Game Design: Overpowered Decks and Player Skill

Podcast episode for Monthly Roundup #37: December 2026

* 00:00 - Introduction

* 00:17 - Ban Gain of Function Research

* 05:23 - In The Zone

* 05:57 - A Price Is A Signal Wrapped In An Incentive

* 07:09 - While I Cannot Condone This

* 08:48 - The Gift Of Having A Gift To Give Away

* 09:27 - Good News, Everyone

* 12:18 - Paranoia, Paranoia

* 19:35 - A Good Book

* 21:21 - For Your Entertainment

* 22:59 - And The Warner Sister Dot

* 24:57 - Gamers Gonna Game Game Game Game Game

* 27:20 - Think Of The Children

* 31:11 - Sports Go Sports

* 33:32 - Antisocial Media

* 35:02 - Government Working

* 39:47 - Variously Effective Altruism

* 40:19 - Party Time, Excellent

* 43:54 - Waste, Fraud, Abuse But Mostly No One Looked

* 45:12 - How You Do Anything

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