The Complex GameFi Projects boom promised virtual worlds, play to earn economies, and digital land ownership. Most of those projects are gone now. Their tokens crashed. Their user bases vanished.

Many young Zimbabweans carry thoughts, dreams, and experiences they rarely speak about not because they lack ideas, but because such conversations often feel unsafe, rushed, or brushed aside.

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...