It’s time for this week’s review. This week we’ve got a new game partnership announcement, a new free report, and a new You, Me, & Web3 show. Let’s go!

Pixels Game Announced for TasteMakerz

This week we teased the launch of a brand new game with Pixels, an Animoca Brands ecosystem web3 project.

More to be announced in the coming days! Check out the teaser here.

TasteMakerz April Report

On Thursday of this week, we published the latest TasteMakerz update via a Twitter thread by CEO Harry.

If you missed it, you can find out all you need to know here.

You, Me, & Web3 with Smobler’s Loretta Chen

In the latest edition of You, Me, & Web3, we spoke to Loretta Chen from Smobler Studios about the role creators will have in helping to develop the metaverse, Web3 diversity, and how she plans to empower more women to get involved in the space.

Listen to the latest episode here.

Forj Hit NFT.NYC

Did we miss you? Our team attended NFT.NYC in New York City (Hudson Yards and Times Square) for #NFTNYC2023 April 12–14, and we had a blast.

It was great to hear some of the fantastic speakers, and catch-up with friends old and new. Here’s to next year!

About Forj

A subsidiary of Animoca Brands, Forj delivers leading Web3 products and technologies that create unique fan experiences for creators. A truly end-to-end solution, Forj is the next frontier of fan engagement through its use of NFTs, metaverse protocols, and blockchain tech to bring fans closer to their favorite creator brands in Music, Entertainment, Gaming and beyond. With major partnerships including influencer Logan Paul, Grammy-nominated musician Lewis Capaldi, and leading creator platform Spring, Forj has an enviable track-record of success in the sector.

Forj-owned brands include metaverse infrastructure project Metaprints and leading GameFi project PolkaPets.

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Happy Easter and welcome to the latest Forj Week In Review!

Without further ado, here’s a selection of things we’ve been doing across the last seven days…

Binance NFT partners with TasteMakerz!

Binance NFT has partnered with TasteMakerz from Forj to offer its community 10 Lite Report NFTs, valued at $50.

Each NFT grants the holder access to a research report all about UGC in Yuga’s Otherside.

You can catch-up with all the instructions on how to take part here.

Forj CEO Harry Liu appears on Ultiverse Live Show

On Thursday, Forj CEO Harry Liu appeared on the latest edition of Ultiverse Live Show, and if you missed it, that’s absolutely no problem at all — because you can watch the entire show here.

You, Me, & Web3 LIVE with Wale Swoosh

We hosted our latest You, Me, & Web3 LIVE episode on Wednesday with special guest, popular Web3 commentator Wale Swoosh!

In a wide ranging debate, we covered numerous topics including Legends of the Mara, UCG opportunities in The Otherside, and plenty more…

You can listen to the full episode here.

About Forj

A subsidiary of Animoca Brands, Forj delivers leading Web3 products and technologies that create unique fan experiences for creators. A truly end-to-end solution, Forj is the next frontier of fan engagement through its use of NFTs, metaverse protocols, and blockchain tech to bring fans closer to their favorite creator brands in Music, Entertainment, Gaming and beyond. With major partnerships including influencer Logan Paul, Grammy-nominated musician Lewis Capaldi, and leading creator platform Spring, Forj has an enviable track-record of success in the sector.

Forj-owned brands include metaverse infrastructure project Metaprints and leading GameFi project PolkaPets.

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It’s been another fun-packed week at Forj — as we released our latest You, Me, & Web3 Shortz episode, hosted another Live Twitter Space alongside some excellent guests, and airdropped all Metaprints Genesis holders (and others!) a FREE report!

You, Me, & Web3 Shortz: Footium

Are you ready for the future of football management gaming?

Have you mastered Fifa, Football Manager, and the various other soccer apps on your phone? Well, allow us to introduce you to Footium co-founder James O’Leary, and Footium COO George Benton, who discuss the future of football management games and how you can play your part.

Listen to the complete episode here.

