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Why Is CryptoKitties (Not) Gambling?
(ACM, 2020)
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CryptoKitties (Axiom Zen 2017) is a pioneering blockchain-based game that disrupts the ‘classic game model’ (Juul 2003; 2013) in a way that turns it into a gambling web application. As previous research has shown, its ...
Cryptomarkets Gamified : What Can We Learn by Playing CryptoKitties?
(Digra, 2020)
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This paper presents an analysis of CryptoKitties (Axiom Zen 2017) as an educational tool for blockchain adoption. The focus is placed on the official agenda of the game, presented in its white paper (“White Pa-Purr”) and ...
CryptoKitties and the new ludic economy : how blockchain introduces value, ownership, and scarcity in digital gaming
(SAGE, 2020-02-20)
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This article analyzes specific characteristics of value created through digital scarcity and blockchain-proven ownership in cryptogames. Our object of study is CryptoKitties, the first instance of a blockchain-based game ...
The Continuous Materiality of Blockchain
(Hochschule Mittweida, University of Applied Sciences, 2020)
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Both cryptocurrency researchers and early adopters of cryptocurrencies agree that they possess a special kind of materiality, based on the laborious productive process of digital ‘mining’ [1]. This idea first appears in ...
Play with Money : The Role of Digital Games in Promoting Financial Literacy
(DiGRA, 2020)
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Sind Free-to-play-Spiele böse? Neue Gedanken zur Ausbeutungsdebatte
(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Institut für Volkskunde/Europäische Ethnologie, 2021-01-21)
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Die meisten kommerziell erfolgreichen Free-to-play-Spiele balancieren am Rande der Ausbeutung der Spieler:innen. Allerdings ist es nach wie vor schwierig festzustellen, wo das faire Spiel endet und die Ausbeutung beginnt. ...