Fertility and Virtual Reality
There is much panic today about falling birthrates. I predicted this 15 years ago in “Fertility and Virtual Reality.” Updated predictions inside.
Studies
Economics and Attention
In a new paper at Kyklos (paywalled, sorry), I develop a basic economic theory of fame. I think this may be the start of a more general economic theory of attention. In the next decades, attention may become fairly central to economic thinking, as the virtual economy gradually overtakes the real economy.
Echoes of Purgatory in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
I just published a paper in Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture (vol. 25, no. 4, Fall 2022). Sadly, it is behind a paywall. As religious ideas are increasingly marginalized in the real world, why do they keep showing up in video games?
Videogames and Violence: A Nothingburger
18 months of research finds no evidence that violent games cause social violence.
Past Glory
More than 15 years ago, I wrote this paper about the economies of games. The nice people at Today I Found Out recently made a video about it. Thanks to former student Sami Stegall for the heads up!
Words and Games 