Latest Episodes
E38: Economics of Game Innovation & AI's Now Proof
What is the GDP-maximizing set of copyright protections? 10 years? 5 years? None at all? Chris, Eric, and I debate the relevance of patents...
GEC BONUS EP: What's up at GDC 2025 (w/Charlie Hsu)
Phillip & Eric navigate the strangely subdued landscape of GDC 2025, pondering if there really is such a thing as a free lunch. Chris...
E37: Is Gaming Better Than Everyone at Experimentation? (w/Dr.Julian Runge)
The best tech firm experimentation seems to offer thousands of button color experiments. Dr.Runge has a better approach, which changes at every game development...
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...