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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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Mathew Kumar @mathewkumar.com · 7h

New exp. Dispatch! First images of the zine set (so fresh!!!) an update on exp. 2602 shipping (next week!) and all the usual article, zine and interesting things links! expzine.com/2025/10/12/t...

Last chance to order zines to go out in the first batch! expzine.com/shop/

a picture of all three zines together. It looks so good. I really am thrilled. What a nice thing to have!!!

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 1h

Really thinking about how I can use the engagement bait forms of other websites the benefit our podcast network. Went on a date last night and it was going great until they said that there was NO game studies podcast and I said WELL WAIT A MINUTE 1/18

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jason grinblat @jfg.land · 3h

my idea for a game is to gerrymander all human experience into shiny "products" and ugly externalities, then financialize just the shiny part and call that reality

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Greg Loring-Albright, PhD (he/him) @gregisonthego.bsky.social · 10h

Annoyingly put-together guy getting way too chatty with the busy baristas at the coffeeshop this morning: "Billy Joel is like the perfect music for this morning."
Barista, slammed, in the midst of making tons of drinks, incredibly flat affect: "This is Bob Dylan."

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 19h

being a Zamboni driver is a respectable job

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 21h

WEAPONS was great. Larkin Seiple nailed it.

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 1d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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

Ranged Touch @rangedtouch.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

I had a great time!

cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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

Ranged Touch @rangedtouch.bsky.social · 2d

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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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 26d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

intended outcome

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👻 Boo-arvik B. Boo-arvik 👻 @luarvik.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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

Endless Mode @endlessmode.bsky.social · 3d

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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