The Past, Present, and Future of Game Companies

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[00:02:15] - [First question] - The story of pizza and how he thinks about game design like restaurants 

[00:06:07] - Why bringing people together with games feels better than simply being together

[00:07:40] - Overview of instant gaming and how people can find creativity and joy from it

[00:10:34] - How Farmville’s onboarding process brought in so many new players 

[00:13:59] - How much of game design is planned out versus being accidental 

[00:18:08] - Why the industry left web-based gaming and went into the mobile and app space

[00:24:55] - His thoughts on seeing the industry shift away from his vision

[00:27:55] - How he first approached crypto and Web3 game development 

[00:33:29] - Was he always sure of the direction he wanted to go in Web3

[00:38:59] - Where the idea of Storyverse came from and what the vision for it is 

[00:41:43] - How Storyverse decreases the friction with NFTs and brings them to life

[00:45:35] - The ways that their tokens can interact and communicate with stories 

[00:49:24] - How Storyverse’s IP differs across communities and problems that can arise 

[00:56:17] - What he’s most excited to see built over the next six months and the next six years