In this week’s episode of Blocklayer Podcast, Kenzi Takahashi and Diksha Desai sit down with Chris Gonsalves, CEO of Community Gaming, to explore how modern gaming ecosystems are being rebuilt around ownership, on-chain incentives, and community-led competition — and what that means for the next era of eSports.

Chris walks through how Community Gaming came to life, the core problems it set out to solve for tournament organizers and players, and why Web3-native gaming infrastructure is fundamentally different from traditional eSports models. They also discuss what changes when tournaments, rewards, and identity can live on-chain: new monetization paths, new coordination mechanics, and new failure modes — plus Chris’s view on where Web3 gaming is likely headed as the space matures.