Square Enix sees NFTs as solution to problem that can be solved right now without them

Jonathan Bolding for PC Gamer:

[SE President Yosuke Matsuda] is unreservedly enthusiastic about the idea that “token economies” will provide those who ‘play to contribute’ with an explicit incentive beyond “such inconsistent personal feelings as goodwill and volunteer spirit.”

People that create in-game content can be rewarded in ways that don’t involve NFTs. Why not DLC or, you know, money?

NFTs today bring nothing to the table but add a layer of complexity to existing systems we’ve been using for years. This is another way for a billion dollar company to “reward” creators by spending as little money as possible. Sad stuff.

Todd McFarlane doing Spawn NFTs with J. Scott Campbell. I mean… where the hell do you even start unpacking that one?

Todd McFarlane doing Spawn NFTs with J. Scott Campbell. I mean… where the hell do you even start unpacking that one?

AWA Studios walks back plans for NFTs in Lesser Evils’ promotional campaign

Adi Tantimedh for Bleeding Cool:

UPDATE: an earlier version of this post listed plans to release NFTs related to Lesser Evils, but
we were asked by AWA Studios to remove that item because they said
their plans were changing due to the web3 world were changing fast. [sic]

This is great news. I’m happy to see the studio and
creators involved in Lesser Evils are as responsive to feedback as they
are interested in pushing the boundaries of what (and where) comics can be.

Following the above update, I read Emmett and enjoyed it. The story was my kind of weird and I really liked Yishan Li’s art. As a digital-first comic, I appreciated how easy it was to read on a computer screen and would be interested in watching the short film too.

Based on my experience with Lesser Evils so far, I’m going to try Thriftr whenever it’s released. The idea of a supernatural story wrapped around the wacky world of startups has me interested.

If AWA decided to do something in place of NFTs for supporters, I would consider it. It’s important to help make comic book projects like these successful, there simply aren’t enough of them.

Lesser Evils Universe: AWA Launching Comics, Short Films, NFTs

Lesser Evils Universe: AWA Launching Comics, Short Films, NFTs

Curious what fresh technological horrors I’ll have to complain about once NFTs and The Metaverse™ finally burn out and die.

Curious what fresh technological horrors I’ll have to complain about once NFTs and The Metaverse™ finally burn out and die.