Game Economist Cast

By Phillip Black

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Episodes: 43

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What does the new wave of open economies mean for monetization? Will negative externalities overcome cosmetics economies in the long run? What exactly does a game economist do? Game Economist Cast is a roundtable discussion of the latest developments in mobile, HD, and crypto games through a bunch of people figuring it out using the economic tool kit.

Episode Date
E40: The Best Web3 Arguments (w/Yat Siu, Cofounder of Animoca Brands)
Jun 16, 2025
E39: Law & Economic Order, A Game Economist Investigation
May 12, 2025
E38: Economics of Game Innovation & AI's Now Proof
Apr 21, 2025
GEC BONUS EP: What's up at GDC 2025 (w/Charlie Hsu)
Apr 06, 2025
E37: Is Gaming Better Than Everyone at Experimentation? (w/Dr.Julian Runge)
Mar 03, 2025
E36: Pokémon Pocket's Gimped Trading and Matthew Ball's State of Gaming
Feb 10, 2025
E35: In Defense of Loot Boxes (w/Dr. Matthew McCaffrey)
Jan 19, 2025
E34: A Theory of Optimal Economic Balance
Dec 01, 2024
E33: Halo's Economist & Player Price Experiment Complaints? (w/Dr.Jason Arentz)
Nov 04, 2024
E32: Should more firms be like Valve? (w/Dr. Peter Klein)
Oct 20, 2024
E31: Potty Mouth & "That" Levitt-King Paper
Oct 06, 2024
E30: The Economics of Game Development
Sep 15, 2024
E29: Can a Stick of Butter Keep You Sober?
Jul 14, 2024
E28: B-A-N-A-N-A!
Jul 01, 2024
E27: The Best Game Economy of All-Time
Jun 09, 2024
E26: Price Theorists Battle Behavioralists for Marvel Snap
May 19, 2024
E25: The Veblen Goods Model That Explains Web3 (w/Dr.Sam Rosen)
Apr 28, 2024
E24: Tragedy of the UGC Commons & Gold Bugs
Apr 13, 2024
GEC BONUS EP: What's up at GDC 2024?
Mar 26, 2024
E23: Four Game Economists Walk into a Social Casino (w/Dr.Matt Melnyk)
Mar 11, 2024
E22: Airdropping The Missing Web3 Palworld Take
Feb 20, 2024
E21: Subs, Doms, Surprise, and Suspense
Jan 22, 2024
E20: Game Inflation is Misunderstood
Dec 10, 2023
E19: Why Doesn't Apple or Steam Use Regional Pricing? (w/Bill Grosso)
Nov 26, 2023
E18: Internet Spaceships Are Serious Business (w/Dr.Eyjolfur Gudmundsson)
Nov 13, 2023
E17: Regressions, Gin Rummy, and a VERY Special Guest (w/David Nelson)
Oct 30, 2023
E16: Should Match-3 Players Choose Their Difficulty? (w/Dr.Julian Runge)
Sep 25, 2023
E15: Video Game Monetary Policy Real Talk
Sep 10, 2023
E14: Hayekian Emergent Gameplay & Reddit Gone Wild
Sep 06, 2023
E13: Rank Inflation, Chris' New KPI, and Defending the Indefensible
Aug 13, 2023
E12: Bots, Battlebit, Brawl Stars, and Battlestar Galactica
Jul 24, 2023
E11: Game Economist's Creed Meets Midwest Web3 Farming
Jul 10, 2023
E10: Monetizing Reddit, Fortnite Into The Bloodstream, & Game Thesis
Jun 27, 2023
E09: Regressive & Progressive UGC Taxes
May 29, 2023
E08: Voluptuous Consumer Surplus
May 21, 2023
GEC BONUS EP: What's up at GDC 2023?
Apr 03, 2023
E07: The Mailbag Episode
Mar 28, 2023
E06: What's the deal with markets anyways?
Mar 14, 2023
E05: Korv, Deluxe Edition Theory, & Market Power
Mar 08, 2023
E04: Costco Hot Dogs, Matchmaking, & More Snap
Jan 30, 2023
E03: Land, Where's the Beef?
Jan 08, 2023
E02: Fork & Knife
Dec 05, 2022
E01: And we're live
Nov 21, 2022