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November 18, 2021 TWIG #158 Axie Infinity troubles / Activision history of misconduct / Roblox analyst day recap
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Articles:
Deconstructing Axie Infinity
Report: Activision Blizzard CEO knew about misconduct at the company for years
Roblox Analyst Day recap
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1 hr 15 min
November 14, 2021Blockchain Gaming for Dummies
You have a decision to make: Jump on the blockchain gaming bandwagon or continue to roll your eyes from the sidelines.
To make your decision a more calculated one, Michail Katkoff from Deconstructor of Fun sat down with Ethan Levy aka. The Crypto Kid and recorded a Crypto Gaming for Dummies episode on the Deconstructor of Fun podcast and YouTube channel.
Some of the topics covered:
What does blockchain mean in the context of gaming and how is it applied?

Why do you need blockchain in games? Couldn’t existing tools and tech do the same?

Why is there so much hype around something that has so few players?

Why aren’t pay-to-earn developers being called out for misleading numbers?

What are some of the leading blockchain platforms for games?

Are crypto-enabled games with openly traded assets also affected by macro swings in the crypto markets?

What tech stack is out there to build your own marketplace, tokens, and mint NFTs?

Are there any best practices to follow when making a play-to-earn?
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1 hr 37 min
November 11, 2021 TWIG #157 Zynga hires VP of blockchain gaming as NFT hype hits a crescendo
Articles:
Baseless NFT hype hits a crescendo
Zynga hires a VP of blockchain gaming
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1 hr 4 min
November 08, 2021 How to Brand a New Studio with Joe Nicholls, President & co-Founder of Timbre Games
Hiring is the most difficult and crucial part of building up a studio. What makes it easier is having a great employer brand. With a big name like Supercell, Activision or EA you’re more likely to attract great employees and retain your current ones. Your job ads produce an abundance of applicants, which in turn reduce your recruitment costs. And as you get those great hires in, they will refer their coworkers allowing you to scale up faster.
But how do you build an employer brand that can compete for employees against the established talent magnets in the market?
I had the privilege to reconnect with Joe Nickolls, who recently founded Timbre Games in Vancouver. Setting up a AAA studio in one of the most talent hungry gaming clusters in the World is not something you do without carefully strategizing how will you be able to attract talent. In our conversation Joe discusses his very unique approach to building an employer brand that can stand out from the magnificent gaming companies in the city.

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Joe Nickolls
Timbre Games
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1 hr 34 min
November 05, 2021 TWIG #156 Let's talk AppLovin / Activision tumbles / Silver bullets in gaming
Topics covered:
New World — Amazon’s Rollercoaster Hit
Social media company Snap falls as much as 23% after a blow to its Q3 earnings from Apple privacy changes and supply-chain disruption
5 Reasons Why I Became Bullish on Blockchain Gaming
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Image: AppLovin
59 min
October 28, 2021 TWIG #155 Our take on Amazon's New World / Snap's 23% IDFA fumble / Reasons to get bullish on blockchain gaming
Topics covered:
New World — Amazon’s Rollercoaster Hit
Social media company Snap falls as much as 23% after a blow to its Q3 earnings from Apple privacy changes and supply-chain disruption
5 Reasons Why I Became Bullish on Blockchain Gaming
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1 hr 2 min
October 25, 2021Everything You Didn’t Know About Playrix with Maxim Kirilenko, CBDO at Playrix
While we all know of Playrix, we also know very little about the company. There are almost no English-speaking articles on how they make games or what is their organizational structure. I don’t remember ever reading about their culture nor hearing about their future plans. The company prospers behind an iron curtain. And if you don’t speak Russian, you’d likely be clueless, until now…
I had the privilege to sit down with Maxim Kirilenko, Playrix’ Chief Business Development Officer, and ask all the questions that I wanted about the company. We talk about:
Playrix 17 year journey to date and their aspirations to one day beat Tencent on mobile

How the company is organized around clusters of excellence located far away from each other

the infamous war between Homescapes and AppLovin’s Matchington Mansion

Playrix’ M&A strategy saw investments in the likes of Nexters and Vizor, which both grew into unicorns

a company culture that is transforming from purely Russian to more of a hybrid
Topics above and more in the first-ever English-speaking podcast with a member of the Playrix leadership team from the link below.

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1 hr 5 min
October 21, 2021 TWIG #154 Epic allows NFTs / Stillfront sued over earnout dispute / AppLovin whistleblower story
Topics covered:
Steam Bans and Epic Allows NFTs
Kixeye shareholders sue Stillfront for $30M over earnout dispute
AppLovin SDK Re-Routed Apple’s SKAdNetwork Postbacks To Itself
Ironsource will buy mobile ad and app monetization firm Tapjoy for $400M
Unity reveals Ad Mediation and Bidding coming to its Dashboard
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1 hr 5 min
October 19, 2021 How to Ship Successful Word Games with Michael Martinez, CEO of FunCraft
I think we can all agree that Deconstructor of Fun is pretty good at predicting the mobile games market. Well, here's another prediction: FunCraft is going to be one of the rising stars of 2022.
I got to sit down with my good buddy Michael Martinez to talk about his company's path to finding early success and how they are planning to feed the fire and grow.
If you're savvy, you'll join this fun rocket ship as soon as possible. Because its going to be a ride for the stars you'll regret on missing out.
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Michael Martinez
FunCraft
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51 min
October 14, 2021 TWIG #153 All Crypto Everything & how to be a great Product Manager in games
Topics covered:
How to be a Great Product Manager (by Joe Kim and Brett Nowak)
EA promotes Laura Miele to COO, making her one of the most powerful women in gaming
NFTs, Ultima Online, and player-run game economies (by Eric Seufert)
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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.