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Ed Chang (Head of Gaming, AVAX): Fostering the Frontier of Gaming on Avalanche | Will, Lee, & Andrew Learn Web3 #67

Episode Summary

Ed Chang is Head of Gaming of Ava Labs. Ava Labs is the team behind Avalanche. An L1 that is the fastest smart contract platform in the blockchain industry. In this episode, we discuss how Ed is helping Avalanche build out its gaming ecosystem.

Episode Notes

Ed Chang is Head of Gaming of Ava Labs. Ava Labs is the team behind Avalanche. An L1 that is the fastest smart contract platform in the blockchain industry.

Prior to Ava Labs, Ed was the Senior Director of Partnerships at the gaming company Electronic Arts. Prior to EA Games, he was the Entrepreneur in Residence at The Chernin Group, a media company that invests in, owns, and operates other media companies. where he primarily focused on e-sports and gaming opportunities. Ed was also the founder of Basikz Agency. A gaming influencer agency and consultancy.

In this episode, we discuss how Ed is helping Avalanche build out its gaming ecosystem.

Learn more about Ed Chang and Ava Labs:

• Ed Chang’s Twitter: @EdC
• Ed Chang’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/etchang
• Ava Labs - https://www.avalabs.org
• Ava Labs’ Twitter: @avalabsofficial

In this episode we discuss:

• What convinced Ed to jump into Web3
• What Ed was doing prior to Ava Labs
• Why Ed chose Avalanche
• How does Avalanche compared to other protocols
• Ed’s goals for Avalanche: Become the “Netflix of web3 games”
• What’s the pitch for games coming onto the platform?
• What it was like for Ed to drink from the Web3 fire hose.
• What’s the difference between Web3 and Web2 games?
• What are the programs that help new developers build on AVAX
• What makes new games stand out?
• What trends is Ed seeing in Web3 gaming?

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