Latest Episodes
E36: Pokémon Pocket's Gimped Trading and Matthew Ball's State of Gaming
Pokémon TCG Pocket is one of a handful of games to implement P2P trading on mobile. Yet it sucks. On purpose. As @Eric explains,...
E35: In Defense of Loot Boxes (w/Dr. Matthew McCaffrey)
Loot boxes have all the markings of a moral panic. Dr.McCaffrey reviewed the emerging literature, and like the research on video game violence, it's...
E34: A Theory of Optimal Economic Balance
Is game balance bullshit? The crew goes toe-to-toe debating Sirland’s Don't Use Math in Balancing Games. Chris emerges from his Roblox hibernation, Eric tells...
E33: Halo's Economist & Player Price Experiment Complaints? (w/Dr.Jason Arentz)
Anti-cheat economics, web3 property rights, Deirdre McCloskey, institutional incentives, Halo UGC, and the if single player games have a natural advantage outside the West....
E32: Should more firms be like Valve? (w/Dr. Peter Klein)
Economist Dr.Peter G. Klein joins the cast to discuss Why Managers Matter: The Perils of the Bossless Company. We debate Valve's organizational structure, the...
E31: Potty Mouth & "That" Levitt-King Paper
Phil and Chris return from Asia, and it's gachupon from here in-out. Eric talks vertical progression in single player games, while Chris actually agree...