Episode 26 A Parody that Became a Company

Episode 26: A Parody that Became a Company

Episode 26

A Parody that Became a Company

Bored Elon Musk is a widely followed pseudonymous personality. We cover the evolution of pseudonymous accounts, Bored's experience in the gaming world, and how he turned his popular twitter account into a blockchain gaming business.

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[00:02:07] - [First question] - What being a student of Hank Scorpio means

[00:03:54] - The genesis of the Bored Elon pseudonym and his prior parody accounts

[00:06:08] - What it is about pseudonymity that unlocks brand creation 

[00:07:28] - A deep look at the pros and cons of the social armor of a pseudonym 

[00:09:41] - Whether or not pseudonymity will have a larger footprint in the future

[00:11:12] - Interesting challenges of operating as Bored Elon and not a person

[00:13:38] - How he came across and moved into the NFT space

[00:15:04] - The way the gaming world is setup today and its various tiers of game

[00:16:46] - How many years it can take to build a AAA game like Call of Duty

[00:17:49] - His perspective on games with built-in tokenomics at launch

[00:20:29] - Whether we’ll see a shift in blockchain gaming back to free to play

[00:22:51] - Combining pseudonymity and gaming with BoredBox

[00:26:47] - Roughly how many blockchain game studios there are and the size of the space

[00:28:14] - Thoughts on distribution, minting, frequency and varying rarity of loot boxes

[00:31:59] - Tension between the traditional gaming industry and the blockchain one

[00:35:04] - The types of builders and developers found in blockchain game studios 

[00:36:21] - Where we are in the investment cycle and when we’ll see great games drop

[00:38:37] - If building your own chain to develop a game is a necessary feature

[00:40:07] - The biggest problems game developers encounter in the blockchain space

[00:42:14] - Examples of games that could benefit from a small player base

[00:43:21] - Will great games incentivize users to learn blockchain tech to play them

[00:44:56] - How it feels to launch BoredBox amidst a bear cycle

[00:46:22] - What he’s most excited to see built over the next six months and six years

A Parody that Became a Company

Introduction

Eric
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Bored Elon. Bored began as a parity account of Elon Musk on Twitter and has turned into a widely followed pseudonymous personality. We discussed the evolution of parody accounts and how Bored combined his massive following with years of experience in game design and mechanics to create his new blockchain based company, Bored Box. Please enjoy this conversation with Bored.

Genesis of Bored Elon, and the Power of Pseudonymity

Eric
So I'm excited to have Bored Elon who I know as Bored and has been talking to for the past couple months, which has been fun. Bored, thanks for joining me today.

Bored Elon
Yeah, Eric, it's great to spend some time with you and chat with you one on one.

Eric
I don't know if we'll ever show this in video, but it is cool that right now I am talking to a green digital avatar that moves and smiles, and it's a lot more human than you would think of just a static PFP.

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