PM Notebook

Topic

Gaming

Game theory in Arc Raiders, how Telegram games work, tokens in game economies, and where the games business is heading.

6 essays

Gaming

Arc Raiders and the Prisoner’s Dilemma

Embark Studios built the prisoner’s dilemma into an extraction shooter. Every squad encounter is a live experiment in trust and betrayal.

14 min read

Gaming

TL;DR: How Telegram Games Actually Work

Hamster Kombat hit 300 million users inside a messaging app. Here’s how Telegram games actually work and why developers are betting big.

10 min read

Gaming

Tl;dr Tokens in Gaming

Notes from a Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle panel: governance, utility and NFT tokens in games, with a verdict on each.

10 min read

Gaming

Crypto games to look out for in 2022 pt. 2

Crypto games to watch in 2022, part 2: Mines of Dalarnia, Ember Sword, Sunflower Farmers, Aurory, and how blockchain enables true digital scarcity.

13 min read

Gaming

Crypto games to look out for in 2022 pt. 1

Crypto games worth watching in 2022: Star Atlas, DeRace, Thetan Arena, Gods Unchained and Splinterlands, plus Dawn Protocol for esports.

14 min read