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How Sports DAOs Can Offer Fans a Piece of the Action
14.3.2023
Just as the Ethereum network continues to show us the way toward a fairer internet, Sports DAOs will show us the way toward the future of fandom, says Adam Miller of MIDAO in this op ed for CoinDesk's Culture Week
Furry Community Divided As Convention Drops Covid Requirements
14.3.2023
An upcoming furry convention is no longer requiring its attendees to be tested or vaccinated, causing rifts to form within the furry community. Furry Weekend Atlanta (or FWA), set to take place in Atlanta, Georgia from May 11 to 14, wrote that its directors are basing their decision on the loss...
Disney’s Fancy New Lightsaber Looks Like The Real Thing
14.3.2023
Disney’s Imagineers have been busy since at least 2018 working on a realistic-looking retractable lightsaber. And now, it seems it’s finally here and I’m so mad that they won’t be selling this awesome-looking device. Read more
Metaverse Fashion Is on the Rise, but for Whom?
14.3.2023
Digital fashion is nascent in the Web3 space, with the potential to onboard millions of users in the coming years. But, as brands work out who to target with hard-to-fathom technology. adoption is still in its early stages. This piece is a part of CoinDesk’s Culture Week
AI and Crypto Are Combining to Create Web3's 'Multiplayer Era'
14.3.2023
Creating with code has never been easier. Web3 tooling shows us how it can be equitable
New Zombie RPG Combines A Ton Of Great Games Into One I Can’t Stop Playing
13.3.2023
The second I saw The Last Spell’s first trailer back in 2021, I knew I had to play it. A city builder with Dungeons and Dragons-style units on an isometric battlefield where giant hordes of zombies are dispatched in turn-based tactics combat? And staged to a pulsing metal soundtrack? It seemed like...
Final Fantasy 16 Devs Say Only PS5 Can Handle The Game’s Combat
13.3.2023
Maybe you were wondering why Final Fantasy XVI, Square Enix’s highly anticipated action RPG, will only be available on PlayStation 5 when it launches on June 22. Well, according to Square Enix, it’s because of “the power of PlayStation 5" that lets the team achieve next-gen (when do we call...
Move-to-Earn Has a Ponzi Economics Problem
13.3.2023
Stepn is a cautionary tale for M2E startup founders like me. But I see a better model in Sweatcoin, which leveraged real-life utility to amass over 100 million users before going on-chain, writes Iomob CEO Boyd Cohen
11 classic memes that have been sold as NFTs
13.3.2023
Iconic memes as NFTs: Own a piece of internet history with Nyan Cat, Stonks and more
The Australian Open Goes Full Web3
13.3.2023
January’s tennis grand slam shows how brands can embrace the metaverse for increased fan engagement
Stepn Was a Runaway Success During COVID but Can It Keep Moving Forward?
13.3.2023
Some see the future of fitness motivation. Others see a Ponzi scheme. This feature is part of CoinDesk's Culture Week
Rethinking the Value of DAOs
13.3.2023
Or, how culture creates value in crypto
Fan Tokens: A Bet on Your Favorite Soccer Team?
13.3.2023
Does the performance of soccer team tokens align with on-the-pitch performance? Max Good, from CoinDesk Indices’ team, breaks down the match stats
New Star Wars Book Expands Fallen Order’s Silliest Cutscene
9.3.2023
In the recently released book, Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars, Cal Kestis and his crew are together again, completing missions and having fun fighting the Empire. But one small moment early on in the book reveals that your alien pilot, Greez, didn’t put all that salt on his food by accident. Instead...
Elden Ring Mod Turns The RPG Into A Pokémon-Style Free-For-All
7.3.2023
A new Elden Ring mod morphs FromSoftware’s open world epic into a gory Pokémon battler, with infinite spirit summons you can pit against each other like you’re Ash Ketchum at the renaissance fair. You can download the “Elden Ring Spirit Battler” now on Nexus Mods, no strings attached. You only need...
Anime Voice Actor Asks Fans To Please Bathe Before Her Concert
6.3.2023
Nerdy conventions and concerts can be a lot of fun, a great way to meet like-minded people and share your love of something with others. They also have a reputation for smelling bad, as certain people attending may not be taking care of themselves as much as you would hope…or even bathing at...
New Mod Turns Dead Space Into A Creepy First-Person Horror Game
3.3.2023
The original Dead Space may not look as fancy as that new remake released earlier this year, but thanks to a new fan-created mod, you can play the original game in first person. Not only does this seem scarier, but it actually looks really good, too. Read more
There Is No Saving Cyberpunk 2077
2.3.2023
Were it almost any other game from almost any other studio, Cyberpunk 2077's disastrous launch would have condemned it to the sales bins of history. Big AAA releases dropping with some bugs is one thing; big AAA releases being taken off the PlayStation Store because they were so broken...
Weekly Challenge: The Digital Asset Power Hour
1.3.2023
Financial professionals stand to benefit greatly from blocking off just one hour per week to learn about a digital asset, such as one of 500 included in CoinDesk's Digital Asset Classification Standard
Gorgeous Pokémon, Anime Sneakers Are Too Good For Nike
1.3.2023
While Nike likes to dabble in the out-and-out nerd market sometimes, from Doraemon to Hello Kitty, for the most part the company likes to keep its collabs subtle, and has not worked with Nintendo for a long time. Meaning it will likely never officially release shoes this nice.Read more