In 2026 we will be opening up the Ranged Touch PO box

The secret lyrics to Just King Things' theme have been hiding in plain sight all this time... Spoilers for Stephen King's "Blaze" @rangedtouch.bsky.social www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrEsPgeR/

called shot for 2026: there will be a resurgence in pickle ricks, and the pickle ricks will kiss

i am sad to announce that in 2026 i will be moving to Thrax, the city of windowless rooms, to improve my tax situation and also to support the robust mining and aristocracy economies that the city provides

I coedited a collection titled "Reactionary Worldbuilding: From Speculative Imagination to Political Practice" with Anindita Banerjee, Sherryl Vint, and David M. Higgins. It's forthcoming from MIT Press, and you can preorder at a discount here.

Storynexus is shutting down soon and Josh is doing heroic work preserving Samsara - my game of courtly intrigue, opium-fuelled poetry and dream-walking set in Bengal in 1757, at the dawn of the British Raj. You can play along + even vote on options!

I read this a few months ago on a whim and had no idea that there was an adaptation coming. The book is real Westlake oscillation between dry humor and nihilistic violence and I am curious if the movie does the same (the tone of trailer is much more flatly funny than the book’s)

it’s really something

it’s something

Lots of great models in here

the Perfect Tides franchise is predicated entirely on the feeling of "oh boy, computer!"

i’m hearing reports that IMMORTALITY is the official selection by gamers for maximum cozying up on the couch / by the fireplace vibes… ❤️‍🔥 and!! wishlisting PROJECT C and PROJECT D is the next coziest thing you can do this winter break 😇

Finished a very neat piece of terrain I’ve been working on today. Video at the link. www.instagram.com/p/DS0ulMbEW-...

I listen to so many podcasts, something that is greatly enabled by Ranged Touch. And if you were on tumblr in 2011 or are on tumblr now, you should listen to Homestuck Made This World. And of you were never on tumblr listen to it anyway.

All the games are on sale, because it's winter! store.steampowered.com/developer/Sa... 🔥 IMMORTALITY - $9.99 📹 TELLING LIES - $4.99 ☕ HER STORY - $4.99 And you are obliged to 💫Wishlist our upcoming projects PROJECT C and PROJECT D whilst you're at it! #SteamSale #SteamWinterSale #Cheap #Art

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Hi new followers! If you don't already know I have a new game coming out on January 22nd! It's a narrative adventure set in the year 2003 where you are a young writer trying to make sense of the world: store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...

I really liked Library back when it originally released and I’m glad to hear he’s back. Interesting to see that he fully abandoned the noir-ish novel he was working on.

Pikachu has been replaced by Miss Cigarettes, the cigarette-themed Pokémon

Mara Whitefish, the most realistic character to ever be in a video game

Ahti being able to hear Jesse’s internal narration about 3 minutes into CONTROL is a real all-time maneuver.

We go deep on Alan Moore and how singular, and how broadly unappealing, I find his whole deal at this point. But damn the high points of these comics are so good.

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...

I made a video tutorial about how I make little miniature freaky goopy guys www.instagram.com/reel/DSta8y4...

We go deep on Alan Moore and how singular, and how broadly unappealing, I find his whole deal at this point. But damn the high points of these comics are so good.

I made a video tutorial about how I make little miniature freaky goopy guys www.instagram.com/reel/DSta8y4...

What is the game you played in 2025 that made you really go “wow, that’s what game writing can accomplish!” I spent a lot of this year in a tabletop fugue, and a lot of the video games I did play just didn’t work for me. So here, in the time of holiday sales, I ask for your recommendations.

Saltsea Chronicles is currently 50% off in the Steam Winter Sale btw! Get it for £10.49 or equivalent — the price of a paperback book or a fairly affordable cinema ticket! store.steampowered.com/app/1419620/...

And then there’s two great episode of Shelved By Genre to listen to about it!

yall gotta tap in on this, it's got such insanely good vibes and feel... only other game ive seen do destiny platforming (and do it well!!!!), alongside fantastic control of atmosphere on par with the greats

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...

I just want to say that I did not create this message and by process of elimination it means it was either Michael or Baby Chauncey.

Let’s save…an announcement…for 2026.

If you’re reading this on Christmas morning, do me a favor and grab the family tv and throw the MAGES AND MURDERDADS video playlist up on there. Lotta visual gags for the whole family, and it’s like 150 hours long. m.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

If you’re reading this on Christmas morning, do me a favor and grab the family tv and throw the MAGES AND MURDERDADS video playlist up on there. Lotta visual gags for the whole family, and it’s like 150 hours long. m.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

All children are born knowing how to do this. It is culture that deprives them of this knowledge.

Life day

Since it's a season when a lot of people are spending time with friends and family: what are your favorite made-up games and traditions to play during the holidays? DIY scavenger hunts, almonds baked into cakes for win a prize, Scrabble tournaments that get way too heated... please share em all!

Sean won’t say it so I will: he also made up a lot of fun guys to get mad at this year.

between now and the new year I’m reading BOOKS bro. I’m absorbing words like no one’s business.

Tacklebox is kinda blowing up at the moment, thanks to Quinn's Quest (~1500 copies & counting). Just in case anyone's interested, I would also be open to co-publishing some of my other games (Geiger Counter, Planarch Codex, Restless, Tomb Priestesses, Lofty Beacons, Metrofinal, Last Kings, etc).

they’re calling it the worst name for a business I’ve ever seen

HERE'S THE SCHEDULE FOR SHELVED BY GENRE'S TOLKIEN UNIT. BUY THE EDITIONS WE'RE USING ON BOOKSHOP bookshop.org/lists/shelve...

you're a high one, mr. grinch you're obscured by a cloud you are zooted from that diesel and you're gone off of that loud mr. grinch

local cryptid

they're listening to too much future arent they

@badsavingthrow.bsky.social and I are playing WoW Classic and this is how we play games

Something in this episode derails us harder than we have ever derailed before, and it starts with me reading off the names of softcore titles from the 1990s.

Something in this episode derails us harder than we have ever derailed before, and it starts with me reading off the names of softcore titles from the 1990s.