You, Me, & Web3 LIVE: Otherside 2nd trip, plus #BAYC special guests…

Listen in two parts as CMO Chas Stanton and Tom McDermott speak to special guests about the Otherside 2nd trip, #BAYC involvement, Web3 education, and what the best way is to convert the mainstream over to the wonderful world of Web3.

Part one

Part two

TasteMakerz Lite Report airdrop

Check your wallets!

Lucky recipients of a FREE Lite Report NFT now have access to an exclusive report detailing the latest state of The Otherside metaverse ecosystem, and the UGC projects emerging from it. You don’t want to miss it!

If you have your NFT in your wallet head to the TasteMakerz Discord .

About Forj

A subsidiary of Animoca Brands, Forj delivers leading Web3 products and technologies that create unique fan experiences for creators. A truly end-to-end solution, Forj is the next frontier of fan engagement through its use of NFTs, metaverse protocols, and blockchain tech to bring fans closer to their favorite creator brands in Music, Entertainment, Gaming and beyond. With major partnerships including influencer Logan Paul, Grammy-nominated musician Lewis Capaldi, and leading creator platform Spring, Forj has an enviable track-record of success in the sector.

Forj-owned brands include metaverse infrastructure project Metaprints and leading GameFi project PolkaPets.

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Grab a drink, sit down, and take some time out to enjoy our latest Forj Week In Review!

Club 3 Winners Announced

We’ve announced the 2 lucky winners of an EXCLUSIVE Club3 membership worth $3000!

What is Club3?

A collaboration between Animoca Brands and Planet Hollywood’s Meta Hollywood, Club 3 is a 10,000 sqft luxurious private members-only club located in the heart of the famed Sunset Boulevard in LA, California. It is an IRL hub for the greater global community involved in Web3, AI, and Blockchain Industries.

Check to see if you’re a winner on our Twitter page here.

You, Me, & Web3: Josh Miller; Cardano and CWorld

In the latest edition of You, Me, & Web3 we speak to Josh Miller about Cardano, CWorld, NFTs, Charles Hoskinson, Web3 future, and monkeys! Yes, you read correctly!

Listen to the full episode here.

Twitter Spaces YM&W3 LIVE with J1mmy.eth & The Glimmering

On Wednesday we launched our first You, Me, & Web3 LIVE, the Twitter Space where we invite on key industry guests, to speak about their projects — and take questions from the live listening audience.

This week we were joined by Brent from GameFi project The Glimmering, Harry and Chas from Forj, and J1mmy.eth.

It was a fascinating and wide ranging discussion, and you can listen to it now here.

About Forj

A subsidiary of Animoca Brands, Forj delivers leading Web3 products and technologies that create unique fan experiences for creators. A truly end-to-end solution, Forj is the next frontier of fan engagement through its use of NFTs, metaverse protocols, and blockchain tech to bring fans closer to their favorite creator brands in Music, Entertainment, Gaming and beyond. With major partnerships including influencer Logan Paul, Grammy-nominated musician Lewis Capaldi, and leading creator platform Spring, Forj has an enviable track-record of success in the sector.

Forj-owned brands include metaverse infrastructure project Metaprints and leading GameFi project PolkaPets.

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Welcome to the latest Week In Review from Forj! 

We’ll start with a Club 3 double-header and your chance to win an amazing prize!

To get you started, here’s the initial Tweet to whet your appetite!

🎉 WIN an EXCLUSIVE @club3members Membership worth $3000! 🎉

To enter:
1️⃣ Go to https://t.co/7Gd9WJptqx
2️⃣ RT this Tweet
3️⃣ Enter the Secret Passphrase 👀

"But where do I find the passphrase?!" 🤷‍♂️

Check the latest episode of You, Me, & Web3… https://t.co/XcrVBQ6yjH pic.twitter.com/T9xaKAjBrR

— Forj (@ForjOfficial) March 17, 2023

And then there’s the latest edition of our You, Me, & Web3 Shortz podcast…

Our latest Shortz version is out NOW! Listen as Tom McDermott speaks to Giovanni Yruela and Fred Hsu about Club 3, a private club reimagined exclusively for the Web3 community. 
For a chance to win a Club 3 membership worth $3000, keep an ear out for the secret code phrase during the podcast! Listen here and good luck!

