Gamified

In this episode, I sit down with Justin Waldron, co-founder of Zynga and Playco, to talk about the evolution of gaming, entrepreneurship, and the future of interactive entertainment.

Eve Frontier announces they’re building on Sui Hot Take or Not - ponzi’s are the only true PMF we have found for web3 gaming What’s the Word for Magic the Gathering adding cards with characters from The Office, Furbies, Fortnite, Jaws, Iron Maiden, and other outlandish IP collabs What's the word for 80% of mobile revenue coming from just 3 genres Today's Panelists - Kohji @ParallelTCGpod -...

Leagues.fun - do we expect an NFL version of Football.dot fun levels of price action? Solstice... simplify if we should trust new protocols with our stables? Over/Under... Abstract airdrop before end of year? Today's Panelists: - Vidar @ANordicRaven - Matthew @BuxtonMatthew - Dub @uhhdub - Hantao @Hantao - Charlie @0xChuckstock - Jerry @TGIFresco - Jordan @JordanEureka_ - Slayer @SlayerXgg - S...

Quickfire - EA gets acquired for 55 billion and is going private. Is this more beneficial or a detriment to future games from EA? Sentiment score on Pirate Nation before and after their most recent announcement? Microsoft Game Pass hikes prices to $29.99 per month Raid Boss - Games with tokens vs games without tokens Today’s Panelists: - Michael @MichaelSatoshi - Chris @chrisheatherly - Dub @uhhdu...

Steam lists malware that causes lots of people to have passwords compromised and wallets drained. What practices can we take if we can’t even trust Steam? Discussion with the Pirate Nation team over their most recent decisions

Quick Hitter - Over/Under Metamask Edition Is $ASTER a crime coin? $RON buybacks continue Pirate Nation buyback sparks heavy criticism Today’s Panelists: - Jerry @TGIFresco - Gorilla @CryptoGorillaYT - Jonny @0xHustlepedia - Hantao @Hantao - IcoBeast @beast_ico - Payton @paytkaleiwahea - Michael @MichaelSatoshi - Dub @uhhdub - OG @yoitsOG - Matthew @BuxtonMatthew

Chad or chump - Nintendo patents Pokémon mechanics for summoning and battling with sub-characters Sentiment score on HV-MTL getting acquired... again? Adam Weitsman (the guy who paid 1000E for the winning Dookie Dash key) acquires the IP from Faraway How important is chain selection for your project? Is going on console too early a bad idea for your game? Worth it or a waste? Hand placing every si...

BASE announces token LOLLand hits 2.5m in revenue - Over/Under 5m total revenue by the end of 2025? Can Pump. Fun ACTUALLY disrupt streaming? Today’s Panelists: - Matthew @BuxtonMatthew - Dub @uhhdub - Jerry @TGIFresco - Charlie @0xChuckstock - Slayer @SlayerXgg - Hantao @Hantao - IcoBeast @beast_ico - Doug @DougHype

What’s the word for Smash Bros modder Mooshies getting a cease and desist letter, then adding it as a playable character into the game? Wildcard drop new whitepaper. Are whitepapers just a handicap at this point though or are they still valuable? Sentiment score on Optimism winning the bid for Ronin Today’s panelists: - Jerry @TGIFresco - Sinjin @SinjinMAYG - Gnoc @itsgnoc - Michael @MichaelSatosh...

Massive Potential Hack - what can we learn from this? Bullish or Bullshit - IMX claims to have had a THIRD game hit the number 1 spot on the google play store since April Adam Weitsman buys HV-MTL - what does this mean? THREAD OR DEAD: Are TCG Platforms lying to you? Today’s panelists: Matthew @BuxtonMatthew Jerry @TGIFresco Charlie @0xChuckstock Tony @tvalc Slayer @slayerXgg Hantao @Hantao Dub @u...

Sentiment score on Pudgy Party? Is it more than just a Fall Guys clone and is that a bad thing? Why don’t Wemix games get more love and attention in web3? Chad or chump - Reaper Actual founder says they only came to web3 for the funding Play to Play or Play to Earn? Today's Panelists: Chris - @chrisheatherly Dub - @uhhdub Matthew - @BuxtonMatthew Wills - @WillsSpangler Michael - @MichaelSatosh...

$BORNE in the dumps…how does a game launch a token right now? Football. Fun attracts copy cats Mythos jumps to 9m users onchain Prediction Markets start shutting down Today’s Panelists: - D2hander @Cnote203 - Tatted Lawyer @MichaelSatoshi - Oliver @OliverMaroney - OG @yoitsOG - Dub @uhhdub - Slayer @slayerXgg - Matthew @BuxtonMatthew

What’s the word for a big shake up at Sandbox? What’s the sentiment score on Splitgate 1 and 2? Black Ops 7 vs Battlefield 6 Bullish or bullshit - 60m raised for web3 gaming in July Today's Panelists: - Oliver @OliverMaroney - Kohji @ParallelTCGpod - Dub @uhhdub - Matthew @BuxtonMatthew - Jerry @TGIFresco - Spang @WillsSpangler - Kevin @kevinlambert - Gnoc @itsgnoc - Michael @MichaelSatoshi

