Episodes

  • Gamified #121 | Switch 2, Star Atlas vs Star Citizen
    Jun 11 2025
    • Own up or shut up - Nintendo Switch 2 blows out launch day sales record. did you think this would happen? (we got receipts)


    • Star Atlas keeps shipping despite their previous team downsizing. Their community still believes in the vision - what can we learn from them as a class of 2021 still surviving today? + How do they compare to Star Citizen with how much they’ve shipped?


    • Big Brain or Big Lame - OTG adding a free for all deathmatch mode. do battle royale games need other game modes?

    • FINAL BOSS - financialization of gaming changes how you feel when you play - “no matter how much fun I’m having or how much I love something, at certain amounts things become financial decisions even when you don’t want them to be.” What’s the solution?


    Today's panelists include:

    - Matthew from WARP Chain

    - Dub from GlitterCloud Solutions & Sparkball

    - Wills Spangler from Ava Labs

    - Sinjin from MAYG

    - Kohji from Parallel

    - Gnoc from Magic Eden

    - Kate Irwin from Blockworks

    - Kevin Lambert from Project O & Koin Games

    - Michael Christine from Andrometa

    ...and of course my co-host Lemz!

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    2 hrs and 5 mins
  • Crypto Betting on X | SUPERCYCLE? | Simplified #73
    Jun 9 2025
    • WHY do we keep moving towards community takeovers?


    • Fair or Foul - Hantao Calls out Ronin


    • Elon Vs Donald; Is it time to stable up?


    • Polymarket teams up with X


    This week's panelists include:

    - Charlie Blackstock from Farcade

    - Dub from Sparkball

    - Slayer from WolvesDAO

    - Jordan from Eureka and ReplyCorp

    - voh from Magic Eden

    - Hantao from Moku

    - Michael Christine from Andrometa

    - Jonah Blake from Real Agency


    and of course my co-hosts Matt and Gnoc!

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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Gamified #120 | Web3 Single player? | Hot Takes
    Jun 4 2025
    • What’s the word for Call of Duty BO6 adding an ad for skins in the weapon selection menu?


    • Dead, Undead or Fully Alive - single player games in web3. Is this the solution to player liquidity issues? Can single player games work in web3?


    • Dump, Date, Marry - Elden Ring movie, Clash of Clans movie and Clair Obscur movie


    • Final Form - what do game prices look like in 10 years? Mario Kart $80, GTA VI $100, what’s the future look like for game pricing?

    This week's panelists include:

    - Kohji from Parallel

    - Justin Gary from SolForge Fusion

    - Wills Spangler from Avalanche

    - Kevin Lambert from Project O with Koin Games

    - Michael O'Connor from Youmio

    - Michael Christine a.k.a the Tatted Lawyer from Andrometa

    - Kate Irwin from Blockworks

    - OG from GAM3S.GG

    - Sinjin from My Angry Yakuza Girlfriend

    - Gnoc from Magic Eden

    ...and of course our weekly co-host from the EthLizards, Lemz!

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    1 hr and 57 mins
  • $LOUDIO Controversy | Web3 single player? | Simplified #72
    Jun 2 2025
    • $LOUD is dumping HARD


    • Explain like I’m 5 - why are companies buying BTC and ETH?


    • Is there any hope for gaming tokens?


    • New Game Mode: Thread or Dead - Kate Irwin says STOP BUILDING MULTIPLAYER


    • Panel Picks - 1 token to go higher, 1 token to go lower



    This week's panelists include:

    - Phin from Abstract

    - Jonah Blake from RealAgencyHQ

    - Chuckstock (Charlie Blackstock) from Farcade

    - Dub from Sparkball and GlitterCloud Solutions

    - voh from Magic Eden

    - Hantao from Moku

    - Jon Radoff from Beamable

    - Slayer from WolvesDAO

    - Payton from WolvesDAO


    ...and of course my fellow co-hosts Matt Steffanina and Gnoc!

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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • Gamified #119 | P2E STEELMAN
    May 28 2025
    • What’s the word for one of the most viral indie dev sensations on Roblox ever?


    • Steel man - new game mode where you have to steel man an argument for it. This week: Play to earn is the future.


    • Hot or Not Take - vote whether it’s a hot take or not and explain why: New live service games are dead on arrival.


    • Final Boss - new final topic game mode. This week you choose one of the following topics and give a hot take on it. You have to pick one, no fence sitting:
    1. Fornite back on the app store
    2. Battlefront 2 just broke its ATH concurrent player record on Steam. The game is 8 years old, no updates for 5 years.
    3. The Activision Blizzard merger finally closed


    This week's panelists include:


    - Wills Spangler from Avalanche / AVAX

    - Vidar from Mure App and Yurei

    - Gnoc from Magic Eden

    - Jerry Singer from WolvesDAO

    - Kohji Nagata the founder of Parallel

    - Kevin Lambert from Koin Games at Project O

    - Tony Valcarcel from Glitter Cloud Solutions

    - Jon Radoff from Beamable

    - Michael Christine from Andrometa

    ...and as always my co-host Lemz from the ETH Lizards!

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    2 hrs and 1 min
  • Simplified #71 | Nyan up 60% after shutting down | Virtuals???
    May 26 2025
    • New Game mode: Zombies - Illuvium, Big Time, The Beacon


    • Ember Sword and Nyan Heroes; two games that both raised A LOT of money AND were pretty hyped shut down last week…what’s going on here?


    • Virtual Genesis tokens - who’s paying for this?


    • What does LOLland have to do to be considered a “success”?
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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • Gamified #118 | ON THOUSANDS.TV!
    May 21 2025
    • Game Closures - Over/Under we’ve seen 25% of the shutdowns for 2025


    • What’s the word for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's success?


    • Quickfire - Will FIFA Rivals flip NFT Rivals?


    • What’s the solution to reward structures in web3 games? - Maplestory players complaining about earning potential and changes to drop rates from testnet. Cambria players unhappy about rewards from hyped event due to heavy distribution to mindless farming.


    • What’s the Word for Marathon / Bungie seemingly stealing the aesthetic of Marathon, and how would you deal with it from the C Suite?
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    2 hrs and 4 mins
  • LOKI | Boop.Fun | Simplified #70
    May 19 2025
    • Loki x Abstract Drama


    • Boop.Fun thus far

    • Is MapleStory Universe working?
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    1 hr and 30 mins