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G2A, Piracy, and the Four Currencies

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G2A, Piracy, and the Four Currencies

I never thought the day would come where I would passionately argue that fans should pirate my game rather than pay for it, but here we are. That's conditional, of course. If you're going to be buying Defender's Quest [http://www.defendersquest.com] from us then knock yourself out! But

Ad Blockers and the Four Currencies

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Ad Blockers and the Four Currencies

Apple recently allowed Ad-blocking in iOS 9. Some people responded like this [http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ad-blocking-is-stealing,news-20962.html]: > Every time you block an ad, what you're really blocking is food from entering a child's mouth. There's more nuanced takes [http://www.destructoid.com/half-of-destructoid-s-readers-block-our-ads-now-what--247904.phtml] , but these [https:

Free 2 Play and the Four Currencies

One of my most popular articles was "Piracy and the Four Currencies [https://www.fortressofdoors.com/2012/02/piracy-and-four-currencies.html]", which explains the economics of piracy in terms of four "psychological currencies": money-dollars ($M), time-dollars ($T), pain-in-the-butt dollars ($P) and integrity-dollars ($I). Purchases don't just cost money; they also cost

Pay What You Want and the Four Currencies

Cross-posted on gamasutra [http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/LarsDoucet/20120322/167131/Pay_What_You_Want_and_the_Four_Currencies.php] [http://files.fortressofdoors.com/images/pay_what_you_want_purchase.png] [http://files.fortressofdoors.com/images/pay_what_you_want_purchase.png]Today I'd like to apply my "four currencies"

Piracy and the four currencies, part 2

Cross-posted on gamasutra [http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/LarsDoucet/20120228/163145/Piracy_and_the_four_currencies_part_2.php] . My previous article, piracy and the four currencies [https://www.fortressofdoors.com/2012/02/piracy-and-four-currencies.html]seems to have caused a bit of a stir, so I'm going to make this

Piracy and the four currencies

Cross-posted on gamasutra [http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/LarsDoucet/20120222/9501/Piracy_and_the_four_currencies.php] . Part 1 of a multi-part series. (Part 2 [https://www.fortressofdoors.com/2012/02/piracy-and-four-currencies-part-2.html]) The problem with most piracy debates is that the only "cost" they discuss is money-dollars. So, the