Pump or Plummet with football dot fun Soccer continues, Fifa Rivals Fair or Foul; Solana takes shot at Ronin Today's Panelists: - Omar @yoitsOG - Hantao @Hantao - D2hander @Cnote203 - Charlie @0xChuckstock - Tony @tvalc - Oliver @OliverMaroney - Julia @SlayerXgg - IcoBeast @beast_ico - Jerry @TGIFresco - Jonah @RealJonahBlake

What’s the word for Proof of Play sunsetting their game Pirate Nation? Sentiment score on Wilder World’s $100k tournament for their new game? Did Jonah go 5/5 in his tweet or what ones do you disagree with? Today’s panelists: - Gnoc @itsGnoc - Sinjin @SinjinMAYG - Kevin @kevinlambert - D2hander @Cnote203 - Kohji @ParallelTCGPod - Hantao @Hantao - Wills @WillsSpangler - Jerry @TGIFresco - Oliver @O...

Pirate Nation announces they’re sunsetting their chain Mark of the Zeal Guild raises 500k+ RON The market has been GOOD for the last couple of weeks…where do you sit? Is Virtuals BACK for another season? $BLACK is in the RED - Are you worried about the price action here? Today's Panelists: - Vidar @ANordicRaven - Slayer @SlayerXgg - IcoBeast @beast_ico - Tony @tvalc - Kyroh @kyroh - Dub @uhhdu...

All crypto wallets without federal licenses banned in US and EU, potentially including Metamask and Phantom wallet Creating Solitaire Storytime with Kevin Lambert! How do you decide what game genre to build? Is it a data driven decision or do you focus on making a great game regardless of genre? Limit Break launching their own AMM which is a DEX for App Tokens Today's Panelists: - Kevin @kevin...

ETH finally hits 4k CryptoPunks/Nakamigos Drama Which Legacy title has a better chance of making waves - Wiami, Cypher, or Titan? Today's panel: - Vidar @ANordicRaven - Jerry @TGIFresco - D2hander @Cnote203 - Hantao @Hantao - Park @Parkk___ - Oliver @OliverMaroney - Dub @uhhdub - OG @yoitsOG - Slayer @SlayerXgg - Jonah @RealJonahBlake - voh @vohvohh The space ended abruptly towards the end so...

Sony suing Tencent for copyright infringement over new game Light of Motiram because it looks VERY similar to Horizon What’s the word for migrating your ticker to get a fresh chart (and remove the red/down only history Hot take or not - spending money on tv ads is lighting money on fire If you had to pick 1-3 games from the current lead games or ones releasing in 2026 that have web3 elements, who...

Pump or Plummet - Shrapnel moves to Gala Gaming on Abstract has been on a HEATER Yuga sells 5,000 NFTs to private buyer Today's Panelists: - Phin @Phin_totten - Dub @uhhdub - IcoBeast @beast_ico - Jerry @TGIFresco - chuckstock @0xChuckstock - Slayer @slayerXgg - Spang @WillsSpangler - Jonah @RealJonahBlake - Hantao @Hantao - D2hander @Cnote203 - Oliver @OliverMaroney - voh @vohvohh - Hunter @h...

What’s the word for Off the Grid skins now being tradeable on Opensea? Shrapnel announced that they are migrating from Avalanche to Gala Chain - Big chance, little chance, or no chance this works out? Sentiment score on using a token bonding curve model (like pumpfun) for UGC skins in games Today's panelists include: - Jerry @TGIFresco - Gnoc @itsGnoc - Wills @WillsSpangler - Sinjin @SinjinMAY...

Sentiment Score for Sappy Seals building a game on Roblox? Wilder World announced ecosystem buyback program. Are buybacks bullish or should studios be focusing on using that money for growth and scaling? Is the token reward model fundamentally broken and play to earn dead? Today's panelists: Jerry - @TGIFresco Kevin - @kevinlambert Adam - @fern Sinjin - @SinjinDavidJung Michael O’Connor - @mik...

NFTs are so back?? OTG is having ANOTHER moment in the spotlight Kaito is giving us some serious sentiment whiplash Sappy Seals takes to ROBLOX vs LoLland pumping Todays panelists include: - Phin @Phin_totten - Hantao @Hantao - Oliver @OliverMaroney - Slayer @SlayerXgg - Charlie @0xChuckstock - Tatted Lawyer @MichaelSatoshi - IcoBeast @beast_ico - Dub @uhhdub - BORED @BoredElonMusk

Sentiment Score - is this (Gigaverse) really gaming? Hot take - Game Pass is the worst business/financial decision Microsoft has made in the last 10 years Final Boss - Stop Killing Games. Is this movement a good one? Today's Panelists include: - Kohji from Parallel - Tony from Glittercloud Solutions - Dub from Sparkball - Kevin from Project O - Wills from AVAX - Jon from Beamable - Jerry from...

AVAX vs SOL The Pump.fun token is here Gaming funding down 93% YoY BTC dominance growing, Fear/Greed climbing - is the market back? Today’s panelists: Phin from Abstract Hantao from Moku Jerry from WolvesDAO Slayer from WolvesDAO Jonah from Real Agency Jon from Beamable Charlie from Remix Tony from Glittercloud Solutions Jordan from ReplyCorp