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What We Talk About When We Talk About the Metaverse

What We Talk About When We Talk About the Metaverse

Decentralization means the metaverse will be weirder, different and even more amazing than we originally imagined.
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Jon Radoff
Game Economics, Part 1: The Attention Economy

Game Economics, Part 1: The Attention Economy

Every year there are new forms of fun, new engagement methods, and inventive ways of generating revenue from digital games. Virtually all…
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Game Economics, Part 2: Digital Collectibles and NFTs

Game Economics, Part 2: Digital Collectibles and NFTs

A new class of digital collectibles enabled by Non-Fungible Token (NFT) technology has opened up an exciting new opportunity for game…
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Game Economics, Part 3: Free-to-Play Games

Game Economics, Part 3: Free-to-Play Games

This article is about why f2p games work and how you can use this information to add systems to a game to boost performance.
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Market Map of the Metaverse

Market Map of the Metaverse

In my article on the value-chain of the metaverse, I described the seven layers of the ecosystem. In this article I’m going to focus-in on…
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Evolution of the Creator Economy

Evolution of the Creator Economy

The “creator economy” is about unleashing creativity — enabling anyone to earn a living or build a business around an audience…
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9 Megatrends Shaping the Metaverse

9 Megatrends Shaping the Metaverse

In this article, I identify 9 megatrends — exponential shifts that are already underway on a global scale — and how they will shape the…
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The Experiences of the Metaverse

The Experiences of the Metaverse

In previous articles I’ve shared the structure of the metaverse in terms of market dynamics, the companies that occupy the metaverse value…
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Building the Metaverse Megadeck

Building the Metaverse Megadeck

I compiled a lot of the prescriptions, observations and vision for the metaverse that I’ve written over the last few months and compiled it…
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Latest Stories
Market Map: Generative AI for Virtual Worlds

Market Map: Generative AI for Virtual Worlds

Soon, we’ll speak entire universes into existence: read about the market of companies working on generative AI for virtual worlds and…
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Five Levels of Generative AI for Games

Five Levels of Generative AI for Games

Framework for how generative technology and its precursors affect games— as well as game studios, players, modders and game loops.
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The Direct from Imagination Era Has Begun

The Direct from Imagination Era Has Begun

Generative AI, virtual worlds, parallel compute and compositional frameworks will transcend the holodeck from Star Trek.
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The Work of Art in the Age of Generative AI

The Work of Art in the Age of Generative AI

A pragmatic view into the reality of AI-generated art and how it will disrupt creative industries — and what artists &creators need to…
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Creating a Text Adventure Game with ChatG

Creating a Text Adventure Game with ChatG

ChatGPT is not simply a chatbot — it can imagine entire virtual worlds using the power of its arge language model (LLM). Using it, I…
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The AI Takeover: Human-Machine Storytelling

The AI Takeover: Human-Machine Storytelling

A collaboration between a human, GPT-3 and Midjourney — an experiment in computational creativity, nonlinear narrative and art
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Computational Creativity

Computational Creativity

Within a decade, an independent developer, working alone, will create a game with the size, scope and artistry of Elden Ring.
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