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Free-to-Play and Play-to-Earn seem to be two contradicting business models. But what if you could make a game that takes the best of both worlds? A game with infinite upside while being scalable, never-ending, and generally fun to play. Enter Thetan Arena...

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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. 

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Call of Duty: Mobile fires past $1.5 billion in consumer spending

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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.

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The Unnerving Rise of Video Games that Spy on You

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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. 

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