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David J.
@lordofblocks
Tech & AI innovation should cost less. Building products to make that happen. Opinions on AI, crypto, and European market developments.
- The greatest mistake in gaming history: A physicist created the first video game in 1958. He never filed a patent. Today, his invention powers a $165B industry with 2.7B players worldwide: 🧵
- One handshake betrayal cost Nintendo $200 BILLION. In 1991, they publicly humiliated an electronics giant at CES. Their partner had zero gaming experience but unlimited resources. The company's ruthless revenge that OBLITERATED Nintendo's 90% market dominance: 🧵
- In 2005, a Dutch gamer exposed Grand Theft Auto's hidden secret. The discovery forced stores worldwide to ban the game. The $44.5 million scandal that forced gaming to change forever:
- Monopoly isn't just a game—it's the most profitable lie ever sold. It wasn't created to celebrate capitalism—it was designed to destroy it. Parker Brothers stole it and erased its true purpose. Once you learn why, you'll never pass GO the same way again... 🧵
- World of Warcraft predicted exactly how humans would respond to COVID-19. A 2005 game glitch created the first unplanned virtual pandemic. Scientists studied player behavior as digital bodies piled up in cities. Here's how a gaming accident revolutionised pandemic science: 🧵
- In 1993, Nintendo's mascot made $7B. SEGA's response: A hedgehog with cocaine energy. The rivalry that created modern gaming - and ruined both companies: 🧵
- Ancient texts held secrets for 2000 years... until AI changed everything: Now we have the first AI to pinpoint text origin with 71% accuracy. Even more incredible: it dates texts within 30 years of their creation. And it's already challenging what we know about classical Greek
- $5.275M could buy 50 Lamborghinis. Instead, it bought ONE Pokemon card. Here's the wild story behind this record trade:
- Gaming is creating a new class of millionaires. Not through competitive gaming... But through a $35 billion play-to-earn economy. Here's the wealth secret nobody's talking about (bookmark this):
- In 1991, two men created the start of a legacy. They had no historical consultants. No research team. Yet they invented systems that revolutionized gaming forever. Here's the untold story of Civilization, and why its 7th version changes everything:
- Joe Rogan is wrong about gaming. So is Ryan Reynolds. So is Ray Bradbury. They all called it a "waste of time." But they missed something massive:
- Gamified narrative governance brings tears of joy to my eyes! We are going to create some great stories together.
