

Blockchain Gaming World
jon jordan
Everything you need to know about Blockchain Gaming.
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Feb 7, 2024 • 39min
155 | Why Mythical Games is bullish on web3 gaming via app stores
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In episode 155, Jon Jordan talks to Mythical Games' CEO John Linden about its decision to build on Polkadot, the formation of the Mythos Foundation and why its games are all going to be distributed through Apple and Google's app stores.

Jan 31, 2024 • 34min
154 | The ground-up rise of Pixels
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In Episode 154, Jon Jordan talks to Pixels CEO Luke Barwikoswki on the remarkable rise of the social RPG, which was triggered by its relaunch on Ronin in November 2023

Jan 24, 2024 • 39min
153 | Autonomous worlds and godless games
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In episode 153, Jon Jordan talks to Playmint CEO David Amor about the rise of fully onchain blockchain games, including Downstream, its currently in-development title.

Jan 17, 2024 • 38min
152 | How Kratos is building a global gaming community
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Read the transcription at BlockchainGamer.biz
In BCGW #152, Jon Jordan talks to the founder of Kratos Studios Manish Agarwal about how it's building out a global community of gamers. Starting in India, with the acquisition of IndiGG, but now in Indonesia, Brazil, Nigeria, Turkey etc, Kratos has over 1 million players, organized in 14,000 clans and has distributed >$1 million to players as they complete quests in both web2 and web3 mobile games. As Agarwal says it, Kratos is all about solving the LTV>CAC equation for every type of game.

Jan 10, 2024 • 44min
151 | Blockchain games in 2024
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We kick off 2024 with a discussion between Jon and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny on our predictions for blockchain gaming in 2024. Subjects covered include:
2023 was a bad year for blockchain games
Is the biggest threat external forces or get-rich-quick mentality?
Remembering the Axie Infinity boom in late 2021
Will the hit games of 2024 be the ones we currently know
Shrapnel, Off The Grid, Pixels
Is UGC the future of blockchain gaming?
Is mobile the future of blockchain gaming?
Are fully onchain games the future of blockchain gaming?
Should we even talk about "blockchain games"?

Dec 27, 2023 • 1h 7min
150 | 2023 review of blockchain gaming biz
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In BCGW #150, Jon Jordan and BlockchainGamer.biz editor Jenny Jordan discuss the key news stories of 2023.

Dec 22, 2023 • 50min
149 | Making web3 games secure and accessible with Sequence (Peter Kieltyka)
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In BCGW #149, Jon Jordan talks to Horizon Blockchain Games CEO Peter Kieltyka about his love of open source coding, why Horizon developed TCG Skyweaver in order to build all-in-one web3 stack Sequence, and the difference between non-custodial and self-custodial wallets.

Dec 12, 2023 • 54min
148 | State of web3 gaming in 2023 with Game7
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Check out Game7's State of Web3 Gaming report at https://research.game7.io/state-of-web3-gaming-2023
In BCGW #148, Jon Jordan talks to Game7's head of research George Isichos about the State of Web3 Gaming report the DAO has released.

Dec 12, 2023 • 36min
147 | From STEPN to Gas Hero w/ Shiti Manghani
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In BCGW #147, Jon Jordan talks to Find Satoshi Lab's COO Shiti Manghani about what it was like to experience the rapid success of move-to-earn game STEPN in early 2022, why the company has built out an ecosystem including a DEX and NFT marketplace, and what's next including new social mobile game Gas Hero.

Nov 7, 2023 • 40min
Blocklords | Start as a farmer, become an NFT king
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In BCGW #146, Jon Jordan talks to MetaKing Studios' CEO David Johansson about strategy PC MMOG Blocklords, which is now playable in open beta via Epic Games Store in its early iteration.
David talks about the vision for the game, which is a MMO with strategy elements and epic battles, where you start off as a farmer, gathering resources, but in which you can create a family dynasty and work your way up to become a king of your region.
MMO game with strategy elements, epic battles but where you start off as a farmer but you can work your way up to be a king