Hi everyone. As we were planning out this episode all three of us realized that it just didn't quite feel right at the current moment to have our usual fun back and forth about video games.

There's too much going on in the wider world right now that deserves your and our attention.

So we are not going to be running a normal episode today.

If you were really hoping for a new triple click, we get it.

We're sorry and we will be back next week to talk about games with normal

episodes and also on Monday if you haven't yet listened to the Final Fantasy 7

Beans cast it will be live for everybody on this feed on Monday.

The protests that have been happening for the last week following George Floyd's

murder at the hands of police represent a crucial moment for this country.

All three of us believe that Black Lives Matter and that we need our elected

representatives to make meaningful dramatic changes to how police are allowed to

operate. We do want to talk about all that stuff even in the context of

video games, but we also believe that right now in

this moment there are other voices that are more worth hearing from.

So in the show notes you will find some links to resources for how you can best

support protesters and help

bring about meaningful change. For example, you can donate to bail funds, you can

call your local representatives, mayors and city council members, and to all of our white listeners you can do some work to

listen educate yourself and raise up black voices I'd also like to really recommend

the book the new Jim Crow, which is about policing and the racist history of

policing in our country and how many decades that's been going on. It's worth a

read and it's also on audio book. So that's by Michelle Alexander and it's really good. I got a lot out of it when I read it. And if you're looking for a podcast to listen to right now. We recommend our fellow maximum

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