Forj/TasteMakerz and NFTGo

Earlier in the week, our CMO Chas Stanton joined the regular NFTGo Twitter Space to talk about the TasteMakerz project, and explain how the TasteMakerz Education Guild could appeal to us all! Listen to a recording of the show below…

Set your reminders for tonight as we look for alpha with @btc_koalas @TasteMakerz_XYZ @forjofficial & @SendingMe_IM https://t.co/vlBYUsXUbJ

— NFTGo (@nftgoio) March 15, 2023

It’s TasteMakerz time!

Your Season Pass can now be used to claim your first Monthly Pass to the TasteMakerz guild, which will extend through March and April. 

Join the call and get ready for the first quest! claim.tastemakerz.xyz

TasteMakerz, it's time…

Your Season Pass can now be used to claim your first Monthly Pass to the TasteMakerz guild, which will extend through March and April.

Join the call and get ready for the first quest 🍔

🥢https://t.co/8Q80m1Hewb#FoodForThought pic.twitter.com/0llofRSwxS

— TasteMakerz (@TasteMakerz_XYZ) March 15, 2023

Cryptosaurs interactive Movie Night!

Earlier in the week and in collaboration with Cryptosaurs, we were joined by the Special Effects Director of Star Trek Richard Taylor – as he talked through some key scenes in the movie, and explained more about Cryptosaurs’ role in revolutionizing the movie experience.

If you missed it, then be sure to join us next time!

ABOUT FORJ

A subsidiary of Animoca Brands, Forj delivers leading Web3 products and technologies that create unique fan experiences for creators. A truly end-to-end solution, Forj is the next frontier of fan engagement through its use of NFTs, metaverse protocols, and blockchain tech to bring fans closer to their favorite creator brands in Music, Entertainment, Gaming and beyond. With major partnerships including influencer Logan Paul, Grammy-nominated musician Lewis Capaldi, and leading creator platform Spring, Forj has an enviable track-record of success in the sector.

Forj-owned brands include metaverse infrastructure project Metaprints and leading GameFi project PolkaPets.

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Welcome to another week in the wonderful world of Forj – and what a week it’s been since we last checked-in!

TasteMakerz Public Sale OPEN!

Have you taken advantage yet?

Your Season Pass gets you into a community of incredible thought-leaders, founders, and innovators eager to support each other and learn! 

Not only that but also, story-driven quests, exciting rewards, talks from industry leaders, regular reports and much, much more…

Season Passes are 0.09ETH, and get you three months entry as well as a host of perks.

For a complete overview of the project and our TasteMakerz sale, we’ve got a handy thread…

🚨Announcing the @TasteMakerz_XYZ Membership Sale on Forj 🚨

TasteMakerz is a Web3 education guild like no other, with their exclusive community gaining access to industry-leading reports, learning , and alpha🤓👀

Interested? You should be!

Read on… 🧵👇 pic.twitter.com/fONsMWCTFc

— Forj (@ForjOfficial) February 23, 2023

Click here and buy your season pass now!

Forj CEO/Binance NFT Live Show!

On Wednesday, our CEO Harry Liu joined other special guests on the Binance Live Show.

If you missed it, you can catch the full recording and watch as they discuss the latest IP ecosystem updates from Web3, including BAYC and CoolCats.

https://www.binance.com/en/live/video?roomId=2123565

You, Me, & Web3: Bozena Rezab

The latest episode of our brilliant new Forj podcast sees Tom McDermott chat with GAMEE CEO Bozena Rezab about mobile gaming, blockchain, and what’s to come in Web3 game adoptions.  

You can listen to the episode here.

ABOUT FORJ

A subsidiary of Animoca Brands, Forj delivers leading Web3 products and technologies that create unique fan experiences for creators. A truly end-to-end solution, Forj is the next frontier of fan engagement through its use of NFTs, metaverse protocols, and blockchain tech to bring fans closer to their favorite creator brands in Music, Entertainment, Gaming and beyond. With major partnerships including influencer Logan Paul, Grammy-nominated musician Lewis Capaldi, and leading creator platform Spring, Forj has an enviable track-record of success in the sector.

