Game Economist Cast

What does the new wave of open economies mean for monetization? Will negative externalities overcome cosmetic economies in the long run? What exactly does a game economist do? Game Economist Cast is a roundtable discussion ...more

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February 10, 2025 01:13:45
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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,...

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January 19, 2025 01:22:33
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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...

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December 01, 2024 01:20:46
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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...

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November 04, 2024 01:10:22
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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....

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October 20, 2024 00:55:57
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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...

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October 06, 2024 01:11:20
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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...

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