Ranged Touch
@rangedtouch.bsky.social
Bespoke critical deep dives. JUST KING THINGS. HOMESTUCK MADE THIS WORLD. GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES. other stuff. @ckunzelman.bsky.social @ztul.bsky.social and Danni too. www.rangedtouch.com
Patreon-backers of SHELVED BY GENRE will find on their doorstep today a new BONUS EPISODE in which we go incredibly long on the first movie of Jackson's HOBBIT trilogy, AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, and shoot our shot with Lee Pace: www.patreon.com/posts/shelve...
January 23, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Patreon-backers of SHELVED BY GENRE will find on their doorstep today a new BONUS EPISODE in which we go incredibly long on the first movie of Jackson's HOBBIT trilogy, AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, and shoot our shot with Lee Pace: www.patreon.com/posts/shelve...
SHELVED BY GENRE awakens far below the Misty Mountains, and with riddles and talking eagles and exploding pine cones, the hosts continue their discussion of THE HOBBIT! Also, we learn so much about what Tolkien thought of airplanes. rangedtouch.com/2026/01/16/t...
January 16, 2026 at 2:44 PM
SHELVED BY GENRE awakens far below the Misty Mountains, and with riddles and talking eagles and exploding pine cones, the hosts continue their discussion of THE HOBBIT! Also, we learn so much about what Tolkien thought of airplanes. rangedtouch.com/2026/01/16/t...
If you support RANGED TOUCH on Patreon, you'll all sorts of Bonus Episodes, such as this month's discussion of Mike Flanagan's ambitious 2019 double-cinematic sequel adaptation of DOCTOR SLEEP, which at least one of us thinks is actually better than the book! www.patreon.com/posts/just-k...
January 12, 2026 at 3:37 PM
If you support RANGED TOUCH on Patreon, you'll all sorts of Bonus Episodes, such as this month's discussion of Mike Flanagan's ambitious 2019 double-cinematic sequel adaptation of DOCTOR SLEEP, which at least one of us thinks is actually better than the book! www.patreon.com/posts/just-k...
Nomadic boomer vampires rule the country this month on JUST KING THINGS! We talk Stephen King's 2013 sequel to The Shining, DOCTOR SLEEP, a compelling return to themes of addiction, recovery, and family within the narrative arc of an extremely weird X-Men comic. rangedtouch.com/2026/01/12/d...
January 12, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Nomadic boomer vampires rule the country this month on JUST KING THINGS! We talk Stephen King's 2013 sequel to The Shining, DOCTOR SLEEP, a compelling return to themes of addiction, recovery, and family within the narrative arc of an extremely weird X-Men comic. rangedtouch.com/2026/01/12/d...
feel like shit. just want her back
January 7, 2026 at 8:42 PM
feel like shit. just want her back
With a knock on your door, a kindly wizard invites you to join us on Shelved By Genre's LORD OF THE YEAR, in which we will consider the popular but contested works of JRR Tolkien, kicking things off with a long rumination upon the first four chapters of THE HOBBIT: rangedtouch.com/2026/01/02/t...
January 2, 2026 at 2:27 PM
With a knock on your door, a kindly wizard invites you to join us on Shelved By Genre's LORD OF THE YEAR, in which we will consider the popular but contested works of JRR Tolkien, kicking things off with a long rumination upon the first four chapters of THE HOBBIT: rangedtouch.com/2026/01/02/t...
GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES closes out the month, and the year, with a discussion of another documentary--this time following the twisty passages of history and medium with 2010's text adventure doc GET LAMP. rangedtouch.com/2025/12/31/8...
December 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES closes out the month, and the year, with a discussion of another documentary--this time following the twisty passages of history and medium with 2010's text adventure doc GET LAMP. rangedtouch.com/2025/12/31/8...
On the Patreon: Shelved by Genre's Q&A to close out the Alan Moore unit! We talk the world, stories, imagination, and, as always, think about how various characters might react to meeting Tomie. www.patreon.com/posts/146719...
December 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
On the Patreon: Shelved by Genre's Q&A to close out the Alan Moore unit! We talk the world, stories, imagination, and, as always, think about how various characters might react to meeting Tomie. www.patreon.com/posts/146719...
HERE'S THE SCHEDULE FOR SHELVED BY GENRE'S TOLKIEN UNIT. BUY THE EDITIONS WE'RE USING ON BOOKSHOP bookshop.org/lists/shelve...
