Podcast Episodes

Crypto Corner #11 - The Rise of Play-to-Earn Gaming Guilds (Feat. YGG & BAYZ)

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Play-to-earn Gaming Guilds are Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) that buy game assets (usually yield-earning NFTs) and loan them out to guild members through scholarships.

Beca…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Roundtable #32 - Sandbox Deconstruction, Women in Games & What's Next for Dapper Labs

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In this Metacast episode, Maria Gillies, Jayne Peressini and Aaron Bush join your host Nico to discuss -

#1: Naavik’s The Sandbox Deconstruction

TL;DR - The Sandbox is currently:

- More exp…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Crypto Corner #10 - Crabada, a fully decentralized Play-and-Earn Idle Game on Avalanche

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In this Metacast Crypto Corner episode, Ryan Foo and Tender join your host Nico to take a deep dive into Crabada, a fully decentralized Play-and-Earn Idle Game on the Avalanche network.

Se…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Roundtable #31 - Microsoft x Activision Blizzard, NFT Marketplaces & Turkish Studios Raise Big

In this Metacast episode, Sebastian Park, Miikka Ahonen and David Amor join your host Nicolas Vereecke to discuss -

#1: Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard for $68.7B

For context, find the article here…

Published on 3 years, 10 months ago

Crypto Corner #9 - What 2022 has in store for Blockchain Gaming

In this Metacast Crypto Corner episode, Joost van Dreunen, Miko Matsumura and Chong Ahn join your host Nico to talk about what’s going to happen in the Blockchain Gaming world in the year to come. 

If…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

Roundtable #30 - Take Two buys Zynga & The Roblox Controversy

In this Metacast episode, Yonatan Raz-Fridman, Devin Becker and Abhimanyu Kumar join your host Nicolas Vereecke to discuss -

#1: Take-Two buys Zynga for $12.7B

For context, here is the press release.

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Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

Crypto Corner #8 - [Debate] Why Gamers Hate NFTs

Over the past months, we’ve seen a significant backlash from the gaming community when gaming companies announced they were experimenting with NFTs in their games. 

In this Naavik Metacast Crypto Corn…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

Roundtable #29 - Biggest Learnings of 2021

For many in the games industry, 2021 was a rollercoaster ride. We saw Roblox going public, Apple’s ATT come into effect, discriminatory practices in the largest game companies come to light, play-to-…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

Crypto Corner #7 - Blockchain Games & Esports

In this Metacast Crypto Corner episode, Khaled Alroumi, Anton Backman and Sebastian Park join your host Nico to take a deep dive into the complexities of Blockchain Games and high level competition +…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

Roundtable #28 - Blockchain Ecosystem Funds, Rec Room Raises $145m & Amazon Prime Gaming partners with Blankos Block Party

In this Metacast episode, Chong Ahn, David Amor and Florian Ziegler join your host Nicolas Vereecke to discuss;

#1: The Rise of Blockchain Gaming Ecosystem Funds

All over the Crypto Gaming space, bloc…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago