But the point is to remove fraud.

Greed + sociopathy. These mothers think if they put scammy cryptoshit into their game they’re going to become rich beyond their wildest dreams.

Nothing these game companies put out there as NFTs does anything for anyone that a standard database couldn’t handle far more effectively. The only reason they’re pushing for NFT is to try and create Real Money Transactions(RMT) market places in a restricted system that they can control and extract fees from.

“It’s got electrolytes.”

Seriously. I have so many really good games I’m already neglecting...if there’s something new that catches my eye, it’s actually a relief when I’m given a reason not to care about it!

It’s what plants gamers crave!

“It’s in the blockchain” is indistinguishable from “It’s got electrolytes.”

Wow, as if anyone could predict that only the people financially invested in this crap actually give a shit about it. And that the people who just want to play a fun game see it as the painfully transparent grift it is. No one could have seen this coming.

There is so much competition for userbase now it’s wild a dev would risk losing it. People don’t care THAT much about your game, there are thousands of other games people want to play as well these days, giving them an excuse to do so is insane.

Oh man, I actually covered the recent GDC talk, “Blockchain, NFTS, Play-To-Earn…Is It Real or a Farce?” and it was basically 4 supporters vs 1 critic, and the critic was soundly beating the others. I don’t know if they were just sellouts or pollyanas (one was an investor who clearly came to class without doing the…

Except both MTX/cash shops and always online (which honestly isn’t even an issue) can be beneficial for both companies and gamers even if that isn’t always, or even usually, how it works out.

SBB was a popular game in one of the communities I frequent, and the moment word of this buyout came down, the opinion was pretty much unanimously “Well, it was fun while it lasted.” People immediately dropped it like it was on fire and made of spiders. 😬

“I can already feel myself trying to keep my eyes and ears open for the “next big thing” and I fucking hate it, but I guess this is just where I’m at now.”

I can already feel myself trying to keep my eyes and ears open for the “next big thing” and I fucking hate it, but I guess this is just where I’m at now.

This is a nice token you’ve got there. Would be a shame if some funge got on it.... (that’s how this works right?)

The wealthy are powerful enough to set in systems and red tape to prevent the poor from getting wealthy. Whenever a truly innovative idea that has the potential to make money without their involvement arises, they will quickly shut it out.

Not surprising, real art is used for that as well. 

And that’s the essence of it, really. The people who created the NFT bubble did exactly what they came to do, the rich got richer and so on and so on.

“When should we see returns?”
“Oh, in about 6 months in the form of a corporate hack and or terrorist event.”

Some money got laundered.