December 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
HERE'S THE SCHEDULE FOR SHELVED BY GENRE'S TOLKIEN UNIT. BUY THE EDITIONS WE'RE USING ON BOOKSHOP bookshop.org/lists/shelve...
all right well you'll get your version of the Tolkien schedule when this website decides to stop shitting itself
December 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
all right well you'll get your version of the Tolkien schedule when this website decides to stop shitting itself
Between units, a holiday rest: SHELVED BY GENRE today chats about gnomes, small-town detectives, and entrepreneurs as we cover a delightfully odd Lifetime movie that is also sort of a light parody of Hallmark Christmas movies, IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE MURDER. rangedtouch.com/2025/12/19/i...
December 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Between units, a holiday rest: SHELVED BY GENRE today chats about gnomes, small-town detectives, and entrepreneurs as we cover a delightfully odd Lifetime movie that is also sort of a light parody of Hallmark Christmas movies, IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE MURDER. rangedtouch.com/2025/12/19/i...
aaaaaahhhhh!!!! *flees into the cave where i live with my mom*
December 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
aaaaaahhhhh!!!! *flees into the cave where i live with my mom*
Over on the Ranged Touch Patreon, for this month's Bonus Episode we finally buckled down and watched Stanley Kubrick's iconic 1980 adaptation of THE SHINING, which draws many people in with its irresistible allure, only to trap them forever: www.patreon.com/posts/145359...
December 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Over on the Ranged Touch Patreon, for this month's Bonus Episode we finally buckled down and watched Stanley Kubrick's iconic 1980 adaptation of THE SHINING, which draws many people in with its irresistible allure, only to trap them forever: www.patreon.com/posts/145359...
Murder! Being a teenager in the 1970s! A haunted amusement park! An attractive older woman who is a crack shot with a rifle! And a VERY special edition of Uncle Stevie's Mixtape, as this month JUST KING THINGS tackles the breezy, readable fun of 2013's JOYLAND: rangedtouch.com/2025/12/08/j...
December 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Murder! Being a teenager in the 1970s! A haunted amusement park! An attractive older woman who is a crack shot with a rifle! And a VERY special edition of Uncle Stevie's Mixtape, as this month JUST KING THINGS tackles the breezy, readable fun of 2013's JOYLAND: rangedtouch.com/2025/12/08/j...
SHELVED BY GENRE finishes PROMETHEA. After an okay start, we hit a very rocky middle, then things really kick into high gear for a showstopper ending with lots of delightful little moments. Also: we announce our upcoming holiday interlude film! rangedtouch.com/2025/12/05/p...
December 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
SHELVED BY GENRE finishes PROMETHEA. After an okay start, we hit a very rocky middle, then things really kick into high gear for a showstopper ending with lots of delightful little moments. Also: we announce our upcoming holiday interlude film! rangedtouch.com/2025/12/05/p...
GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES ends the month pondering once more culture, media effects and violence, this time with a wildcard 2002 documentary that snapshots an era of which our own is a louder, coarser, echo: Michael Moore's BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE rangedtouch.com/2025/11/30/8...
November 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES ends the month pondering once more culture, media effects and violence, this time with a wildcard 2002 documentary that snapshots an era of which our own is a louder, coarser, echo: Michael Moore's BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE rangedtouch.com/2025/11/30/8...
This week's SBG bonus episode is on PENDA'S FEN, a striking BBC teleplay from 1974 wherein an incredibly uptight young man through a series of increasingly anomalous encounters learns to interrogate British identity, personal history, sexuality, religion, and more: www.patreon.com/posts/shelve...
November 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This week's SBG bonus episode is on PENDA'S FEN, a striking BBC teleplay from 1974 wherein an incredibly uptight young man through a series of increasingly anomalous encounters learns to interrogate British identity, personal history, sexuality, religion, and more: www.patreon.com/posts/shelve...
SHELVED BY GENRE travels to the very cusp of imaginative possibility today in our Alan Moore unit, covering part one of PROMETHEA, a Y2K fable about art, history, and magic that also introduces one of the greatest characters in comics history: rangedtouch.com/2025/11/21/p...
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
SHELVED BY GENRE travels to the very cusp of imaginative possibility today in our Alan Moore unit, covering part one of PROMETHEA, a Y2K fable about art, history, and magic that also introduces one of the greatest characters in comics history: rangedtouch.com/2025/11/21/p...
mrw ur whispering instead of choosing a pebble
November 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
mrw ur whispering instead of choosing a pebble