<p>John Linden is the CEO of Mythical Games, a game company focused on building player-owned economies with top game developers and publishers in addition to own portfolioof games (Blankos, NFL Rivals, Nitro Nation, Pudgy Penguins coming soon). </p><p>Prior to Mythical Games, John was the President of Seismic Games, developer of Marvel Strike Force and Magic the Gathering: Valor’s Reach). Prior to Seismic Games,he was a Studio Head at Activision Blizzard on the Call of Duty and Skylanders franchises. <br></p><p>Before the games industry, John was the Co-Founder / CTO at Adknowledge and at OpenX and built his own startups, Planet Alumni (acquired by Reunion.com) andLitmus Media (acquired by Think Partnership).<br>John is passionate about video games, the future of blockchain technologies and bringing emerging technologies to the mass market.</p><p><br></p><p><em>*This episode was recorded in December 2024</em></p>