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Articles & Resources

Video Games

EA calls NFT and blockchain games 'the future of our industry' (PCGamer) https://www.pcgamer.com/ea-calls-nft-and-blockchain-games-the-future-of-our-industry/

Epic loves blockchain games https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/15/22729050/epic-game-store-open-to-blockchain-cryptocurrency-nft-games

Videos (see the playlist)

AXIE INFINITY - How to earn money FAST 0:15ish: "It's basically Pokemon on the blockchain"

Is Axie Infinity Still Worth Starting? 1:50ish: Axie Infinity is a ponzi scheme 3:00ish: I am not a gamer, I don't play it.

Ben Shapiro Educates a Student on Climate Change 2:40: sell their homes and move

Other

History of NFTs (some Medium post) https://medium.com/@Andrew.Steinwold/the-history-of-non-fungible-tokens-nfts-f362ca57ae10

Racoon Rug-Pull (NFT links lol) https://metaversal.banklesshq.com/p/racoon-rugged-society

But how does bitcoin actually work? (3blue1brown on YT) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBC-nXj3Ng4

Written Testimoney of Arvind Narayanan, Blockchain & Energy https://www.energy.senate.gov/services/files/8A1CECD1-157C-45D4-A1AB-B894E913737D

Why is NFT Art so Ugly? https://www.stormingtheivorytower.com/2021/06/the-nfts-aura-or-why-is-nft-art-so-ugly.html

NFTs and a Thousand True Fans https://cdixon.org/2021/02/27/NFTs-and-a-thousand-true-fans

51% Attacks https://www.jumpstartmag.com/51-attacks-on-blockchains/

Bitcoin is Key to an Abundant, Clean Energy Future https://assets.ctfassets.net/2d5q1td6cyxq/5mRjc9X5LTXFFihIlTt7QK/e7bcba47217b60423a01a357e036105e/BCEIWhitePaper.pdf

Why NFTs are bad: the long version https://antsstyle.medium.com/why-nfts-are-bad-the-long-version-2c16dae145e2

1 BTC transaction vs 100,000 VISA transactions https://www.statista.com/statistics/881541/bitcoin-energy-consumption-transaction-comparison-visa/

The Staggering Environmental Cost of Blockchain https://modernconsensus.com/cryptocurrencies/bitcoin/the-staggering-environmental-cost-of-blockchain/ This is propaganda for XRP.

GOOD ARTICLE about crypto and environment https://everestpipkin.medium.com/but-the-environmental-issues-with-cryptoart-1128ef72e6a3

Carbon Offsets, WIRED https://www.wired.com/2010/04/are-carbon-offsets-really-offsetting-anything/

An NFT event report from the Verge https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/6/22766154/nft-gallery-party-beeple-dreamverse-69-million-first-in-person-display

Adam Curtis Interview ("Do you really want change" 1:30) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlaPZ-xMPGY

NFTs from gamedev perspective https://docseuss.medium.com/look-what-you-made-me-do-a-lot-of-people-have-asked-me-to-make-nft-games-and-i-wont-because-i-m-29c7cfdbbb79 https://archive.ph/HYtYO

Axie Land Evidence https://axie.substack.com/p/axie-infinity-coingecko-item https://archive.md/weffV

Axie Market Commission Proof https://www.cryptowisser.com/nft-marketplace/axie-infinity-marketplace/ https://archive.md/sO45R

Henpais https://henpai.life/#/

TUNGSTEN CUBES https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/tungsten-cubes-bitcoin-gamestop-crypto-investors-11635431036

Games

The Sandbox https://www.sandbox.game/en/

Splinterlands (Autochess?) https://splinterlands.com

Ethermon (Pokees) https://ethermon.io

Gods Unchained (Hearthstone) https://godsunchained.com/account/register

Metalands https://metalands.gg

Chaincade https://chaincade.com https://www.dextools.io/app/bsc/pair-explorer/0x8592f26f94704b4443719c8eca61726fc4ed601b

The Six Dragons https://thesixdragons.com

Thetan Arena https://thetanarena.com

Floki (not-a-game) https://www.floki.com

NOTES

NFTs fully embody the idea of artificial scarcity. NFT drops are rarity generators.

A driving ideology with "tech" people: what is new is good.

From https://docseuss.medium.com/look-what-you-made-me-do-a-lot-of-people-have-asked-me-to-make-nft-games-and-i-wont-because-i-m-29c7cfdbbb79

This idea is not a good game model. It’s a sign the game isn’t fun. If you feel a game

should be paying you for your time… you should quit playing the game, because it’s

clear the experience is not worth the admission to you.

Editing notes

• "same as V-bucks" line: remove? xxx
• Citations for the pre-ending rant xxx
• Make that march 2019 not synced to cut xxx
  • that few seconds is awkward anyway xxx
• BROWSER SHOWING 13:55 xxx
• Maybe point out that I'm reading an article at Mario Kart part? naw
• Inhale around 21:40 xxx
• Maybe look through some ROBLOX models or record ROBLOX Studio? xxx
• Censor Decentraland footage naw