On the contrary, I think virtual worlds will (eventually) be one of the killer applications of blockchains. People will be more likely to invest real time and

On the contrary, I think virtual worlds will (eventually) be one of the killer applications of blockchains. People will be more likely to invest real time and money into virtual goods/currency/reputation if they can’t be confiscated by a corporation for arbitrary reasons. The idea will really take off once virtual goods are “portable” between games. At that point you don’t really have disparate “games” but rather a... Metaverse (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaverse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaverse) (I don’t imagine all virtual goods will be universally portable. You might be able to bring your CryptoKitties into Second Life but not World of Warcraft, for example...)