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Peter Schiff Says He ‘Gets Bitcoin’ But Not USD-Pegged Stablecoins, Floats Gold-Backed Token Plan

by admin June 21, 2025



Peter Schiff, vocal proponent of gold and a longtime critic of cryptocurrencies and bitcoin

, said he intends to launch his own gold-backed token while taking a dig at the value of U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins.

“I get bitcoin, but not U.S. dollar stablecoins,” Schiff posted Friday on X. “If you’re going to introduce a third-party custodian, why settle for a token backed by a flawed fiat currency like the dollar, when you can own one backed by gold?”

In a reply to a user who encouraged him to launch a gold-backed stablecoin, Schiff confirmed: “They already exist. But I do intent [sic] to launch my own.”

His remarks come as the U.S. Senate passed the so-called GENIUS Act to regulate the rapidly growing stablecoin sector, a type of digital currency with prices anchored to an external asset such as fiat currencies. The stablecoin market mushroomed to over $260 billion, with Citi forecasting that it could become a $3.7 trillion asset class by the end of the decade.

These tokens have become a key piece of trading infrastructure and are increasingly popular for cross-border payments and remittances. The market is dominated by U.S. dollar-backed tokens like Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC.

Gold-backed tokens, meanwhile, make up a niche but growing segment with a market size of around $2 billion. Contrary to fiat-backed stablecoins, gold tokens are mostly used as a store of value, like their physical version, but on blockchain rails. However, there are ongoing efforts to bring more utility for gold tokens in decentralized finance applications, for example using as collateral for loans.

Read more: Stablecoin Protocol USDT0 Aims to Bring Tokenized Gold Closer to DeFi



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How to unlock Peter Pan in Disney Dreamlight Valley

by admin June 19, 2025



Before you can embark on the epic adventure to unlock Peter Pan in Disney Dreamlight Valley, you need to complete the Poetic License quest and have the A Forgotten Name quest available. To do this, you’ll need to meet the Forgotten anywhere in the valley, where they’ll tell you that they’ve found a red feather outside of Skull Rock, which the two of you should investigate.

When you talk again outside of Skull Rock on Dazzle Beach, you will be prompted to give them a name, and that will add them to the valley like a normal villager. From here, you’ll be able to enter Skull Rock and begin completing the quests you need to unlock Peter Pan.

How to complete the Shadows on the Wall quest

Once you’ve teamed up with the Forgotten, head into Skull Rock and explore. Wander around and look for anything hidden, such as chests, before heading back to the Forgotten. They’ll explain how they found a few pixie dust orbs, and you’ll then need to find three broken lanterns around Skull Rock to house them.


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You can find these in the following places:

  • Next to the Winches where you speak to the Forgotten the second time
  • Either side of the dock—you will need your rod to fish these two up

When you’ve gathered them all, you will need to find the following materials to mend the lanterns as part of the quest:

  • 3x Gold ingots
  • 9x Glass
  • 9x Vitalys Crystal

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Now you’re ready to catch the three pixie dust orbs the Forgotten originally told you about. You can find these anywhere around the valley and they’ll put up quite a fight when you do track them down. I found them in the Glade of Trust, the Forest of Valor, and in the Forgotten Lands. Once you’ve snagged them out of mid-air, go to a crafting table and create three Pixie Dust Lanterns. Place them on the three winches next to the Forgotten in Skull Rock.

This will trigger a shadow to appear on the planks to the right, which looks suspiciously like Peter Pan. Interact with the Shadow to introduce yourself and he will try and show you something. But, because all three lights are on him, he can’t. Move the light closest to the next gate to face the doorway next to it, and speak three Jade skulls to the right of the gate to solve their riddles as the next part of the quest. Here are the answers you need.

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Riddle

Answer

I’m used to exploring the waters and shores, a swaying home atop the sea-foam. What am I?

A pirate ship

I’m a winged creature, small and bright, with magic dust to grant you flight. Don’t be fooled; I’ve courage twice my size. Date to doubt; that’s just unwise. What am I?

A pixie

I’m an instrument of wind, and for him I’ll always play as he laughs and grins to lead the way. What am I?

A pan flute

When you’ve answered all three correctly, you will be able to turn the winch to open the gate and end this quest.

How to complete the A Ship of Gold quest

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Follow both the Shadow and the Forgotten through the gate, and then speak to the Forgotten. They will tell you that you need to look for another winch, which can be found to your right buried by a barrel. You will need to use your pickaxe to break the jagged rocks and reveal some pixie dust, a pixie dust orb, and said winch.

