Future of Gaming

Reporters Without Borders @RSF_Europe has turned to #Minecraft in its fight against cyber #censorship: an in-game "uncensored library" is a repository for articles censored in the country of their origin (Mexico, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Russia...)

New games and virtual worlds are building new digital economies. But what we don't talk about enough is just how complex and nuanced these economies are. Take Star Atlas, a game built on Solana. Here's how its digital economy works 👇

Something @cdixon and I have been discussing: how NFTs can completely reshape mobile gaming.

1/50 Thoughts on gaming economics, NFTs and the Metaverse.

Why do play-to-earn games work when real money trading in games has (mostly) not worked? 💸 What can @AxieInfinity @Diablo @EveOnline @CSGO learn from each other? Thread 👇 proposing a framework for what makes play-to-earn work. Stay a while and listen =)

I want to write about Play to Earn / player owned economies in the context of monetary policy history, global macro trends, and game evolution. Also want to draw out some of the key assumptions that have to hold in order for a metaverse to succeed. Insights also apply to NFTs👇🏼

1/ Topic: Going from Web 2 to Web 3 - “Your take rate is my opportunity” 🧵

1/ Topic: The Internet T...

The reason that gaming is so much bigger than other media categories isn't because there are more gamers than there are music listeners. It's a difference in *business model* This is why all creative industries will move to microtransactions & virtual currencies.