Cryptogames as Drivers for Blockchain Application Development

Harviainen, J. Tuomas; Serada, Alesha; Sihvonen, Tanja

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-93780-5_5

Cited by 3 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 20 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Detailed analyses are still quite rare, with Cryp-toKitties (Dapper Labs, 2017), one of the early adopters, having received the most attention (Serada, 2022). The existing studies have identified basic principles of blockchain-based games, their marketing, and their design (Harviainen, Serada, & Sihvonen, 2022), and have demonstrated their dependence on the volatile cryptofinancial markets (Serada, Sihvonen, & Harviainen, 2021). Analyses of blockchainbased games from a traditional play-theory perspective are rather non-existent.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

A future already past?

Backe

2023

EJCGC

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The article argues that blockchain-based games should be conceptualized as an emerging social practice that attracts financial speculators under the guise of online games. The article first outlines the blockchain-gaming discourse, which promises ownership and benefits to players, while it encourages financiers and publishers to exploit players. The article presents the performative discourse of blockchain advocates as well as the counterarguments presented by journalist, players, and developers, in order to demonstrate that arguments against cryptogaming are not anticapitalist and politicized, but mostly based on common sense. Then, the article investigates game studies concepts for their capacity to further explicate cryptogames, and finds that neither gamification nor playbor are completely fitting. Instead, the article turns to the game research fundamentals of Huizinga and Caillois to cast blockchain gaming in a new light. From this perspective, games like CryptoKitties and Axie Infinity emerge as nested activities that can be approached as play of financial speculation, with the latter approach being significantly privileged in existing games.

show abstract

mentioning

confidence: 99%

A future already past?

Backe

2023

EJCGC

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Games: A Literature Review

Yang

Wang

2023

2023 International Conference on Cyber Management and Engineering (CyMaEn)

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Non-fungible tokens: Use cases of NFTs and future research agenda

Gonserkewitz

Karger

Jagals

2022

RGC

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Blockchain is a disruptive technology that is applied in many different areas (Atici, 2022). Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are becoming increasingly popular and are already widely used in practice. New use cases for NFTs are emerging all the time. Due to the fact that they are unique, NFTs can prevent counterfeiting, as each token contains the digital signature of the owner (Rehman, Zainab, Imran, & Bawany, 2021). For the use of NFTs to advance in the institutional setting, the opportunities for using NFTs need to be clearly explored. Based on a systematic literature review (SLR), this paper describes and lists the most discussed use cases for NFTs in the scientific literature. The most discussed use cases are art and collectibles, video games, and applications in the metaverse. Another contribution of this article is a future research agenda that contains open questions in the field of NFTs. It aims to provide researchers with promising research avenues to stimulate future research. The results show that there are still challenges in the field of NFT that need to be further explored. In summary, our article aims to equip both researchers and practitioners with an initial overview and knowledge about NFTs, including their applications and challenges.

show abstract

Cryptogames as Drivers for Blockchain Application Development

Cited by 3 publications

References 20 publications

A future already past?

A future already past?

Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Games: A Literature Review

Non-fungible tokens: Use cases of NFTs and future research agenda

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About