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Trip Hawkins on The New High Score | Past and Future of Video Games

Deconstructor of Fun

eSports I think there’s a few of them. That’s eSports. And then you have the audiences for the superstar streamers like Ninja and others like PewDiePie that post a lot of content on YouTube. And again, that plays right into eSports. So eSports is a big deal. #3. That’s a really exciting trend. #2.

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The Hybridcasual Gamble

Deconstructor of Fun

Eric Seufert explains the concept of content fortresses here. Chris argues that, fueled by "metaverse" hobbies such as Fortnite, Roblox and Minecraft, we are entering an era of reduced content creation cost where the next land rush in the industry is going to be creating hit games within other experiences, as opposed to standalone apps.

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Web 3.0: Crypto-currencies, the blockchain, NFTs and pay-to-earn

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An early esport competition for Starcraft 2 in 2011 awarded a 1 st prize of $500 and a prizes for players in positions 5-8 25 Bitcoin, worth about $25 then and roughly $1.4 It has industrial uses in electronics and manufacturing, and meaningful demand for decorative functions because it does not tarnish. And why wouldn’t you.

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