Perrin Kaplan (left) and Brian Fargo (right).
Perrin Kaplan (left) and Brian Fargo (right).
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Brian Fargo would like his Robot Cache to ‘be the Steam of blockchain games’

  • Posted byby Mike Minotti
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Brian Fargo is the founder of Interplay Entertainment, a studio known for role-playing games like Wasteland and The Bard’s Tale, and InXile Entertainment (Wasteland 2 and Torment: Tides of Numenera). Now his new company, Robot Cache, wants to use blockchain to change the way people own digital games.

Speaking today at our GamesBeat Summit 2018 event in Mill Valley, California, Fargo talked with Zebra Partners principal Perrin Kaplan about Robot Cache’s experiment: a digital game store that will use its own cryptocurrency, Iron, to let people resell the games they buy.

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Mike Minotti

Mike Minotti has been with GamesBeat since 2012, starting as an intern. Based near Youngstown, Ohio, he now manages GamesBeat's editorial team. He's also a prolific podcaster, appearing on multiple shows covering the gaming industry.