In this episode of Blocklayer Podcast, Kenzi Takahashi, Sachi Shiokava, and Diksha Desai sit down with Gabby Dizon, Co-Founder of Yield Guild Games (YGG), to unpack what makes Web3 gaming economies work — and why most of them don’t.

Gabby shares his journey from PC gamer to Web3 pioneer, and what he’s learned after years of watching in-game economies succeed, fail, and evolve. We talk about tokenomics that actually sustain player behavior (not just incentives that pump and dump), how guilds change the onboarding equation, and why mainstream adoption won’t happen until the product experience competes with the best of Web2 — not just on ownership, but on fun.

We also dive into the future of Web3 gaming: where AI might reshape both game design and player markets, what qualities founders need to survive long cycles, and how YGG has evolved from a play-to-earn guild into experiments like on-chain guilds and more decentralized coordination models.

Gabby is a game industry veteran with 18+ years of experience. Beyond YGG, he’s a founding board member of the Blockchain Game Alliance, and his mission is simple but massive: onboarding millions of gamers into new digital opportunity — with a belief that the future of work will be built inside an open metaverse.

This episode was supported by Diksha Desai and Sachi Shiokava.