Inspirations and highlights from Dice Summit 2023 | The DeanBeat

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I enjoyed many of the moments of the Dice Summit 2023 and the Dice Awards this week, from the opening talk by author Neal Stephenson, creator of Snow Crash, to the acceptance speeches at the prestigious equivalent to the Oscars of games.

It was refreshing to see people again, unfettered by a lingering pandemic, milling about in a big reunion of friends and peers. The Dice Summit is often my favorite gathering, aside from our own GamesBeat Summit events, where I see the game industry drink from the well of inspiration.

There were moments that brought tears to my eyes, and I was honored to be able to moderate the Dice Summit’s town hall panel. I’ll write about that another time, but here are some of the moments that were fun to call out at the event. It was once again nice to be part of the Dice Summit community, as I have never missed one of these events in more than two decades.

Stephenson didn’t start with a hard sell for his blockchain-based startup Lamina1. Instead, he spoke in analogies about the challenges for blockchain games and how they need to focus less on business models and technology and more on the creation of great games. But he told the story through the tale of Jack and the Beanstalk.

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He focused on this fairy tale because it centers on a transaction for “worthless currency” in the form of magic beans which Jack bought in exchange for a cow. Why would anyone want to invest in cryptocurrency for buying in-game items