The Dopamine Slot Machine – Microtransactions: Little Purchases, Big Problems

In this week’s episode, Andrew and Brandon tackle one of the biggest problems parents face in video games – microtransactions. Growing from a widely laughed at Horse Armour DLC to the driving force between multi-billion dollar games, if your child is playing video games, someone is trying to sell them Microtransactions.

Andrew, a father of two and lifelong gamer, teams up with Brandon, a consumer psychologist and ex-pro video game coach, to cover video games, the way they are designed and how these design decisions impact the children that play them.