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436: Trash the Planet

April 1, 2025 · 47 min

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This week, Laura and Nate dive into Trash the Planet, a free, browser-based resource-management game that subverts clicker mechanics to serve its narrative. You play as a group of raccoons who start out collecting trash and, through a rapid evolution of society, end up ruling the planet—manipulating the stock market with absolutely no consequences.

Stick around for the return of What’s Making Us Happy This Week.

  • (00:00) - Trash the Planet
  • (36:26) - What's Making Us Happy This Week?
  • (36:45) - Nate: Paper Mario: The 1000 Year Inter-Library Loan
  • (40:24) - Laura: Crossed Skis
  • (44:28) - Outro

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