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March 09, 2022 TWIG #173 Why gaming companies are really leaving Russia / Court rules that loot boxes are not a game of chance
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For refugees fleeing to Poland: Polish Humanitarian Action, the Polish Association for Legal Intervention for refugee rights, the Polish Center for International Aid. For medical assistance on the ground in Ukraine, Médecins Sans Frontières or the Ukrainian Red Cross.
News:
Backbone raises $40 million to bring console and PC games to mobile
'loot boxes' in computer games are not a game of chance
Links:
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Hosts:
Mishka Katkoff, Eric Kress, Adam Telfer and Ethan Levy, Eric Seufert
Sponsors:
Google, ironSource, Appsflyer, PlayerWon
57 min
March 03, 2022 TWIG #172 How the War in Ukraine impacts Games Industry / Gabe Newell on the Metaverse / Playtika is for Sale
PLEASE HELP UKRAINIANS:
For refugees fleeing to Poland: Polish Humanitarian Action, the Polish Association for Legal Intervention for refugee rights, the Polish Center for International Aid. For medical assistance on the ground in Ukraine, Médecins Sans Frontières or the Ukrainian Red Cross.
News:
Games industry rallies behind Ukraine
Playtika Announces Exploration of Strategic Alternatives
Gabe Newell on the metaverse
Netflix Announced Plans to Acquire the Finnish Mobile Studio Next Games
Links:
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Hosts:
Mishka Katkoff, Eric Kress, Adam Telfer and Ethan Levy, Eric Seufert
Sponsors:
Google, ironSource, Appsflyer, PlayerWon
1 hr 2 min
February 28, 2022 Thetan Arena - the game that combines F2P and P2E
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...
Links:
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Hosts:
Mishka Katkoff, Ethan Levy, Javier Barnes
Sponsors:
ironSource, Appsflyer, PlayerWon,
1 hr 8 min
February 25, 2022 Tokenomics #4 What the DAO?!?
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
54 min
February 24, 2022 TWIG #171 The next Call of Duty gets delayed while the mobile version dominates / GameStops crypto debacle
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,
1 hr 3 min
February 21, 2022 Everything You Ought to Know about Raising Capital in 2022 with Joakim Achren
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!
1 hr 15 min
February 17, 2022 TWIG #170 Discussing Supercell CEO's blog post / The Crypto Czar speaks!
News:
Matthew Wolf interview: Why Zynga is diving into blockchain games
Are Our Best Days Behind Us or Ahead of Us? × Supercell
Links:
The Istanbul Event
Questions and Feedback
The Newsletter
The Slack Group
Hosts:
Mishka Katkoff, Eric Kress, Adam Telfer and Ethan Levy
Sponsors:
Google, ironSource, Appsflyer, PlayerWon,
1 hr 5 min
February 14, 2022 Avatar Platform for Cross-App Metaverse with Timmu Tõke, CEO of Ready Player Me
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/
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Host: Mishka Katkoff
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ironSource, Appsflyer, PlayerWon,
54 min
February 10, 2022 TWIG #169 Google Stadia's big pivot and the rise of games that spy on you!
News:
Google reportedly aims to pivot Stadia into wider streaming market
The Unnerving Rise of Video Games that Spy on You
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Hosts:
Mishka Katkoff, Eric Kress, Ethan Levy and Eric Seufert
Sponsors:
Google, ironSource, Appsflyer, PlayerWon,
58 min
February 08, 2022 How to Kill a Game and Pivot Successfully
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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Host: Mishka Katkoff
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1 hr 13 min

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Deconstructor of Fun podcast is created by games professionals for games professionals. We explore the business side of the games industry with the goal of bringing listeners content that is relevant, insightful, and entertaining on a weekly basis.