nft
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Crypto Gaming Lures People In With The Promise Of Convenience And Riches, But It’s Actually Just Deeply Exploitative
2Video games are increasingly incorporating blockchains, the decentralised databases that underpin cryptocurrencies, as well as NFTs and other “digital assets”. New games are emerging expressly to support blockchain technology, while traditional games are being updated to incorporate blockchains. As of October 2021, “crypto gaming” accounted for more than half of the blockchain activity over that…
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Gabe Newell’s Problem Isn’t With NFTs Or Metaverse, But The ‘Bad Actors’ Behind Them
Valve co-founder and president Gabe Newell has given his two cents on the gaming world’s interest in NFTs and the metaverse. Gaben’s been making the media rounds in support of Valve’s new Steam Deck hardware. This has granted him multiple opportunities to drop his hot takes on the state of the industry. His comments come…
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Ubisoft Devs Don’t Understand Company’s NFT Push, Either
Last week Ubisoft revealed its new NFT tech platform, called Quartz, and it didn’t go well. The announcement that Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint would be the first game to implement cryptocurrency-backed items was downvoted on YouTube over 40,000 times. Now it turns out even many developers at the Assassin’s Creed publisher have no idea…
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Oh Good: It Looks Like Discord Might Be Considering NFTs
Popular community app Discord may be looking into ways it can better serve the growing NFT and Web3 community. A user survey screenshotted by Twitter user Jason Scott (@textfiles) began to gather steam early this morning. The same screenshot later appeared on the r/discordapp subreddit and more condemnation followed. Oh No pic.twitter.com/YEfVt8Xrwe — Jason Scott…