Free Money, Grocery Bags, and Smarter Than You (Patreon)

I'm trying some thing new here. Since Patreon doesn't support blog-like posts very well, I'm posting the early version of a blog post as an audio recording. Think of it as a micro podcast that you can listen to in about 7 minutes.

The topic: the irrational way we treat "free" as a price in games, and how game developers might capitalize on it. Let me know what you think of this format and if you'd like to keep getting early versions of blog posts this way.

LINKS & AUDIO CREDITS:

EightyEightGames (Luca Redwood's company)

You Must Build a Boat (It's getting great reviews)

Smarter Than You (Apple App Store)

Smarter Than You music captured from the game

Grocery store ambient sounds

REFERENCES

Shampanier, K., Mazar, N., & Ariely, D. (2007). Zero as a Special Price: The True Value of Free Products. Marketing Science, 26(6), 742–757.

Jakovcevic, A., Steg, L., Mazzeo, N., Caballero, R., Franco, P., Putrino, N., & Favara, J. (2014). Charges for Plastic Bags: Motivational and Behavioral Effects. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 40, 372–380.