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New World — Amazon’s Rollercoaster Hit
5 Reasons Why I Became Bullish on Blockchain Gaming
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While we all know of Playrix, we also know very little about the company. There are almost no English-speaking articles on how they make games or what is their organizational structure. I don’t remember ever reading about their culture nor hearing about their future plans. The company prospers behind an iron curtain. And if you don’t speak Russian, you’d likely be clueless, until now…
I had the privilege to sit down with Maxim Kirilenko, Playrix’ Chief Business Development Officer, and ask all the questions that I wanted about the company. We talk about:
Topics above and more in the first-ever English-speaking podcast with a member of the Playrix leadership team from the link below.
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Steam Bans and Epic Allows NFTs
Kixeye shareholders sue Stillfront for $30M over earnout dispute
AppLovin SDK Re-Routed Apple’s SKAdNetwork Postbacks To Itself
Ironsource will buy mobile ad and app monetization firm Tapjoy for $400M
Unity reveals Ad Mediation and Bidding coming to its Dashboard
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I think we can all agree that Deconstructor of Fun is pretty good at predicting the mobile games market. Well, here's another prediction: FunCraft is going to be one of the rising stars of 2022. I got to sit down with my good buddy Michael Martinez to talk about his company's path to finding early success and how they are planning to feed the fire and grow. If you're savvy, you'll join this fun rocket ship as soon as possible. Because its going to be a ride for the stars you'll regret on missing out. Links: Michael Martinez FunCraft Get in Touch: Send us Questions and Feedback Deconstructor of Fun Newsletter Deconstructor of Fun Slack Group Hosts: Mishka Katkoff Sponsors: Facebook Gaming, ironSource, Appsflyer, Beamable
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How to be a Great Product Manager (by Joe Kim and Brett Nowak)
EA promotes Laura Miele to COO, making her one of the most powerful women in gaming
NFTs, Ultima Online, and player-run game economies (by Eric Seufert)
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Audio ads. It's not a new thing. In fact, audio ads is the oldest way to deliver an ad from one human to another. So in this podcast we discuss the thesis behind audio ads on mobile in the post IDFA era, go into the weeds on how audio ads work and of course discuss the monetization potential they offer.
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Seemingly every week a crypto gaming company raises a monstrous amount of capital for a game that not so many of us in the industry are even familiar with.
These are staggering numbers seem to make very little sense. So what better way to understand what's going on than asking an investor, who invests into blockchain gaming, and a founder who has just recently raised a massive investment rounds.
Whether you're tuning in to learn or to roll your skeptical hippo eyes, this podcast is for you!
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Netflix entry in the games business has been rapid, methodical and diverse. In this episodes we'll discuss what has happened till date, review Netlix' strategy and offer predictions of what could happen next.
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The way I think about instant games is different after recording this podcast with Justin Waldron.
As do you, I had certain perception of instant games that were based on what has been done before. You know, the HTML5 games, the Facebook Messenger games, and the iMessage games. Yet what Playco sees as an opportunity is quite different from what has been done before.
I think you'll enjoy this podcast since it's not about the post app store world or how to do instant games better. This podcast is about emerging social platforms an how games can be a vital part of those.
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