Follow the pixie dust orb as it flies around and collect the pixie dust it guides you to. This is usually hidden beneath the jagged rocks, so you will once again need to use your pickaxe to break them. When you’ve collected all six pixie dust drops and the pixie dust orb, you’ll need to use that dust to make something fly, namely: the giant ship in the middle of Skull Rock. Interact with the boat, and you will be able to add in the six pixie dust to make it float. When it’s in the air, head across the boat to speak with the Forgotten once again.

They will then tell you how the barrels in front of you look suspicious, as if they could be part of a puzzle. Match the symbols by rotating the barrels to face one another in the following order:

  • Hook and Clock
  • Sewing Needle and Shadow
  • Pixie and Bell

This will unlock the Captain’s Key from the barrel behind the Forgotten. Once you’ve grabbed it, head down to the Captain’s Cabin on the bottom floor of the ship. There is another winch on the floor in the middle of the room. Pick this up, and take it back to where you retrieved the Captain’s Key. Place here, and interact with it to complete the quest.

How to complete The Music’s On the Walls quest

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For this final quest, speak to the Forgotten and they will mention that the Shadow is gesturing to something, before instructing you to follow a glowing musical note. A silver key will also appear on the ground next to the Forgotten that you need to pick up before you begin the chase. Catch the note by the ship, pick up the memory, and go back into the Captain’s Cabin to unlock the chest.

You’ll receive a treasure map, which you need to report to the Forgotten. If you hadn’t guessed, it’s now your responsibility to find the five musical notes and the hidden treasure buried on the map. Leave Skull Rock and use the off-shore raft to go to a separate island and dig up the buried treasure to the left of where you arrive on the island. You’ll get a Pan Pipe alongside a number of gems and ingots. As for the glowing musical notes, head to the following areas to find them:

  • Dream Castle
  • Dazzle Beach – Ursula’s Cave
  • Skull Rock – Jade Skulls
  • Frosted Heights – Olaf’s Cave
  • Forgotten Lands – Treehouse surrounded by Night Thorns

Take it all back to the Forgotten and you’ll be prompted to place the Pan Pipe you retrieved from the buried treasure and the glowing notes onto the music stand in front of you. Now, match the glowing notes on the walls either side of the music stand with the ones on the sheet in front of you. You can do this by pressing the buttons on the floor to raise or lower the notes. Interact with the Pan Pipe back at the stand, and the Shadow will fly across the top of your screen, knocking the notes down.

Speak to the Forgotten once again, and the two of you will come up with a plan to trap the Shadow. You need to craft another Pixie Dust lamp to do this, but the Forgotten will give you the broken lamp to use as a component, so you only need to gather glass, Vitalys crystals, and a gold ingot. Return with the fixed lamp and angle all three lanterns to shine their light at the wall directly in front of the music stand to trap the shadow, and then readjust the notes on the walls to complete the puzzle again. Play the pan pipe again, and Peter will appear.

However, he won’t want to move to the valley right away. Instead, he will initiate a game of hide and seek to prove you are still a child at heart. You can ask villagers for clues or follow the pixie dust trail, but if you don’t fancy the wild goose chase, head straight to the Dark Castle. He’s hidden behind some night thorns right at the very top.

When you speak to him, he will agree to live in the valley but ask you to help him find his shadow. Don’t worry though, he gives you the house before this so you can unlock him, before going on any other wild quests. Place the house and unlock it with the sign for 20,000 Star Coins and you’ll now be able to hang out with Peter Pan whenever your heart desires.



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Peter Thiel-Backed ‘Enhanced Olympics’ Is Elaborate Supplement-Selling Scheme: Report

by admin June 18, 2025


Tech billionaires like to paint themselves as contrarian geniuses—guys (pretty much always guys) who see institutions insist that things should be done one way because of silly things like evidence and experience and respond, “I, a person who has zero knowledge or exposure to this thing, know better.” There is perhaps no starker illustration of this mindset than the “Enhanced Games,” an Olympics-like competition with Peter Thiel’s backing that sets aside bans on performance-enhancing drugs and encourages competitors to inject themselves in whatever will make them the best version of themselves. According to a new report from Wired, things are not going quite as planned.