Forj-owned brands include metaverse infrastructure project Metaprints and leading GameFi project PolkaPets.

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Last week Forj announced the launch of a brand new project, TasteMakerz; a unique Web3 educational guild with immersive storytelling that encourages community-led learning.

Following that announcement we have fantastic news for our Forj community, we’ll be hosting a membership sale on our Forj Shop starting on 2nd March 2023! You’ll have the opportunity to get your hands on a genesis Season Pass membership (3 months of access), which will open the doors to a whole new kind of Web3 education, with a story-driven ‘learn and earn’ philosophy at its heart. 

What does membership get you?

Membership to TasteMakerz grants you access to a world of Web3 alpha, insights, reports, webinars from industry leaders, and more; but that’s not even the best bit because you’ll be amongst a community of some of the most curious minds in Web3, contributing to the collective learning of the guild through the completion of a series of ‘quests’ that will reap some incredible rewards…

If you think you have what it really takes to be a TasteMaker, then read on!

Whitelisting

The TasteMakerz guild kitchen staff have sent personalized invites to some of the most prestigious and respected Web3 communities from across the Animoca ecosystem, and beyond, in appreciation of the roots from which TasteMakerz was founded. 

Our Forj communities (Forj, Metaprints, and PolkaPets) however won’t need whitelisting and are being offered TOP LEVEL access for obtaining their first Season Pass membership to TasteMakerz. Remember, Season Passes are limited and this is your ONLY chance to get a membership for Season 1.

Sale Details

Sale Begins: 2nd March 2023

Price for Season Pass: 0.09ETH

Following our snapshot, taking place Monday 27th February at 5pm UTC, the following Forj ecosystem groups will be identified and whitelisted:

Day 1 of the sale (2nd March):

• Original BCCG Holders (1 ‘Hero’, ‘Villain’, or Launchpad BCCG required)
• Farzin BCCG Holders (This group will have double allocation for the sale)

Day 2 of the sale (3rd March):

• Metaprints Genesis NFT Holders
  

Day 3 of the sale (4th March):

• Full set of 24 OG PolkaPets Holders 

The following days there will be a new group of NFT holders allowed access to the sale, as per the table below. These groups have been identified as valuable partners of Forj within the Animoca Brands ecosystem. 

Public sale will then begin on 9th March.

Tier Breakdown

Below is a breakdown of when the sales will be available to the various communities. They will be “live” at 3pm UTC on the date displayed and if you don’t qualify on days 1-7 then keep an eye on the ‘public sale’ on the final day for your chance to nab your membership, if any remain.

About Forj

A subsidiary of Animoca Brands, Forj delivers leading Web3 products and technologies that create unique fan experiences for creators. A truly end-to-end solution, Forj is the next frontier of fan engagement through its use of NFTs, metaverse protocols, and blockchain tech to bring fans closer to their favorite creator brands in Music, Entertainment, Gaming and beyond. With major partnerships including influencer Logan Paul, Grammy-nominated musician Lewis Capaldi, and leading creator platform Spring, Forj has an enviable track-record of success in the sector.

Forj-owned brands include metaverse infrastructure project Metaprints and leading GameFi project PolkaPets.

Website | Twitter | Telegram | Medium| Discord

Welcome to episode two of You, Me, & Web3. Many thanks to those of you that listened to episode one with Mike Bonifer and Donald Kushner. You can hear that edition here.

We also launched You, Me, & Web3 Shortz last week, with our very own Harry Liu. You can check out what Harry had to say about our latest project, TasteMakerz, here.

In this episode we are joined by Decentral games’ CMO Matt Howells-Barby.

Matt is not only the CMO at Decentral games but a well-respected voice in the GameFi sector. Listen as he joins Tom McDermott to discuss…

• Gaming 
• The metaverse
• Play-to-earn
• Poker
• And what we might see in the Web3 space in 2023

It’s another good one! Enjoy!