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://www.change.org/p/we-ask-our-prime-minister-to-request-an-urgent-review-of-mobile-phones-in-schools-guidance 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czdv3jq1pnyo 

Future of The Dopamine Slot Machine - and two requests!

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://www.polygon.com/features/602800/gambling-video-games-balatro-luck-be-a-landlord

What Regulators and Politicians Misunderstand about Video Games

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..

Pokemon 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.



'The kids emptied our bank account playing Fifa'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-48908766

Loot boxes: I blew my university savings gaming on Fifa

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53337020

How I Quit my FIFA Addiction

https://www.reddit.com/r/fut/comments/1finb5u/how_i_quit_my_fifa_addiction/

FIFA - 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.

In this solo episode, Andrew goes over a handful of positive examples of games, and what makes them better choices for children.

Games 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 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

Digital Literacy Decoded

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.

EdTech: Teaching Kids, or Training Users?

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-google

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c86j9ygw45xo

https://thedopamineslotmachine.co.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571236212407

Roblox: It Just Got Worse!

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_Us
https://www.innersloth.com/games/among-us/



Among Us: Is it Safe, or Suss?

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.

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