"Balance all those prices." Economies; Ergonomics




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Summary: <p>Mark gets back to <em>Metro Nexus</em>, Stephen explores the strange land where in-game and real-world economics overlap, and Ellen makes sure we have good posture.</p> <ul> <li> <a href="http://nicegames.club/sites/default/files/2020-05/IMG_20200503_031629.jpg"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2020-05/IMG_20200503_031629.jpg?itok=E-1OAs3r" width="480" height="360" alt="Mark's game, Metro Nexus, running on the Nintendo Switch." class="img-responsive"> </a> Metro Nexus is running on the Switch! </li> <li> <a href="https://gdbay.com/global-games-pitch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Global Games Pitch</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeS3CbAgkb8&amp;feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IGDATC Widget Satchel Postmortem</a> - <a href="/publication/igdatc" hreflang="en">igdatc</a> </li> </ul> Economies 0:11:20 <a href="/person/stephen-mcgregor" hreflang="en">Stephen McGregor</a> <a href="/topics/game-design" hreflang="en">Game Design</a> <a href="https://sto.gamepedia.com/Currency" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Currencies in Star Trek Online</a> - <a href="/publication/gamepedia" hreflang="en">Gamepedia</a> <a href="https://www.polygon.com/2018/1/2/16830328/warframe-free-to-play-f2p-platinum" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How Warframe built an ethical free-to-play economy</a> - <a href="/author/ben-kuchera" hreflang="en">Ben Kuchera</a>, <a href="/publication/polygon-1" hreflang="en">Polygon</a> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/animal-crossing-i-am-not-relaxed/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I Am Not At All Relaxed by Animal Crossing</a> - <a href="/author/cecilia-danastasio" hreflang="en">Cecilia D’Anastasio</a>, <a href="/publication/wired" hreflang="en">Wired</a> Ergonomics 0:55:15 <a href="/person/ellen-burns-johnson" hreflang="en">Ellen Burns-Johnson</a> <a href="/topics/irl" hreflang="en">IRL</a> <a href="https://www.1-hp.org/blog/hpforgamers/esports-health-it-starts-with-ergonomics-and-posture/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Gamer’s Guide to Ergonomics: Your Posture, Chair, Desk, Fingers and everyth…</a> - <a href="/author/matthew-hwu" hreflang="en">Matthew Hwu</a>, <a href="/publication/1hp" hreflang="en">1HP</a> <a href="https://venturebeat.com/2019/11/04/your-posture-is-killing-you-what-gamers-should-know-about-ergonomics/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Your posture is killing you: What gamers should know about ergonomics</a> - <a href="/author/roman-jakob" hreflang="en">Roman Jakob</a>, <a href="/publication/venturebeat-0" hreflang="en">VentureBeat</a> <a href="https://www.hermanmiller.com/products/seating/office-chairs/embody-chairs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Herman Miller Embody chair</a> <a href="http://nicegames.club/sites/default/files/2020-05/20200511_191830.jpg"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2020-05/20200511_191830.jpg?itok=qglwCsWt" width="480" height="360" alt="A photo of Mark's very neat workspace." class="img-responsive"> </a> Mark's very neat workspace. <a href="http://nicegames.club/sites/default/files/2020-05/IMG_20200511_192044.jpg"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2020-05/IMG_20200511_192044.jpg?itok=SaxFfztI" width="480" height="270" alt="A photo of Stephens casual workspace." class="img-responsive"> </a> "Kind of messy. Don't show my mom." ~ Stephen <a href="http://nicegames.club/sites/default/files/2020-05/IMG_20200513_160738.jpg"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2020-05/IMG_20200513_160738.jpg?itok=FYtmeW0x" width="480" height="360" alt="A photo of Ellen's rustic workspace, complete with dog." class="img-responsive"> </a> Ellen's workspace. Rustic. Dog.