Apologies for my audio quality in this episode ... Jon Jordan talks to GAMEE CEO Bozena Rezab about why it decide to take its traditional mobile game platform and add blockchain -- launching it as ARC8, which is now live with 12 games, its GMEE token on Polygon and G-Bot NFTs. And how GAMEE plans to make ARC8 more decentralized over time with third party developers launching their own games with the platform.  

More at https://www.gamee.com/arc8

Jon Jordan talks to Neon Machine's head of studio Don Norbury about its moddable, competitive FPS Shrapnel, which is launching on the Avalanche blockchain. 

Jon Jordan talks to Şekip Can Gökalp (CEO, Coda Games) about Infinite Arcade, the first platform to bring the hypercasual mobile sector into blockchain by using NFTs as a paid entry ticket for earning in-game tokens.

Jon Jordan talks to Koh Kim (ex-Google Play, beauty products entrepreneur, Panzerdogs advisor etc) about all things blockchain games, including why she decided to formally rejoin the industry as head of ecosystem at Mysten Labs.

Jon Jordan talks to Faraway Games CEO Alex Paley about Mini Royale: Nations, the first live multiplayer game using the Solana blockchain. The browser-based shooter currently enables the use of NFT avatars, with deeper social features backed by its two tokens planned later in 2022. 

Jon Jordan talks to DMarket CEO Vlad Panchenko about why STALKER 2's rejection of NFTs (which would have launched on DMarket) is irrelevant to the overall growth of blockchain gaming. By the end of 2022, Vlad expects to have 100 games live with NFTs on the marketplace. 

Jon Jordan talks to Admix CEO Sam Huber about how it's launched advertising into the metaverse (auctioning NFTs in Somnium Space) in a way that allows creators to make money, and how this process will eventually invert the whole advertising business, with NFTs turning intrusive advertising into valuable brand engagement (valuable for brands and users). 

Jon Jordan talks to Jean-Paul Faraj about Influence, an ambitious space game, which is being built on Ethereum; indeed various NFTs are already live with tokens and missions to follow soon. Find out more at https://www.influenceth.io/

Jon Jordan has a lovely chat about the future of blockchain games with his old chums Will Luton (Department of Play) and David Amor (Playmint), who have also made the jump from gaming to blockchain games. 

Jon Jordan talks to games industry data head and consultant SuperJoost about blockchain gaming; notably about how it fits into the ongoing digital goods revolution of the past 10 years, and the immediate challenges that need to be overcome. Get Joost's insightful email via Substack.