Welcome to the Cutting Edge podcast, where culture meets crypto.

Today we have ​​the CEO of NOR gaming platform, Brooks Brown. His work speaks for itself: He has more than 18 years of creative and strategic development in interactive content for the world's most successful brands and franchises, including Lucasfilm where he built websites for Star Wars, Lucasarts and James Cameron’s Avatar quadrilogy.  His remarkable work has been recognized by: Sundance Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival Awards. Brooks is a friend and colleague and for full disclosure, I am honored to be an investor in NOR and thrilled to have what will be an amazing conversation.

To follow everything Brooks is up to, visit:

https://consortium9.co/

To check out Nor's latest releases visit:

https://welcometonor.com/

Brooks's Delphi interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLBCTb1odpY

Timecodes:

2:16 - Gaming as a form of art

6:28 - Brooks’s background that led to his career

11:36 - How Brooks first heard about crypto

15:25 - His opinions around crypto messaging

18:32 - Roots and evolution of gaming

21:39 - How NOR is disrupting the play model

26:20 - How permadeath breeds more play and fun for the players

33:00 - Details on how permadeath works in the game

37:54 - How sports were the inspiration for the economy of NOR

44:11 - Roadmap of the NOR games

51:49 - How philosophy inspires his game designs

54:27 - What does Brooks look for in a game designer when building his team

58:02 - Fave NFT

The book that Brooks references on game economics:

https://www.amazon.com/Portfolio-Society-Capitalist-Prediction-Futures/dp/1935408747

Philosopher in which Brooks draws his inspiration:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Deleuze