

Blockchain Gaming World
jon jordan
Everything you need to know about Blockchain Gaming.
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Oct 5, 2023 • 44min
BCGW #142 | League of Kingdoms redux
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In BCGW #142, Jon Jordan talks to NOD Games director of BD Dan Lee about the web3 veteran dev's expansion for its 4X game League of Kingdoms, and how it's moving also into publishing and advising other South Korean companies about web3 including NHN.

Sep 21, 2023 • 41min
BCGW #141 | Reignition of Star Atlas
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In episode #141, Jon Jordan talks to ATMATA CEO Michael Wagner about Star Atlas; how he's dealt with the past 12 months of difficulties while maintaining his grand vision for the space combat and trading MMO, which is currently releasing multiple different experiences.

Sep 5, 2023 • 39min
BCGW #140 | Wreck League is building the perfect esport mechs
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Jon Jordan talks to nWay CEO Taehoon Kim about the company's background in real-time multiplayer fighting games, its first web3 experiment, and how it hooked up with Yuga Labs to launch season one of its mobile mech NFT builder-and-battler Wreck League, which goes live on 14th September.

Aug 9, 2023 • 41min
BCGW #139 | Blockchain gaming offers huge upside despite slow adoption says Com2uS
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BCGW #139 | Jon Jordan talks to Com2uS' US president Kyu Lee about the South Korean game company's early experiments in blockchain games and why it's currently taking a very controlled approach to introducing these mechanics into games such as Summoners War: Chronicles.

Jul 27, 2023 • 31min
BCGW #138 | Why Delabs is all-in on blockchain games
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In BCGW #138, Jon Jordan talks to Delabs' head of web3 strategy Quinn Kwon about the South Korean developer's approach making high quality blockchain games.

Jul 19, 2023 • 32min
BCGW #137 | No wallet, just stream: Ember Sword’s mass market plan
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In BCGW #137, Jon Jordan talks to Mark Laursen, the CEO of Bright Star Studios about its forthcoming MMORPG Ember Sword.

Jul 13, 2023 • 35min
BCGW #136 | Extending blockchain game economies with Moonstream
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In BCGW #136, Jon Jordan talks to Moonstream CEO Neeraj Kashyap about how the company helps blockchain game companies control and expand their economies, including reference to how Moonstream has worked with Crypto Unicorns.

Jun 29, 2023 • 33min
BCGW #135 | Fableborne: the build-and raid mobile RPG
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In BCGW #135, Jon Jordan talks to Pixion Games' CEO Kam Punia about Fableborne, its forthcoming mobile RPG in which players build and raid each others' bases for rewards and leaderboard placement.

Jun 21, 2023 • 39min
BCGW #134 | Building Infinigods' interoperable gaming ecosystem
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In BCGW #134, Jon Jordan talk to Infinigods' co-founder Owen O'Donaghue about how it's building out its interoperable ecosystem of games, which offer different gaming experiences but share NFTs, while also allowing players to earn tradeable assets through gameplay in a sustainable manner.
1:33 Owen talks through his previous career at Microsoft and Facebook/Meta
6:47 Axie Infinity, NBA Top Shot and CryptoKitties and the rise of blockchain games
9:00 The value of open economies in F2P games
11:41 The setting of Infinigods' games with respect to mythology, IP and scaling the universe
15:50 "We think shared NFT assets [between games] is really cool"
17:34 "We though about doing a larger Clash of Clans-type game"
21:50 Explaining InfiniMerge's play-to-earn element, using NFTs not ERC20 tokens
25:20 "People can consistently mint an Ark for $10 and sell them for $22"
29:24 Game release schedule in the coming months and the scaling strategy
33:02 Positive around using app stores to distribute web3 games
35:45 The browser-based market is not big enough. You need to be on app stores.

Jun 14, 2023 • 42min
BCGW #133 | Ultra - building Steam on steroids for blockchain gaming
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In BCGW #133, Jon Jordan talks to Ultra co-CEO Nicolas Gilot about the long gestation and potential synergetic potential of the blockchain-based PC game distribution ecosystem, which also includes a streaming channel, NFT marketplace and esports tournament platform.


