The abrupt demise of Gala Games' The Walking Dead: Empires isn't just about a failed NFT game. This troubling state of affairs should set off alarm bells. Consider it Web3’s canary in the coal mine, sounding the alarm for more regulatory oversight in the largely unregulated space that is Web3....
Let’s say her name is Anya, a young aspiring digital artist from a remote Cambodian village. Anya, like many others in Southeast Asia, saw The Walking Dead: Empires as more than just a game. It was a doorway. This creates a huge opportunity for a new creative economy. It provides...
Zed Run is dead. Long live Zed Champions? This fundamental question reverberates throughout the Web3 gaming community in Southeast Asia. Virtually Human Studios (VHS), creators of the once extremely popular NFT horse racing game, are currently doing everything in their power to resurrect it. But forgive my skepticism. I’ve been...
I would reminisce about the time I attended a small scale game dev game jam in Jakarta a few years ago. Talented artists, coders brimming with ideas… but the conversation kept circling back to the same problem: access. Access to funding, access to mentorship, access to a global audience. And...
