Game Studies Study Buddies
Learn all about the academic field of game studies!
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- Jacob Geller1 ep
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- 🇺🇸United States · Video GamesHOME#12610K to 53K
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom · Video Games#682.4K to 13K
- 🇩🇰DK · Video Games#28817 to 4.3K
- 🇦🇺Australia · Video Games#98601 to 3.2K
- 🇪🇸Spain · Video Games#105372 to 2.0K
- Per-Episode Audience
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15K to 80K🎙 Biweekly cadence·98 episodes·Last published 3w ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
22K to 115K🇺🇸66%🇬🇧16%🇩🇰5%+5 more - Active Followers
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8.7K to 46K
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 9/30/26 | 98 – Wing – Bounce | We talk about Carlin Wing’s Bounce. Send stuff to the PO Box! Order CMRN’s book! Order here as well! Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show. | 1h 46m 30s | ||||||
| 9/1/26 | game analysisvideo game design+3 | — | CMRNBookshop.org | — | Run and JumpPeter McDonald+5 | — | 1h 53m 48s | ||
| 8/3/26 | BarthesCamera Lucida+3 | — | CMRNCamera Lucida | — | BarthesCamera Lucida+3 | — | 2h 20m 48s | ||
| 6/30/26 | Seventeenth-Century English LiteratureLudic Self+3 | — | CMRNBookshop.org+1 | — | NardoSeventeenth-Century+5 | — | 2h 02m 13s | ||
| 6/1/26 | gamingbook discussion+3 | — | CMRNBookshop.org | — | gamingNicholas Taylor+3 | — | 1h 57m 10s | ||
| 4/29/26 | Brian Sutton-SmithWar Game documentary+3 | — | CMRNBookshop.org+2 | — | Sutton-Smithambiguity of play+3 | — | 2h 52m 14s | ||
| 4/2/26 | documentarywar games+4 | — | CMRNBookshop.org+2 | — | War Gamedocumentary+6 | — | 1h 26m 37s | ||
| 3/2/26 | game studiesjournal issue+3 | — | CMRNGame Studies vol. 1, issue 1 | — | Game Studies2001+3 | — | 1h 38m 11s | ||
| 1/31/26 | computer game designChris Crawford+3 | — | CMRNBookshop.org+1 | — | computer game designChris Crawford+3 | — | 1h 03m 54s | ||
| 12/31/25 | film analysisGet Lamp+3 | — | Get Lamp | — | Get Lampfilm+3 | — | 1h 53m 05s | ||
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| 11/30/25 | film analysisgun violence+3 | — | Bowling For Columbine | — | Bowling For Columbinegun violence+3 | — | 2h 10m 05s | ||
| 11/1/25 | Capitalist RealismMark Fisher+3 | — | CMRNBookshop.org | — | Capitalist RealismMark Fisher+4 | — | 2h 58m 50s | ||
| 9/30/25 | YouTube videosinterview+3 | Jacob Geller | CMRNBookshop.org | — | YouTubeinterview+3 | — | 1h 20m 56s | ||
| 8/28/25 | simulation gamesAmerican Truck Simulator+3 | — | CMRNPatreon+2 | Summer of Simulation | American Truck Simulatorsimulation games+3 | — | 1h 05m 05s | ||
| 7/31/25 | 84 – Baudrillard – Simulacra and Simulation | We talk about Jean Baudrillard’s Simulacra and Simulation. You can find Historiographies of Game Studies here. Preorder CMRN’s book! Preorder here as well! Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show. | 2h 33m 15s | ||||||
| 7/1/25 | 83 – Raser – Simulation and Society | We talk about John R. Raser’s Simulation and Society. Preorder CMRN’s book! Preorder here as well! Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show.d | 1h 49m 57s | ||||||
| 5/31/25 | 82 – Gunkel – Gaming the System | We talk about David J. Gunkel’s Gaming the System. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show. | 2h 34m 47s | ||||||
| 5/1/25 | 81 – Jørgensen – Gameworld Interfaces | We talk about Kristine Jørgensen’s Gameworld Interfaces. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show. | 1h 33m 57s | ||||||
| 3/31/25 | 80 – Grand Theft Hamlet | We talk about the film Grand Theft Hamlet. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show. | 2h 03m 46s | ||||||
| 2/27/25 | 79 – Humphreys – Manifest Destiny 2.0 | We talk about Sara Humphreys’ Manifest Destiny 2.0: Genre Trouble in Game Worlds. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter. Follow CMRN on Twitter. Follow Michael on Twitter. Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show. | 1h 44m 33s | ||||||
| 2/1/25 | 78 – Dibbell – My Tiny Life | We talk about Julian Dibbell’s My Tiny Life. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter. Follow CMRN on Twitter. Follow Michael on Twitter. Chris Hunt created the theme song for this show. | 2h 07m 02s | ||||||
| 12/31/24 | 77 – Flanagan and Jakobsson – Playing Oppression | We talk about Mary Flanagan and Mikael Jakobsson’s Playing Oppression. You can read the book open access on The MIT Press website: https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5547/Playing-OppressionThe-Legacy-of-Conquest-and Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter. Follow CMRN on Twitter. Follow Michael on Twitter. Chris Hunt created the theme… Continue reading 77 – Flanagan and Jakobsson – Playing Oppression | 2h 13m 56s | ||||||
| 12/1/24 | 76 – Trammell – Repairing Play | We talk about Aaron Trammell’s Repairing Play. It is open access on The MIT Press’s website: https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5530/Repairing-PlayA-Black-Phenomenology Note: Did one last final check — Riven did eventually release for the Sega Saturn. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter. Follow CMRN on Twitter.… Continue reading 76 – Trammell – Repairing Play | 1h 45m 56s | ||||||
| 10/31/24 | 75 – Jameson – Postmodernism | We talk about Fredric Jameson’s “Postmodernism, or The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism” which was originally published in New Left Review in 1984. Note: Checked one more time — Riven did eventually release for the Sega Saturn. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on… Continue reading 75 – Jameson – Postmodernism | 2h 30m 56s | ||||||
| 9/30/24 | 74 – Guerra – Slantwise Moves | We talk about Douglas Guerra’s Slantwise Moves: Games, Literature, and Social Invention in Nineteenth-Century America. Note: Checked again — Riven did eventually release for the Sega Saturn. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter. Follow CMRN on Twitter. Follow Michael on Twitter. Chris… Continue reading 74 – Guerra – Slantwise Moves | 1h 33m 16s | ||||||
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Chart history for Game Studies Study Buddies
Peaked at #28 in Denmark, currently #28 in Denmark.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | — | #28 | #28 | — |
| TH | — | #55 | #55 | — |
| IS | — | #57 | #57 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #68 | #68 | — |
| MY | — | #86 | #86 | — |
| Australia | — | #98 | #98 | — |
| Spain | — | #105 | #105 | — |
| CZ | — | #111 | #111 | — |
| United States | — | #126 | #126 | — |
| GR | — | #133 | #133 | — |
| IS | — | #139 | #139 | — |
| TW | — | #139 | #139 | — |
| South Africa | — | #148 | #148 | — |
| AR | — | #149 | #149 | — |
| SG | — | #152 | #152 | — |
| South Korea | — | #155 | #155 | — |
| Denmark | — | #157 | #157 | — |
| Sweden | — | #172 | #172 | — |
| PL | — | #200 | #200 | — |
Chart Positions
19 placements across 17 markets.
Chart Positions
19 placements across 17 markets.