E23: Four Game Economists Walk into a Social Casino (w/Dr.Matt

E23: Four Game Economists Walk into a Social Casino (w/Dr.Matt Melnyk)

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Matthew Melnyk joins the crew to finally tell us what's social about social casinos. Eric discovers a genre outside of CCG roguelikes...Psych, this time, it's Cobalt Core. Chris bends the supply survey backward to explain progression windfalls, while Phil tries to connect the dots between leaderboards and auction systems.

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