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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 · 2h

One of the greatest games ever made.

Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 2h

My playthrough of Hugo's House of Horrors is now up on YouTube! I remember seeing shareware copies of this one beside the register at Software Etc. back in the day, and I'm glad I finally got a chance to play it.

Check it out: youtu.be/_fw0puRMnv4

Hugo's House of Horrors Longplay — Shareware Scares

YouTube video by decafjedi

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Erica Friedman @okazu.yuricon.com · 1d

Bookshop is having an Anti-Amazon sale, with cheap e-books and free shipping for print today and tomorrow:

bookshop.org/lists/ebook-...

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 22h

New Side Story. The actual post on the website (linked) has very important visual information for a very tortured metaphor I was trying to make about Endless Legend 2's muddiness compared to the crispness of the first.

Friends at the Table @friends-table.bsky.social · 22h

New Side Story! Austin, Dre, and Keith played Endless Legend 2, the follow up to one of the all time great fantasy 4X games. And then, after talking about that for almost a full episode length, they just keep talking.

sidestory.show/14-melanchol...

Side Story: 14: Melancholic Murder Bug

The ocean is draining. Where is it going? Is there a drain down there? Is someone drinking it? Wouldn't they be getting very thirsty? I guess there are lizardly astrologists and coral-covered automato...

cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 1d

of course i want to be on an episode of RTFM

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 1d

I have a book on Assassin’s Creed coming out and I would like to be on your podcast / show / stream to promote it!

cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 1d

yo

cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 1d

he already promotes the book on every episode!

cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 1d

why yes Aidan I can definitely come talk about the game informer cover story of assassins creed! 🤓

cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 1d

I have a book on Assassin’s Creed coming out and I would like to be on your podcast / show / stream to promote it!

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 5d

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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michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · 1d

when i taught at MIT the most reliable laugh i could get from my classes was assigning an article by a harvard professor and saying "it's by someone who works at that place up the road"

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 2d

The updated demo for Perfect Tides: Station to Station is available now ahead of Steam Next Fest! We're getting ever closer to the full release in January! store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...

Perfect Tides: Station to Station on Steam

A point n' click sequel to Perfect Tides about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex ...

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for listening!

cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 2d

extremely true

cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 2d

the flips seem pretty fair to me, i dunno

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Bee @beegabberel.bsky.social · 3d

today i am 37 years old, which means its the fifteenth time i have made a birthday gift for you, the internet

this year: A Decadent Year, a zine with 3 recipes developed for an 8-inch cast iron skillet

download the pdfs (to read online or print) here: beegabberel.itch.io/a-decadent-day

a picture of the physical copy of A Decadent Year, a zine

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Ranged Touch @rangedtouch.bsky.social · 4d

There's a SBG Bonus ep today, with a movie as beloved (?) as it is reviled (??), the freewheeling Bush-era adaptation of V FOR VENDETTA: www.patreon.com/posts/shelve...

Shelved By Genre Bonusode: V For Vendetta (2005) | Ranged Touch

Get more from Ranged Touch on Patreon

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 3d

what’s The Midnight Crew up to these days

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Mathew Kumar @mathewkumar.com · 3d

cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 3d

Thank Goodness You’re Here really is an all time video game

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Aaron King @aaronmfking.bsky.social · 3d

RTFM, the RPG book club podcast, is back! @snaxwell.bsky.social and I talk about Praise the Hawkmoth King, a PbtA game of teenagers, demons, and messed up sex. open.spotify.com/episode/15yn...

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Andrew Kolb @kolbisneat.bsky.social · 3d

Dragon Delves! A closer look at all the characters and maps and environments in the chapter I got to illustrate. Really tried to channel those classic Little Golden Books with this one to fit the tone of the adventure. Let me know if you’ve seen this in the wild or had a chance to run/play it!

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Endless Mode @endlessmode.bsky.social · 26d

Heroes of the Borderlands is an uncharacteristic Dungeons & Dragons starter set seemingly made for board game fans, @ckunzelman.bsky.social writes. www.endlessmode.com/tabletop/dun...

Heroes of the Borderlands Feels Like a Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set for Board Game Fans

Heroes of the Borderlands is an uncharacteristic Dungeons & Dragons starter set seemingly made for board game fans.

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