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Developer turns 'future of gaming' talk into a surprise attack on convention's NFT and blockchain sponsors

The speaker was applauded enthusiastically after his talk.

www.pcgamer.com

Game developer Mark Venturelli received a spirited ovation at Brazil's International Games Festival on Friday after he surprised the audience for his "Future of Game Design" talk with a new title: "Why NFTs are a nightmare." It was a loud statement against blockchain's push into gaming, one of the most divisive trends this year. The festival's list of 2022 sponsors include several NFT and blockchain companies, including Lakea and Ripio, and the festival's programming included panels from those sponsors, such as "Web3 and the New Generation of Games."

Venturelli, who is best known for the game Chroma Squad, didn't just push back against those talks by calling NFTs a nightmare: He argued in detail that they're bad for gaming and run directly counter to his vision for the future of game design.

In a follow-up interview with PC Gamer, Venturelli said the event's blockchain sponsors needed "to buy their relevance, because they're not relevant."

"These people are outsiders here, they're not important," says Venturelli. "They're just trying to buy their relevance, because they have no actual influence over the future of our industry. If you just give them this space uncontested, you're just giving them exactly what they want, and buying their narrative that they're relevant."

 

[Aenima]

Dunno who he is but...

 

[Elder Legend]

What a G.

 

[MiguelItUp]

This dude is my hero, that's absolutely brilliant. I really hope we see a brake on all the NFT related stuff in gaming, and ASAP.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Damn. I love this.

 

[Shtef]

Is this talk available online?

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Reading his slides

lol

 

[Draugoth]

Is this talk available online?

I think it is, search for BIG Brazil Future Game Show

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

Is this talk available online?

Video (but it's in Portuguese):

Slides in English: https://docs.google.com/presentatio...kJxuP2Xrpky9rA/edit#slide=id.g34d3eed41a_0_45

 

[nominedomine]

I still haven't figured any benefit that NFTs bring to gaming (or anything really), looks a lot like a scam to me.

 

[Elder Legend]

I still haven't figured any benefit that NFTs bring to gaming (or anything really), looks a lot like a scam to me.

NFTs are such a scam that even the disappointment is disappointmented.

 

[Ashrak]

NFTs are cancer and cancer have to be removed before it spreads. Actually, i think cancer isn't an appropriate comparison. NFTs are more like Ebolaids.

 

[Wildebeest]

I still haven't figured any benefit that NFTs bring to gaming (or anything really), looks a lot like a scam to me.

The problem is that too many gamers have money that rich scammers haven't stolen yet.

 

[Shtef]

Video (but it's in Portuguese): https://docs.google.com/presentatio...kJxuP2Xrpky9rA/edit#slide=id.g34d3eed41a_0_45

Slides in English: https://docs.google.com/presentatio...kJxuP2Xrpky9rA/edit#slide=id.g34d3eed41a_0_45

Thanks dude, but both links are same.

Found the video:

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

Thanks dude, but both links are same.

lol, whoops - fixed

 

[Husky]

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