{"id":966,"date":"2025-08-17T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/why-the-former-editor-of-polygon-is-making-a-podcast-for-old-gamers\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T12:30:00","slug":"why-the-former-editor-of-polygon-is-making-a-podcast-for-old-gamers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/why-the-former-editor-of-polygon-is-making-a-podcast-for-old-gamers\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the former editor of Polygon is making a podcast for old gamers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/STK465_VIDEO_GAMES_EMULATOR__CVirginia_A.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">In a recent episode of <em>Post Games<\/em>, host Chris Plante explores how video games can help players understand death. He&rsquo;s interviewing Kaitlin Tremblay, who is working on <em>Ambrosia Sky<\/em>, a game about death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u00ab\u00a0What is it about games that is so useful for exploring the topic?\u00a0\u00bb Plante asks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u00ab\u00a0I think there&rsquo;s something really lovely about the way in which games invite players in,\u00a0\u00bb Tremblay says. There is \u00ab\u00a0something quite lovely about asking a person to cooperate and to be a part of the story, and to move through the space.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">It&rsquo;s a tone, and a substance of conversation, unlike any I&rsquo;ve heard on a gaming podcast before. And it underscores what&rsquo;s so uni \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/760244\/chris-plante-post-games-podcast-old-gamers-polygon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent episode of Post Games, host Chris Plante explores how video games can help players understand death. 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