According to a Facebook Gaming report, 61% of gamers say they have
making an in-game purchase. While Free2Play has proved to be successful in helping propel the industry forward the past decade, we’re entering a new era where gamers will increasingly reject predatory monetization and start to insist that top grossing game developers deliver some of that value back to the players. A new business model called Play2Earn aims to directly address this spending disparity. In this model, open market dynamics allow game assets to retain value, better aligning incent...
According to a Facebook Gaming report, 61% of gamers say they have
making an in-game purchase. While Free2Play has proved to be successful in helping propel the industry forward the past decade, we’re entering a new era where gamers will increasingly reject predatory monetization and start to insist that top grossing game developers deliver some of that value back to the players. A new business model called Play2Earn aims to directly address this spending disparity. In this model, open market dynamics allow game assets to retain value, better aligning incent...
For the past decade, the dominant business model in the gaming
This model entails giving the game’s base experience away for free and then monetizing the player base through ads and in-app purchases, referred to as “microtransactions”. Over time, this model has become increasingly adversarial towards players, employing predatory monetization schemes and catering to “whales” instead of the average user. Despite its voracious nature, this business model has been enormously successful, helping to build a $159 billion dollar industry that’s now more than twi...
For the past decade, the dominant business model in the gaming
This model entails giving the game’s base experience away for free and then monetizing the player base through ads and in-app purchases, referred to as “microtransactions”. Over time, this model has become increasingly adversarial towards players, employing predatory monetization schemes and catering to “whales” instead of the average user. Despite its voracious nature, this business model has been enormously successful, helping to build a $159 billion dollar industry that’s now more than twi...
Platon took her iris and coupled it with her reading her statement
Platon took her iris and coupled it with her reading her statement of reconciliation to create a unique NFT. The auction ran for seven days in September but, owing to the aforementioned vagaries of this world, this NFT did not sell. It’s not stopping Platon, though. He has many more irises and causes to celebrate and he’s planning multiple iris NFT drops in the future.The trouble with HarveyAt the core of these drops is a story. Each iris tells a story. Each story asks a question. Included in...
Platon took her iris and coupled it with her reading her statement
Platon took her iris and coupled it with her reading her statement of reconciliation to create a unique NFT. The auction ran for seven days in September but, owing to the aforementioned vagaries of this world, this NFT did not sell. It’s not stopping Platon, though. He has many more irises and causes to celebrate and he’s planning multiple iris NFT drops in the future.The trouble with HarveyAt the core of these drops is a story. Each iris tells a story. Each story asks a question. Included in...
A lifetime of photography has allowed Platon to tap into the authentic and look inside the heads of his subjects.
power has been taken from them, and sometimes people who are just ignored. It’s the ignored who he obsesses over now. “It’s not that they don’t have a voice, it’s just that people are not listening,” he says. In all Platon’s portraits, he is in them too. With Putin, he got so close he could feel Putin’s breath on his hands as he held the camera inches from his face. “All my photography is 50% subject and 50% me,” he says. He is dismissive of the constant taking of photographs and sharing on s...
A lifetime of photography has allowed Platon to tap into the authentic and look inside the heads of his subjects.
power has been taken from them, and sometimes people who are just ignored. It’s the ignored who he obsesses over now. “It’s not that they don’t have a voice, it’s just that people are not listening,” he says. In all Platon’s portraits, he is in them too. With Putin, he got so close he could feel Putin’s breath on his hands as he held the camera inches from his face. “All my photography is 50% subject and 50% me,” he says. He is dismissive of the constant taking of photographs and sharing on s...
Camera dangling from his hands like a James Dean cigarette, he asks, “Will you show me the love?”
Instant concern within the White House team — the impeachment trial over the Monica Lewinsky affair had concluded the year earlier. A hush descends, everyone looks aghast at Platon while an aide leans over and says, none too quietly, in Clinton’s ear, “That is not advisable, Mr. President. We’ve had enough love in this administration.” Instead, Clinton brushes him aside and says in his distinctive drawl, “Shut up, shut up, I know what he wants.” The result is the famous crotch shot with Clint...
Camera dangling from his hands like a James Dean cigarette, he asks, “Will you show me the love?”
Instant concern within the White House team — the impeachment trial over the Monica Lewinsky affair had concluded the year earlier. A hush descends, everyone looks aghast at Platon while an aide leans over and says, none too quietly, in Clinton’s ear, “That is not advisable, Mr. President. We’ve had enough love in this administration.” Instead, Clinton brushes him aside and says in his distinctive drawl, “Shut up, shut up, I know what he wants.” The result is the famous crotch shot with Clint...
