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Is Tinder Just An Addictive Mobile Game?
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The mobile hit Reigns tasks you with making binary decisions by swiping left and swiping right, not unlike the dating app Tinder. Which begs the question: aren't dating apps basically just mobile games? Satchell Drakes and I speak with Moira Weigel -- author of Labor of Love: The Invention of Dating and a Harvard scholar -- about the implications of gamifying dating apps and the history of relationships and games. Also, Erik Kain and Paul Tassi discuss Microsoft's upcoming exclusive Sea of Thieves as well as the news that Xbox Games Pass will now include Xbox One exclusives.
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