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FAQs about The Dopamine Slot Machine:How many episodes does The Dopamine Slot Machine have?The podcast currently has 19 episodes available.
June 03, 2025What Regulators and Politicians Misunderstand about Video GamesAndrew, 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.https://www.polygon.com/features/602800/gambling-video-games-balatro-luck-be-a-landlord...more15minPlay
June 01, 2025Pokemon GO, a healthy mobile game?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.....more47minPlay
May 10, 2025FIFA - Could it 'kick' start a Gambling Addiction?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.'The kids emptied our bank account playing Fifa'https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-48908766Loot boxes: I blew my university savings gaming on Fifahttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53337020How I Quit my FIFA Addictionhttps://www.reddit.com/r/fut/comments/1finb5u/how_i_quit_my_fifa_addiction/...more38minPlay
May 05, 2025Games Your Kids Will Love (That You Will Too)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.In this solo episode, Andrew goes over a handful of positive examples of games, and what makes them better choices for children....more21minPlay
April 15, 2025Digital Literacy DecodedAndrew, 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.In this solo episode, Andrew gives his view on the "digital literacy" argument that opponents of giving children Smartphone Free Childhoods frequently raise. https://cognitiveresearchjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41235-021-00301-5...more16minPlay
April 13, 2025EdTech: Teaching Kids, or Training Users?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....more37minPlay
April 02, 2025Roblox: It Just Got Worse!Whilst the rest of the world is talking about parental controls and monitoring, Roblox has decided now is the time to sneak in data led advertising to your kids.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.https://corp.roblox.com/newsroom/2025/04/roblox-scales-video-ads-partners-with-googlehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c86j9ygw45xohttps://thedopamineslotmachine.co.uk/https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571236212407...more16minPlay
March 31, 2025Among Us: Is it Safe, or Suss?If you don't know what being 'suss' is, then this is the episode for you! Among Us was THE hit of Lockdown, and continues to be popular with children to this day, but what do you need to know about it as a parent?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.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Among_Ushttps://www.innersloth.com/games/among-us/...more13minPlay
March 24, 2025We Answer YOUR Questions! What do we think of Zelda? Can Minecraft improve tech literacy? What was our 'aha' moment? What's driving screen habits?Celebrating 100 subscribers, we answer the questions you've sent in!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....more32minPlay
March 21, 2025Current Trends: What comes next for our children?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....more30minPlay
FAQs about The Dopamine Slot Machine:How many episodes does The Dopamine Slot Machine have?The podcast currently has 19 episodes available.