UAE Tech Podcast: Senet and Skill to Earn Gaming

Published May 17th, 2024 - 09:26 GMT
CEO Mohsin Waqar | Al Bawaba
CEO Mohsin Waqar | Al Bawaba

It doesn’t matter whether you’re drifting around a corner in Need for Speed, screaming ‘Get Over Here’ in Mortal Kombat, or dropping a banana in Mario Kart, video games are about one thing: Skill. Or are they? 

Aren’t video games also about having fun. Enter the debate over Skill2Earn, versis Free2Earn, and what the future of video games looks like. Shouldn’t users who spend upwards of 20 hours a week (and sometimes way more), be able to earn tokens, and exchange those tokens across other publishing platforms? 

Hasn’t this very tendency turned some supposed video games into glorified token farms? What about skill and competition? Skill2Earn gaming believes that when you execute that perfect uppercut, you get paid for it. So it is the best of both worlds?

Hasn’t this very tendency turned some supposed video games into glorified token farms? What about skill and competition? Skill2Earn gaming believes that when you execute that perfect uppercut, you get paid for it. So it is the best of both worlds?

Senet is a video game company with experience in the US, Japan, India and most recently the Middle East, where they are hoping a friendly attitude towards Web3 can unlock the next stage of growth. In Egypt, Senet also refers to an ancient board game somewhat similar to Chess. We caught up with CEO Mohsin Waqar to find out more.

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