‘Boring’ Apes Come Home divided opinion, but the kids love it

During the recent ‘Apes Come Home’ event, Yuga Labs offered a closer look at the progress made with its ‘gamified, interoperable metaverse’ Otherside. Specifically, the event offered holders of Yuga Labs NFTs the opportunity to play a shared browser-based game with other community members.

Predictably, different holders had different reactions to this event, with also enjoyed the experience.

Less impressed was Rug Radio creator ‘Orangie’, who shared a video with Decrypt to describe his experience.

The video starts by revealing the proximity in the game text and voice chat were not functioning, and monkeys were directed to Discord when they wanted to talk. He then discusses how he found the graphics impressive and then spends time with the primary game mechanic, taking selfies.

Despite the positive moments, Orangie ultimately comes to the conclusion that at times they were bored and struggled to find enough things to do in this metaverse experience.

Despite the issues, Apes Come Home selfies quickly spread across NFT

The other pivot

Otherside made sure expectations were set before this event started, noting that it ensured that “all 10,000 monkeys are playable‘ and these monkeys ‘can go anywhere’ and take selfies.

It was important to set these expectations because Otherside recently announced its transition to focus on user-generated content rather than trying to make a competitive game.

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Eric Reid, Otherside’s general manager, told

Greg Solano, chief executive of Yuga Labs, also noted that he appreciated the fans who “put up with the long silence as we reimagined our platform from the ground up.”

This experience has not immediately translated into higher prices for Otherdeeds, the NFTs associated with Otherside. Data from Opensea shows that the bottom price is since the event has fallen from approximately 0.365 ether to 0.25 ether.