Lexmark vs Impression Products & The Right to Repair
Welcome to another entry in Free to Play. It seems like this series just doesn't want to rest as every time I think I'll retire it for a while somethi...
Nintendo Switch & Opportunity Cost
Welcome back to Free To Play, it's been a while, hasn't it? I stepped back from this series for a bit because I was burnt out on the topics and wanted...
What Fueled The Rapid Rise in Retro Gaming Prices?
The days of finding lots like this for $50 or less are gone.
Any retro gamer worth their salt is all too aware that lately the price of physical r...
The Fine Bros, Youtube and How Trademark Law Can Stifle Free Expression
Welcome back to another Free to Play. I normally write these columns using an example from gaming to illustrate a concept in economics, but sometimes ...
Free To Play: Game Genres and the Theory of Spontaneous Order
Hello and welcome back to Free To Play. During a chat with this site's chief, Aggro Sky (aka Z), I made an offhand comment about spontaneous order and...
The Retrogaming Boom, A New Gaming Crash & Business Cycle Theory
Welcome back to Free To Play. I'm a proud retrogamer and a game collector, but lately it's become a chore to collect retro games. I don't possess the ...
Nintendo And Market Niche
With the news that Nintendo turned a rather nice profit in the last quarter, I had planned a quick rant article about how Nintendo was doing right by ...
Gamestop, Digital Downloads, Storage Wars and What Prices Tell Us
Hello and welcome to another Free To Play. In a previous article I covered the NES collecting scene and how it perfectly illustrates the laws of suppl...
Free To Play: Konami, YouTube and Intellectual Property
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free To Play. In this edition I wanted to comment on a news story that has been slowly unfolding the last coup...
Call of Duty: Milton Ops or Why Call of Duty Proves The Market Works
"A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks...
Let’s-A-Go!! Nintendo Says Goodbye to Brazil: A Free Market Analysis
Hello and welcome back to another Free To Play. I normally don't write these articles this frequently but the support you all gave on the last editio...
NES Collecting & The Law of Supply & Demand
Hello, and welcome to a new edition of Free To Play. Until now, I've used examples from games that correlate with libertarian philosophy, but today, I...