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Peter Molyneux is ready to disappoint us again with his latest game, a blockchain-based business sim (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M] to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 0 points 3 years ago (6 children)

Your phrasing suggests blockchain is only being used here to facilitate an actual interesting game, which I can guarantee is not true.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (4 children)

    No he's suggesting the game would be so shit that buzzwords were the only way it could get any runway.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    My point, albeit overly obtuse, was that the game is blockchain. He didn't patch on the idea just to get funding.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I would say, being even more pedantic, that the game uses a blockchain (which is just a different type of database) to record in game digital asset ownership. This game could have been made with a normal db taking that roll and would probably run no differently.

    He is mentioning and using a blockchain over a normal db for no other reason that it probably helped to secure funding in 2017 as it was a massive tech buzzword at the time.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    It could, sure, but I'm positive the only reason he's making it is because of blockchain. I seriously doubt Pete was rolling around a game idea for online real estate separately and just threw blockchain in as a way to get funding.

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