Wow, 7 years? That is a very long time in crypto-gaming. I hadn't paid attention to Rollercoin ( referral link =for a long time, it usually just login to charge the battery and that is it. It's enough to earn me about $15 a month, some of which I then put into HIVE gaming, especially Splinterlands ( referral link) and Dcrops ( referral link

Today I felt like relaxing and I was looking for a stress free game. Hexbound popped up and it had a free demo on Steam. It is developed and published by Sirius Gaming Studio. Here's my experience:It starts of nice and relaxing, with a cosy fireplace and some soothing music. But then I spotted 5 boxes:

What do I love in a game on the HIVE network? Collecting. Interacting with other players. Improving. Chance. Value. So when I returned to the HIVE network after taking some time off from it, I was intrigued about this new game that people were talking about.

Coming back to Splinterlands, I am excited about the new rewards system. I went through the Bronze and Silver stage and finally won enough to reach Gold 1. And as such, there are new rewards!I haven't staked the amount of SPS that is indicated, but on my way to do so.

In one of my previous blogs, I mentioned that I had not really kept myself up-to-date regarding the evolution of the HIVE network. It happens. In that same post, I mentioned that I was impressed by the improvements in the HIVE keychain. And I keep discovering new functions, like autostaking!

As some of you may have read, I restarted my Splinterlands journey and am enjoying discovering some of the updates and changes that have occurred. One of them is rewarding players going up the ranks immediately, as opposed to at the end of the season (not sure how long ago that got changed).