Intro
History has demonstrated that almost every time we approach a new paradigm in gaming (e.g., arcades → home consoles, or PC/console → mobile), it often takes some time before infrastructure advancements meaningfully impact the application layer. More often than not, genesis content tends to mirror previous generations, with some added incremental improvements on top. It can sometimes take years before future waves of content fully utilize the new technology to create new experiences. Broadly speaking, the first generation of blockchain games all belong to existing genres and have integrated blockchain elements to varying degrees of success. We have yet to see any standout examples of gameplay that is uniquely enabled by blockchain.
If you believe blockchain’s role in gaming is to evolve beyond an incremental value add, then a natural path of progression for many projects will be towards an end-state that is fully on-chain. This tran
