Blockchain-based play-to-earn games have proved hugely popular in parts of Asia and Latin America.
PARIS: When video game designer Mark Venturelli was asked to speak at Brazil’s biggest gaming festival, he submitted a generic-sounding title for his presentation — “The Future of Game Design” — but that was not the talk he gave.
Instead, he launched into a 30-minute diatribe against the blockchain technology that underpins cryptocurrencies and the games it has spawned, mostly very basic smartphone apps that lure players with the promise of earning money.
“Everything that is done in this space right now is just bad — actually it’s terrible,” he told AFP.
He is genuinely worried for the industry he loves, particularly because big…
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