Deconstructor of Fun

In this episode, we're joined by Andrew Green, co-founder, and Gabby Dizon, co-founder of Yield Guild Games. Hold on to your metaverse seats, because this is one high-flying conversation! Strider, recently raised $3 million to enable creators to take control of their projects through blockchain-based decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). Yield Guild Games is a play-to-earn gaming guild, bringing players together to earn via blockchain-based economies.  host: Ethan Levy

News: IMX token tumbles as GameStop appears to dump $42 million from Immutable X grant Activision to Delay Next Year’s Planned Call of Duty Game Call of Duty: Mobile fires past $1.5 billion in consumer spending Links: The Istanbul Event Questions and Feedback The Newsletter The Slack Group Hosts: Mishka Katkoff, Eric Kress, Adam Telfer and Ethan Levy, Eric Seufert Sponsors: Google, ironSource, Appsflyer, PlayerWon,

Can you raise capital without touting Web3 and blockchain? What's the difference between Angel Investor, a VC, and a strategic investor? When to choose a generalist fund over a gaming fund? What do investors look for in investees? Where do VCs look for investees? How to pitch over a video connection versus on-site? This and many more are answered in this podcast by the powerful Joakim Achren.  Who's Joakim? Most of you likely know him as the founder of the fantastic Elite Game Developers blog, podcast, and newsletter. But what you might not know is that he is a published author, a venture partner at Play Ventures, a very active angel investor, and a co-founder of the powerful Next Games. I get to talk to Joakim regularly. This time around we decided to record our conversation - and add a bit more structure to it. Let us know how you liked it!

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Timmu Tõke is the CEO of Ready Player Me, a platform that creates cross-game avatars for the metaverse. In this podcast, we discuss the philosophy of the open metaverse, interoperability, cross-game services, the current state of NFTS among many other fascinating topics. Links: Timmu Tõke: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timmutoke/ Crypto Punks: https://punks.readyplayer.me/ Ready Player Me: https://wolf3d.io/ Deconstructor of Fun: Questions and Feedback The Newsletter The Slack Group Host: Mishka Katkoff The sponsors: ironSource, Appsflyer, PlayerWon,

News: Google reportedly aims to pivot Stadia into wider streaming market  The Unnerving Rise of Video Games that Spy on You Links: Send us Questions and Feedback Deconstructor of Fun Newsletter Deconstructor of Fun Slack Group Hosts: Mishka Katkoff, Eric Kress, Ethan Levy and Eric Seufert Sponsors: Google, ironSource, Appsflyer, PlayerWon,

How do you kill a game without killing the team? Sophie Vo, Niklas Herriger, and Mishka Katkoff discuss their past experiences as well as the dos and don'ts of ending a project and starting a new one.  Links: Send us Questions and Feedback Deconstructor of Fun Newsletter Deconstructor of Fun Slack Group Host: Mishka Katkoff Our sponsors: ironSource, Appsflyer, PlayerWon, 

News: Sony bought Bungie for $3.6 billion Newzoo: NFT companies will transform into luxury and lifestyle brands EA Says It's 'Not Driving Hard' in the Direction of NFTs Links: Send us Questions and Feedback Deconstructor of Fun Newsletter Deconstructor of Fun Slack Group Hosts: Mishka Katkoff, Eric Kress, Ethan Levy and Eric Seufert Sponsors: Google, ironSource, Appsflyer, PlayerWon, Xsolla

Tokenomics is a segment focusing on all aspects of blockchain gaming. In this episode we discuss how to make a pitch for your blockchain game, cover the latest blockchain headlines and answer fan questions. Topics: Twitter launches NFT Profile Pic Verification Illuvium announces PvE closed beta Loop Games to invest $100 million to expand Petherium.io blockchain metaverse How to Build a Blockchain Gaming Studio from Scratch Links: Famous Aspects Send us Questions and Feedback Deconstructor of Fun Newsletter Deconstructor of Fun Slack Group Host: Mishka Katkoff, Ethan Levy, Anton Backman

NFT Pro’s ‘Metaverse’ Rave Looks Boring, Dead Respawn making 3 new Star Wars games for EA The App Store has a ‘Too Big To Fail’ problem Links: Microsoft to Acquire Activision Send us Questions and Feedback Deconstructor of Fun Newsletter Deconstructor of Fun Slack Group Hosts: Mishka Katkoff, Eric Kress, Adam Telfer and Eric Seufert Sponsors: Google, ironSource, Appsflyer, PlayerWon, Xsolla