In this essay, we introduce “the smoke test” — a way to check whether any blockchain game economy is immune from ponzinomic troubles. We apply the test to Illuvium, Crypto Unicorns, Splinterlands, and Star Atlas.
In this Game Radar series, we take a look at interesting and hyped upcoming blockchain games — Blocklords, Star Atlas, and AI Arena — and gauge their potential successes based on team, tokenomics, game design, fun, and sustainability.
Michael Wagner is the Co-Founder & CEO of Star Atlas, a space-themed video game metaverse of grand strategy, open-world exploration, territorial conquest, and political domination. In this conversation, we discuss Star Atlas’ vision, roadmap, history, and technology, and dig deeper into the potential of Blockchain-enabled gaming and what it will mean for the future of the Metaverse.
Plus we analyze the upcoming launch of iOS15 and round up this week’s best links.
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