To be clear, the Enhanced Games do appear to be happening. They’re scheduled for May 2026 in Las Vegas, a handful of athletes are on board, and there is funding from the likes of Thiel and Donald Trump Jr.’s 1789 Capital. But behind the scenes, it seems like things have been a bit of a mess.

For example, to promote the games, founder Aron D’Souza put up $1 million for any “enhanced” athlete (read: taking drugs that are banned from other official competitions) to beat the swimming world records for the 100-meter sprint or the 50-meter freestyle. Kristian Gkolomeev, a 31-year-old Olympian from Bulgaria, achieved that goal…but he wasn’t the horse that the Enhanced movement initially backed.

Australian swimmer James Magnussen was supposed to be the poster boy for the games, moving to California to undergo a doping regimen that had him hopped up on testosterone and growth hormones to train his way to a world record. According to Wired, Magnussen actually ended up getting too buff, his muscle mass weighing him down and bulking him up so much that when they gave him his swimsuit—a full-body polyurethane “supersuit” that has been banned from Olympic competition—he ripped it. When he finally got in the water to put the enhanced approach to the test, he posted a time that was 1.2 seconds slower than his own personal best from when he was swimming clean.

Gkolomeev joined the “Enhanced” challenge late, but benefited from a toned-down regimen that made Magnussen too big. He ultimately did set a new world record, though when he tried to replicate it weeks later, after more time on the doping program and his body undergoing more changes, he finished with a slower time. Wired asked both the swimmer and his trainer if he could have beaten the world record without drugs, and both concluded he probably could have. Ah well!

D’Souza—perhaps best known as the guy who led Thiel’s litigation against Gawker—seems to be a true believer in the whole “Enhanced” (read: drugged-up) human movement, and he seems confused as to why no one else gets it. Per Wired, part of the reason he launched his competition was because he had dinner with members of the International Olympic Committee and found them to display “unimpressive” intellect.

But it seems the further the project goes, the more D’Souza and company realize there might be standards in place for a reason. He’s already backed down from a drug-fueled free-for-all to restricting participating athletes to using drugs that are legal in their home country and prescribed to them by a doctor, and they have to undergo strict monitoring to make sure their bodies are responding well to doping.

Meanwhile, the real motive behind the “Enhanced” movement appears to be simple: it’s a scheme to sell supplements and sports drinks, a giant market with extremely high margins. Wired reported that D’Souza announced Enhanced Performance Products alongside the upcoming Enhanced Games. Someone should tell him it’d be cheaper to just start a podcast.



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Kidney For Bitcoin? Peter Schiff &Amp; Michael Saylor Go Head-To-Head
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Kidney for Bitcoin? Peter Schiff & Michael Saylor Go Head-to-Head

by admin June 17, 2025



Longtime Bitcoin critic and gold advocate Peter Schiff has once again taken a jab at Michael Saylor and his company, MicroStrategy (now rebranded as Strategy), after the firm invested an additional $1 billion in Bitcoin yesterday. 

This latest purchase brings Strategy’s total Bitcoin spend to nearly $42 billion, further fueling debate around corporate Bitcoin adoption.

Strategy spent another $1 billion buying Bitcoin last week, raising the total spend to nearly $42 billion. As long as Bitcoin is rising & $MSTR trades at a premium, @Saylor can keep buying. But once Bitcoin crashes and MSTR trades at a discount, creditors will force MSTR to sell.

— Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) June 16, 2025

Schiff commented, “As long as Bitcoin is rising & $MSTR trades at a premium, @Saylor can keep buying. But once Bitcoin crashes and MSTR trades at a discount, creditors will force MSTR to sell.”

This isn’t the first time Schiff has criticized Saylor. Their long-standing feud over Bitcoin’s future took a sharper turn when Schiff reacted to a bold February tweet by Saylor, who had written, “Sell a kidney if you must, but keep the bitcoin.”

Responding recently, Schiff tweeted:

“First you told the people to max out their credit cards and mortgage their homes to buy Bitcoin. Now you’re telling them to sell off their organs. Have you no shame?”

Not one to back down, Saylor fired back with a tweet that’s since gone viral:

“Sell Peter Schiff’s kidney, keep the Bitcoin.”

The clash shows just how divided people still are when it comes to gold versus Bitcoin. On one side, there are old-school gold supporters like Schiff, and on the other, Bitcoin believers like Saylor, whose company Strategy keeps doubling down on crypto.

The clash shows just how divided people still are when it comes to gold versus Bitcoin. On one side, you’ve got old-school gold supporters like Schiff, and on the other, Bitcoin believers like Saylor, whose company Strategy keeps doubling down on crypto.

