magical object borne into being by a coven of seven evil liches
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In the spirit of hobbit birthdays, have some free games!
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
In the spirit of hobbit birthdays, have some free games!
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✨ New article in @romchip.bsky.social on designing adult mods for the Sims 4 💚 I love The Sims, and I’m so happy I was able to bring my research to it in this interview with TURBODRIVER, the creator of WickedWhims 💜 Thank you to editor @lainenooney.bsky.social !! ➡️ www.romchip.org/index.php/ro...
December 18, 2024 at 7:56 PM
✨ New article in @romchip.bsky.social on designing adult mods for the Sims 4 💚 I love The Sims, and I’m so happy I was able to bring my research to it in this interview with TURBODRIVER, the creator of WickedWhims 💜 Thank you to editor @lainenooney.bsky.social !! ➡️ www.romchip.org/index.php/ro...
Things people say about me
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Things people say about me
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I'm in the final stages of getting the 2026 new horror list ready to launch, so a reminder: please let me know about your books if you haven't already! RTs very appreciated
do you have a horror/horror-ish book coming out in 2026? tell me about it here, please! I'm working on the 2026 horror list and while I'm very good at sniffing out new books, I still miss things - help me help you!
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2025-2026 Horror Master List Book Submissions
Because I'm out of my mind, I maintain a running list of the year's new horror releases. If you're an author/editor/marketer/publicist/agent who'd like one of your books included, please fill out the ...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'm in the final stages of getting the 2026 new horror list ready to launch, so a reminder: please let me know about your books if you haven't already! RTs very appreciated
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For those who observe
JUST KING THINGS heads to the local diner to discuss one high school teacher's mission to go back in time and teach more high school, and also get a girlfriend, learn how microphones work, and if he has time, stop the Kennedy assassination. It's all here in 11/22/63: rangedtouch.com/2025/09/08/1...
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
For those who observe
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In case you missed it, Cameron Kunzelman joined us on our most recent episode to talk about The Authority. We talked about (among other things) the power of images like the one below to express ideas that the script might not always be up to…
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November 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
In case you missed it, Cameron Kunzelman joined us on our most recent episode to talk about The Authority. We talked about (among other things) the power of images like the one below to express ideas that the script might not always be up to…
open.spotify.com/episode/4emy...
open.spotify.com/episode/4emy...
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Hey, immersive, larp, ARG, theater and game folks: I'm working on Immersipedia and I'm linking out to other design/knowledge wikis like the Puzzle Hunt wiki, Nordic Larp wiki and Game Detectives, plus the whole WikiBruce archive. Are there any others I should be including?
November 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Hey, immersive, larp, ARG, theater and game folks: I'm working on Immersipedia and I'm linking out to other design/knowledge wikis like the Puzzle Hunt wiki, Nordic Larp wiki and Game Detectives, plus the whole WikiBruce archive. Are there any others I should be including?
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i just reviewed 50+ applications for an arts award and most of them were written by chatgpt. And then the other reviewers said they put them into Gemini to rank them. At a certain point, if everyone is giving their thinking entirely over to AI, why are we even bothering with any of this anymore?
November 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
i just reviewed 50+ applications for an arts award and most of them were written by chatgpt. And then the other reviewers said they put them into Gemini to rank them. At a certain point, if everyone is giving their thinking entirely over to AI, why are we even bothering with any of this anymore?
this is my canonical Bilbo
November 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
this is my canonical Bilbo
I really appreciate this post because I, like many, have been on the receiving end of this. I was also in a situation fairly recently where I realized that I had legitimately misunderstood something, tried to resolve it, and was struck with the idea that it would be perceived that I was dodging!
finished a rambly ruminatey blog post i had in drafts for a long time, curious if yall have seen this also or think i'm full of shit (i am but maybe not about this)
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shit i keep seeing: “conflict resolution” via gaslighting – joe wintergreen internet zone
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November 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I really appreciate this post because I, like many, have been on the receiving end of this. I was also in a situation fairly recently where I realized that I had legitimately misunderstood something, tried to resolve it, and was struck with the idea that it would be perceived that I was dodging!
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Today is the LAST DAY to come by booth 3850 and grab a copy of The Time We Have or A Land Once Magic!!
November 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Today is the LAST DAY to come by booth 3850 and grab a copy of The Time We Have or A Land Once Magic!!
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Some Sunday ready over on the HGN blog! Today’s new post from @xurvermilion.bsky.social explores the potential of videogames as a way of engaging students with historical research, and key skills in critical analysis:
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Why should students care about historymaking in videogames? | Historical Games Network
We might spend time exploring zora monoliths in Breath of the Wild’s (2017) Hyrule and the tales they speak around kings of old, or snooping through an item’s description (such as a holy great sword, ...
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November 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Some Sunday ready over on the HGN blog! Today’s new post from @xurvermilion.bsky.social explores the potential of videogames as a way of engaging students with historical research, and key skills in critical analysis:
www.historicalgames.net/students-his...
www.historicalgames.net/students-his...
If you’re at PAX UNPLUGGED and you have a cool game to show me, this is your last opportunity to do that!
November 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If you’re at PAX UNPLUGGED and you have a cool game to show me, this is your last opportunity to do that!
Seconded.
i demand that you stop by the good luck press both today (4059) and check out @smolghost.bsky.social’s surprise solo drop: WE SHALL BE MONSTERS
November 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Seconded.
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i demand that you stop by the good luck press both today (4059) and check out @smolghost.bsky.social’s surprise solo drop: WE SHALL BE MONSTERS
November 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
i demand that you stop by the good luck press both today (4059) and check out @smolghost.bsky.social’s surprise solo drop: WE SHALL BE MONSTERS
@oddsandents.bsky.social great chatting with you tonight!
November 23, 2025 at 3:58 AM
@oddsandents.bsky.social great chatting with you tonight!
We’re meeting at the big purple X by the free play area at 5:15 today right now. I’m wearing a white shirt!
Heads up that CMRN will be at PAX U this weekend at SATURDAY at 5:00PM there will be an impromptu Ranged Touch meetup there. He will post the location at 4:30PM that day here on bsky over at @ckunzelman.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
We’re meeting at the big purple X by the free play area at 5:15 today right now. I’m wearing a white shirt!
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We ARE the Weeping Gorilla.
November 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We ARE the Weeping Gorilla.