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BCGW#38: Talking Axie Infinity with COO Alexsander Larsen Mar 25, 2019

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In this episode, I talk to Alexsander Larsen, the COO of Axie Infinity about the background to and future of the breeding-and-battling blockchain game, which is a great example of technological expertise and community focus.

Topics covered include:

How Alexsander got into blockchain games and connected with Axie Infinity’s founders (Trung and Jeff)
How the game was influenced by CryptoKitties, notably in terms of creating item value
Axie Infinity’s recent Land sale and the vision for the Lunacia open world in future years
Funding and dealing with the CryptoWinter
The road to mainstream adoption of blockchain games
Axie Infinity’s goal to move from an Ethereum and Metamask-gated game to a more open meta-chain experience
And how the blockchain gaming sector is likely to fare in 2019

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BCGW#37: Is Ripple the next gaming blockchain? Mar 15, 2019

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In this week's podcast, Jon Jordan and James (@BCGbiz) discuss the announcement a $100 million game development fund to be managed by Ripple's Xpring outfit and new blockchain gaming startup Forte. We also delve into the expanding universe of new blockchains, which could be used for gaming including IOST, Cosmos etc, and think about why success in this space will be more than just technical excellence .

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BCGW#36: Talking blockchain games with Gabby Dizon Mar 08, 2019

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Following the end of DGC Dubai 2019 (where we were both speaking), I caught up with Gabby Dizon, chairman of Alto.io, to talk about what's going on in the world of blockchain games, in particularly Gabby's love of Axie Infinity, and how that game has built a strong player community and economy.

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BCGW#35: Springtime for blockchain games Mar 01, 2019

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Following the Crypto Winter, it could be spring for blockchain games. Jon Jordan and James (@BCGbiz) discuss the surprising pop of Enjin Coin's USD value (up +150%) thanks to its Samsung S10 tie-in, also talking more generally about the BUIDLing not HODLing attitude from blockchain games companies ranging from Decentraland to Loom Network, as well as the difference between "blockchain games" and games with some blockchain features.

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BCGW#34: Talking MLB Crypto Baseball with Lucid Sight Feb 27, 2019

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In this interview, I talk to Randy Saaf (CEO) and Fazri Zubair (CTO) of US developer Lucid Sight about its blockchain games MLB Crypto Baseball and CSC (Crypto Space Commander), including how it's finding balance between the decentralization needed for secure NFT ownership and the frictionless onboarding that a mass market license such as MLB requires, including fiat payments.

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BCGW#33: NFTs - challenges and opportunities Feb 22, 2019

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Non-Fungible Tokens are one of the key trends in blockchain games, so Jon Jordan and James (@BCGbiz) discuss what an NFT is, why they're becoming so important, and what some of the issues are, especially as NFTs are increasingly being spoken about as speculative investments.

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BCGW#32: Talking OpenSea with Devin Finzer Feb 13, 2019

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In this interview, I talk to the CTO of blockchain game marketplace OpenSea Devin Finzer about the importance of such thirdparty marketplaces in the open blockchain game ecosystem, especially in terms of offering pre-launch item sales for funding, game discoverability, and overall market liquidity.

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BCGW#31: We don’t need no heroes (or Fortnite) Feb 12, 2019

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Don’t get me started on the egregious attempts to shoehorn the words ‘Fortnite’ and ‘blockchain’ into the same headline...

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BCGW#30: Plasma Bears - the good and the bad Feb 08, 2019

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In this podcast, Jon Jordan and James (@BCGbiz) discuss the launch of Blockade Games' game Plasma Bears, which runs on Loom Network's Ethereum sidechain technology and doesn't require wallets, ETH, marketplaces or any of the other elements we've come to expect from blockchain games.

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BCGW#29: Recap of Blockchain Gamer Connects London 2019 Jan 25, 2019

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The third edition of the Blockchain Gamer Connects conference ran in London from 21-22 January 2019, so event MC Jon and James (editor at @BCGbiz) discuss the key trends arising: including sector enthusiasm despite Crypto Winter, the growing importance of UX, the value of games for blockchain usage, and why many blockchain devs are going 'item-first'.

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