First came CryptoKitties
CryptoKitties is a game centered around breedable, collectible, and oh-so-adorable creatures we call CryptoKitties! Each cat is one-of-a-kind and 100% owned by you; it cannot be replicated, taken away, or destroyed.
What’s the big deal?
CryptoKitties is one of the world’s first games to be built on blockchain technology—the same breakthrough that makes things like Bitcoin and Ethereum possible. Bitcoin and ether are cryptocurrencies but CryptoKitties are cryptocollectibles. You can buy, sell, or trade your CryptoKitty like it was a traditional collectible, secure in the knowledge that blockchain will track ownership securely.
~ source: Twitter
This is Pet Rock levels of stupidity. Anyway, Ethereum(ETH] is used to purchase or sell the kittens. You can even breed the kittens, which allows you to make Ethereum from nothing but cyber kitten sex.
People have spent over $1M buying virtual cats on the Ethereum blockchain
Awesome.
Not to be left out of the cyber animal orgy frenzy, TRON(TRX) has just announced that they are teaming up with Game.com to create TRON Dogs.
No, seriously.
TRON Reached Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Game.com to Expand Its Presence in Gaming.
While, I am a big fan of the idea of using cryptocurrency that exists in the sudo-real world for gaming, I would rather it be for an actual real game. Like how CryptoWars looks to be a city building and strategy type game. CryptoWars is also on the Ethereum blockchain. I just can't see the point of buying virtual pets, dressing them up, "breeding" them and selling their offspring.
Then again, Nintendo has had Animal Crossing for years. Maybe the key is for one of the big gaming consoles to adopt one of the cryptocurrencies.
Nintendo? Are you listening?