With Bitcoin booming in 2025 and more big players jumping in, Saylor isn’t backing off while Schiff keeps warning that it’s all heading for a crash.

Also Read: “The Bubble Has Peaked”: Peter Schiff on Bitcoin’s Crash





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Bitcoin Price Echoes 2021 Collapse, Warns Legendary Trader Peter Brandt
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Bitcoin Price Echoes 2021 Collapse, Warns Legendary Trader Peter Brandt

by admin June 16, 2025


Bitcoin’s chart structure is causing concern for veteran trader Peter Brandt as the legendary trader thinks it could be repeating the same price behavior that happened before the 2021 crash.

In a new post on X, Brandt shared a weekly Bitcoin chart that shows a sideways consolidation zone near recent highs. Something similar happened in late 2021, just before Bitcoin lost over 50% of its value.

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If you look at the yellow zones drawn over both patterns, you can see a bearish setup. Back in 2021, Bitcoin was trading at over $60,000 for a few weeks, but then it suddenly dropped into a deep bear market. Brandt’s chart suggests that the current consolidation, just above $104,000, might follow a similar path.

His post got people talking. One user said that Bitcoin’s fundamentals are stronger now than in 2021 and that there’s “no reason to worry” from a technical standpoint. Brandt didn’t see it that way. The fundamentals are usually clearest at the top end and darkest at the bottom, says trading veteran.

But mining?

Another user pointed out that mining costs are a safety net, saying that Bitcoin’s current price sits much closer to its average production cost than it did in 2021, which could limit the risk of a major drop.

But Brandt disagreed, saying that production costs don’t matter much when it comes to commodities. He thinks that no matter how profitable it is, producers keep supplying the market with things like Bitcoin, gold, or agricultural products, and markets don’t care about cost-based floors.

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Right now, Bitcoin is still trading within a pretty tight range, and traders are divided between expecting a breakout or a breakdown. Brandt’s warning goes against the usual optimistic outlook and shows that technical history might still be more important than the current market feeling.



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Peter Schiff's Unexpected Reaction on Bitcoin Explosion
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Peter Schiff’s Unexpected Reaction on Bitcoin Explosion

by admin June 10, 2025


In the past few days, Bitcoin has experienced a sharp increase, regaining ground above $110,000 and surprising even its most ardent detractors. Famous gold advocate Peter Schiff and bullish cryptocurrency commentators engaged in a heated Twitter exchange after the spike, and Schiff’s response was unexpectedly direct.

“It will soon be above the mcap of Gold and there’s nothing you can do about it,” declared community members, with confidence on June 9. Schiff responded, saying that he does not have to do anything about it. With the rising market value of gold, it is highly unlikely to ever occur. Some even believe that we will not see Bitcoin below $100,000. “Never say never” Schiff curtly responded, especially when it comes to Bitcoin prices.

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Schiff’s exchange highlights the strength and volatility of the recent surge in Bitcoin. Bitcoin recovered from a peak in May that was just over $112,000, and it found support at about $105,000, which is the 26-day exponential moving average. After that, buyers intervened forcefully, pushing the price back above that mark and over the subsequent barrier at the 50-day EMA close to $102,000.

The quick breakout teased new all-time highs for Bitcoin by pushing it over the crucial $110,000 mark. Bitcoin’s recovery from the 26 EMA on the daily chart has been accompanied by an increase in RSI momentum, which has returned to bullish territory above 60. Positive days have also seen a slight increase in volume, indicating real demand as opposed to short-covering.

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The next resistance zone above $110,000 is between $112,000 and $113,000, which in May saw the highest concentration of liquid order clusters. The technical background is unquestionably bullish despite Schiff’s unwavering skepticism: a successful hold above the 26-EMA followed by clear breaches of the 50 and 100-EMAs (now trading at about $97,500) would indicate that the path of least resistance points higher.

Bitcoin may move from unlikely to inevitable as it aims for new record highs if it can maintain this momentum. It will be interesting to see if Schiff gives in or backs down in the end. For the time being, however, Bitcoin’s unexpected surge has not turned into a long-term rally, and it is too early to celebrate a new ATH.



