Game director Derek Lau thinks blockchain games will give more power and control to the players. | By By Tim Biggs
, which aims to examine, challenge and demystify the ideas behind the emerging industry by speaking to the people who live and breathe it.It’s the intersection of the topics that I’m super-interested in. Being a lifelong gamer, I really love games, and really empathise with players. I also got into the Web3 and NFT space in 2017 as a big user, and I’m a believer in digital ownership and decentralisation.
We’re still in the early stages of the internet, people don’t quite know how to use the technology yet. They’re just putting photos of the newspaper online.A lot of blockchain games promote themselves as “play to earn”. Is that a fair descriptor? The idea is that players collect crypto assets while playing, and then those assets appreciate in value, right?
How can the blockchain do that? How does it enable experiences that aren’t possible in traditional or existing games? Personally, the last thing I want to worry about mid-game is my own finances or what things cost, although it’s clear from the popularity of in-app purchases and loot boxes that I may be in the minority there. Do you think there’s a place for the blockchain in the kinds of games I like? Or is it just for games with lots of collectibles?There will be all sorts, for sure. We’re still in the early stages of the internet, people don’t quite know how to use the technology yet.
So the big guys are getting into NFTs because they don’t want to get left behind? You don’t think it’s a grab for more money and power?
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