How Microtransactions (Almost) Ruined Gaming, with Dan Soder | PTFO

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Virtual currency is a new cheat code. But when EA Sports tried to squeeze extra cash out of college-football fans with so-called "microtransactions" inside the new CFB 27, gamers revolted... and won? Comedian Dan Soder, who's been playing video games with a future NFL coach since childhood, takes Pablo Torre on a journey to the seventh circle of nerddom: What does this phenomenon say about private equity turning fun into an asset? How do we stop sacrificing community for convenience? And is shame still possible? • What It's Like to Play Madden Against an NFL Head Coach: • We Smoked All the Athlete-Branded Weed We Could Find: