Mike's Industry View - Issue #174
AI / Creativity
Atari's CEO Explains Why the Gaming Icon is Betting Big on Crypto Frédéric Chesnais, CEO of Atari Group, is throwing the 80s gaming brand behind a new Atari Token and a bevy of crypto-infused games.
Ukrainian football club Dynamo Kyiv to launch blockchain-based fan tokens — cointelegraph.com Dynamo Kyiv is the latest major football club entering into the digital token arena.
Business/Marketing/Adv
The Metaverse is coming — www.wired.co.uk A 3D virtual world where millions meet online will become our key social hub
Burger King unveils its first major rebrand in 20 years — www.fastcompany.com “You can almost taste the typeface.”
Interestingness
Physical books still outsell e-books — and here's why — www.cnbc.com Do you prefer reading an e-book or a physical version? It might be a surprise, but for most people, old school print on paper still wins.
Shigeru Miyamoto Wants to Create a Kinder World — www.newyorker.com The legendary designer on rejecting violence in games, trying to be a good boss, and building Nintendo’s Disneyland.
Wellness
This year I achieved nothing. All I discovered were the limits of my unambition Did I waste one of the great self-improvement opportunities of my life playing video games, getting into craft beer and cleaning the bathroom too much?
Finding time for creativity will give you respite from worries
Drawing, singing, writing, knitting… lose yourself in something creative to find inner calm.