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This was an old recording from July 2025, but the content is still relevant. What makes Fumb Games unique, aside from being big advocates of bitcoin, is how they have remained relatively under the radar despite being one of the very few studios that have sustainably scaled multiple rewarded play (AKA Play-to-Earn) mobile games. The studio grossed $10M in 2024 and has continued to scale since.

During our chat, we discussed Paul's long history building bitcoin games, the key factors that have led to his studio’s current success, tips for teams in the rewarded play sub-sector, and his plans to keep scaling their growing portfolio of games.

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In this episode, we explore some of the economic nuances in fully on-chain MMOs with Heimdall, the Chief Economist at Citadel. We discuss topics covering some of the novel ways blockchain games can monetize, the challenges and opportunities of designing and managing in-game cryptocurrencies, and why any of this might actually matter to gamers.

If you want to learn more about Citadel and why they decided to build a blockchain-dependent MMO in the first place, you can refer back to our previous episode with the Citadel team.

Timestamps:

00:30 What games are you playing?

02:34 What monetization models are best suited to on-chain games?

09:48 What are some of the greatest challenges in designing in-game tokens?

13:33 How Citadel will drive and sustain inherent demand for its token

20:49 What can memecoins teach us about token design?

23:51 Why should trad gamers and VCs care about on-chain games?

25:58 End

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This week we sat down with Nick Metzler, co-founder of Web3 gaming consultancy Win Win, to discuss some fascinating topics around token LiveOps for blockchain-enhanced games.

The conversation centered around Nick’s recent article Burn Notice, which dove into the implications of token burns and some core considerations for teams managing a token LiveOps treadmill.
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In this episode, we sat down with Abhi, founder and CEO of AP Collective, a Web3-native GTM agency. Abhi provided some interesting insights into the importance of founder-forward brands and their strategic strength in Web3 markets, the various nuances between Web3 and traditional growth strategies, and what metrics he thinks are most important for securing tier 1 CEX listings over the next 12 months.

00:20 - What games are you playing?

03:28 - What makes a great forward-facing founder?

12:00 - Will AI replace CMs?

18:00 - Nuances between Web3 and traditional growth models

23:21 - Thoughts on OTG’s go-to-market

26:36 - What metrics are top of mind for CEX listing teams?
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In this episode we sat down with Michael O-Connor, CEO and co-founder of Today The Game, to chat about AI’s impact on gaming. Michael and his team have been working with AI both in their development pipeline and in their game’s core loop.

We took this opportunity to hear more about what he has learned, his thoughts on the current landscape of Web3 agentic frameworks, and what we should expect from them over the next 12 months.

1:02 What games are you playing?

7:03 AI’s impact on gaming

12:38 Leveling up with multi-agentic AI frameworks

16:02 Building defensible frameworks

21:05 The pros and cons of working with game engines

24:52 Key considerations for building AI games in Web3

31:39 Final thoughts on AI adoption in the games industry

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As we edge closer to the launch of their flagship title Fableborne, we sat down with Pixion Games founder and CEO Kam Punia to discuss his philosophy for making games and the lessons he’s learned in the 8 years since founding the studio.
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We sat down with Sean Geng, co-founder and CTO at B3, a new gaming layer three on Base, to discuss why he thinks Web3 needs more app-specific infra for scale, the future of service chains, and more about B3’s vision to aggregate cross-chain liquidity and solve many of the issues with fragmentation.

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This week, we sat down with Henri Stern, the co-founder of Privy, a leading blockchain wallet and onboarding solution. We discussed the current state of Web3 conversions, how Privy works closely with teams to build better wallets, and how technical innovations in PWAs, smart wallets, and account abstraction are shaping the future of consumer crypto applications.

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We spoke with Alex Paley, co-founder of Faraway, about his approach to building a blockchain-powered mobile gaming ecosystem. Alex shared his views on how tokens can impact monetization and distribution and how Faraway combines strong IP with single-ecosystem interoperability and token incentives to grow players’ collateralized LTV.

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We sat down with Justin Waldron, prev. co-founder of Zynga and currently building GEMZ, to hear his thoughts on the past and future of social games. Topics covered throughout this episode include the business of creating digital excuses, the great myth of social games, how all play is rewarded play, and the opportunities in building for web vs. app stores.

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