My TechCrunch colleague Danny Crichton interviewed me about how my recent assessment of the coming Multiverse era of social media has been impacted by the Covid-19 crisis and impending recession. Read it here on TechCrunch >>
Category Archives: Gaming
The Multiverse (Part 7): The companies that will shape the upcoming Multiverse era of social media
In the seventh and final part of my series on Multiverse virtual worlds as the next phase of mainstream social media, I outline the competitive landscape of companies poised to win big in the new era. Read it here on TechCrunch >>
The Multiverse (Part 6): The future of virtual economies
In my sixth and longest installment of my series on Multiverse virtual worlds as the next phase of mainstream social media, I dig into the dynamics of games’ virtual economies. Read it here on TechCrunch >>
The Multiverse (Part 5): Multiverse virtual worlds will be healthier for society than our current social networks
In the fifth installment of my big series on Multiverse virtual worlds as the next phase of mainstream social media, I outline why this evolution is an improvement for society over the current paradigm of social platforms. Read it here on TechCrunch >>
The Multiverse (Part 4): If socializing within games is so popular, why hasn’t the Multiverse arrived yet?
In the fourth installment of my big series on a Multiverse of virtual worlds as the next phrase of mainstream social media, I answer the question “Why now?”. Read it here on TechCrunch >>
The Multiverse (Part 3): what virtual worlds in the coming multiverse era will look like
I’ve posted the third installment of my series on “the multiverse” of virtual worlds from games as the next phase of mainstream social media. In this article I describe aspects of what multiverse virtual worlds will look like. Read it here on TechCrunch >>
The Multiverse (Part 2): why social networks want even more gaming
Read the second part of my thesis on the next stage of social media >>
The Multiverse (Part 1): Games are already social networks
Read Part 1 of my series on the next stage of social media >>
The Multiverse (Intro): why gaming’s virtual worlds are the next stage of social media
Read about my thesis on the next stage of social media, one in which young people will spend as much time socializing within virtual worlds that evolve from games as in social apps like Instagram. This is the introduction to a 7-part series breaking down the thesis step by step.
The coming wave of co-op games
(This was originally published as a section in today’s Monetizing Media newsletter. Sign up here.) Co-op games…a core argument in my virtual worlds series is that it has become mainstream for people to turn to the virtual worlds of games as spaces to build new relationships and deepen existing ones. People bond when they share […]