This Game Won’t Save the World*
4/28/202648 min
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Guests:
- Friedrich Kirschner: founder and Creative Director of Three More Years
- Maria Cârstian: creative producer of Three More Years
- Closing Song: “Nepturne” by 100 Rabbits (Oquoine)
Art & Music:
- Logo and Show Art: James Bareham
- Theme: Mark Sparling
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First 90 secondsChris Plante· Host0:00
[gentle music] Welcome to Post Games, a podcast about how and why we love video games. I am your host, Chris Plante, and I am so happy to have you here as I celebrate one of my favorite secular holidays, Arbor Day. Arbor Day is Friday, April 24th, in the United States, so odds are that you're actually hearing this after the day has passed. But do not fret. Arbor Day is celebrated around the world across many different days and seasons. In the Central African Republic, National Tree Planting Day is July 22nd. In Colombia, it's April 29th. The Day of the Tree is observed every year on June 21st in Cuba, and in Egypt, the year opens with Arbor Day on January 15th. Arbor Day's mission is elegant. It is simply a day in which everyone is encouraged to plant trees. Now, I totally understand that some folks may find this to be a modest act in the face of climate collapse, and yet I value its capacity to make individual acts, planting trees, into a sort of shared global consciousness. We're all coming together to heal our planet. Now, planting a tree, it won't save us from climate change. I know that. You know that. Nor will the most well-participated Arbor Day in history.