Death from above is a simple stealth game where you play as a Ukrainian drone operator stuck behind Russian lines. You can also do slightly tongue-in-cheek things like grab washing machines that the Russian troops have stolen and thieve them back to your side. Henry Glessa: I made this game to express my emotions and to kind of fight back on the virtual battlefield.
Mass movements of people expected as climate change progresses are often depicted as catastrophes-in-waiting. We visit Niger, where that shift has begun, finding there is good news amid the bad. We examine the spate of video games depicting Ukraine’s live theatre of war (11:32). And the end of Indiana Jones’s run prompts a reflection on what made his adventures so compelling (17:12).
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Runtime: 24 min