Polygon.com / 22.01.25

Children of Saturn is a game about growing up under the shadow of climate catastrophe

Its been two weeks since a series of wildfires broke out across Los Angeles, with the largest of those fires having burned over 23,713 acres and damaged or destroyed over 7,000 homes and structures. The same week as the fires, The New York Times reported that not only was 2024 the warmest year on record, but that temperatures exceeded the global average prior to the Industrial Revolution. No matter how you look at it, its difficult to ignore the visible ramifications of climate change encroaching on our daily lives. Children of Saturn, a first-person found-footage game about a group of teenagers coming of age in an era of climate catastrophe, taps directly into this feeling, speaking to our current moment and urging for hope and action in the face of apparent hopelessness. Made by indie developers Boie Thomsen and Nils Schulze, Children of Saturn is centered on five teenagers growing up in the suburbs of Los Angeles. Framed through the perspective of video camera recording, the story ...
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