Crypto gaming and play-to-earn is a misnomer. “True” gameplay is expenditure of time by the player for sacred entertainment value, not secular economic value. That sacred value can later be monetized, but by being financially motivated first, the atomic value swap of the “game” is polluted and becomes more akin to Mechanical Turk than gameplay. To... See more

Part of the magic of Web3 gaming is the ability for players to cash out their in-game work. So far, though, most play-to-earn games rely on attracting new players to make this possible.