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Gala and the trouble with owning the farm
The people who helped make virtual farms a business now want players to own the land. Gala’s experiment has grown into games, music, film and a blockchain - with some very real bills attached.
Louis Rossmann and the Price of a Bent Pin
A broken laptop led him to a park bench, then to millions of viewers and state legislatures. Now Louis Rossmann is asking who really controls the devices people buy.
Idan Zuckerman Is Building a City That Refuses to Reset
The Upland co-founder spent two decades learning how games ship. Now he is testing whether a virtual city can outlast the hype cycle - and whether players can keep what they build.
Variant Bet on Ownership. Now It Wants to Fund Autonomy.
The New York venture firm made its name arguing that internet users should become owners. Its new $222 million fund stretches that idea into a broader test: does the technology give people more agency, or merely automate them?