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Bitcoin Critic Peter Schiff Lashes Out At Vice President Jd Vance
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Bitcoin Critic Peter Schiff Lashes out at Vice President JD Vance

by admin May 29, 2025



Peter Schiff, a prominent gold investor and Bitcoin skeptic, has publicly criticized JD Vance’s recent speech at the Bitcoin 2025 conference. At the conference, Vance praised Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies for creating vast new wealth, but Schiff strongly disagrees. He said, “No actual wealth was created, as these tokens do not represent wealth.” 

Instead, Schiff explained, what happened was a “massive transfer of wealth” from early Bitcoin investors to those who bought in later, with capital misallocated and resources wasted along the way.

Vance also explained that Bitcoin acts as a hedge for poor government policies and rampant inflation. Schiff explained that because Vance is a member of the administration implementing those poor policies, Americans require a hedge. Yet, he believes that gold and silver, not Bitcoin, will offer true protection.

He cautions that encouraging people to use Bitcoin as the preferred hedge may lead them to purchase the “wrong asset.” Schiff said that rather than pushing people to buy things like Bitcoin that could do little to protect their money, it would be better if Trump and Vance focused their time developing sensible government policies to lower inflation.

He believes that traditional commodities like gold and silver, as well as sensible regulations, are safer choices. Vance previously maintained that, in spite of its price fluctuations, Bitcoin acts more like a tech stock than a trustworthy inflation hedge. He cautioned that because Bitcoin is an uncertain hedge due to its volatility, investors should put their faith in gold for long-term safety.

Also Read: Peter Schiff Bats for Gold as Safe Haven, Bitcoin a Risk Asset



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Peter Schiff Slams Fed-Backed Bitcoin Plan
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Peter Schiff Slams Fed-Backed Bitcoin Plan

by admin May 28, 2025


Popular Bitcoin critic and gold advocate Peter Schiff, in an X post on Wednesday, has raised serious concerns about the new Bitcoin acquisition bill issued by Senator Cynthia Lummis.

While Peter Schiff still holds firm in his belief that Bitcoin poses major risks to the global economy, the Bitcoin critic has expressed strong displeasure about the Fed-backed Bitcoin plan.

Americans are at risk, says Schiff  

The bill, which has received notable backing, proposes that the U.S. government expand its Bitcoin holdings with hundreds of billions of dollars from the Federal Reserve. 

While the move positions the price of the leading cryptocurrency for more ascent, Peter Schiff believes that the bill has only been issued to solely benefit people who already own Bitcoin at the detriment of the masses.

According to his analysis, the bill will only pose more threat to the U.S. economy as it will worsen the already persisting inflation that has forced the economy into distress.

The @CynthiaMLummis Bill, which proposes that the Federal Reserve create hundreds of billions of dollars out of thin air, substantially worsening the existing inflation problem, then use the newly created money to buy one million Bitcoin, solely to enrich the people who already…

— Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) May 28, 2025

Peter Schiff mentioned that the bill is a selfish attempt to enrich the pockets of a few at the expense of the majority of Americans who will be forced to buy the cryptocurrency.

While it is not certain if Peter Schiff has made these claims out of genuine concern for Americans, many believe that it is one of his regular oppositions to major Bitcoin buy attempts.

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Peter Schiff is known for his disbelief in Bitcoin’s long-term value. The Bitcoin critic has always preached that Bitcoin lacks the intrinsic value it needs to fuel the growth of an institution, not to mention an economy.

While the bill is still in its early stage and is yet to be passed into law, Peter Schiff is confident that the bill is highly unlikely to become law.

However, if the reverse becomes the case, Peter Schiff warned that no member of Congress who initiated the Bitcoin buy plan is worthy of re-election.





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Here's what happened to Peter Molyneux's Kinect game Project Milo
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Here’s what happened to Peter Molyneux’s Kinect game Project Milo

by admin May 23, 2025


Project Milo was initially revealed alongside Microsoft’s Kinect device all the way back in 2009, and featured a young character named Milo who players could interact with. However, it never actually made it to release, and the project was cancelled in 2010.

So, what happened? Well, Peter Molyneux recently shared his side of the story during Nordic Game 2025 in Malmö, explaining how changing priorities led to the end of the project and how he didn’t want to “prance around like a twat”.

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“I’ll tell you exactly what happened,” Molyneux said, as transcribed by Eurgamer’s sister-site GamesIndustry.biz. “Microsoft had [bought] us, we were owned by Microsoft, and they had…I’m going to say this, I might get in trouble…what I thought was a bit of a crazy idea. And that was to do gesture recognition as an input device, rather than a controller. They showed me this stuff, and Microsoft had this amazing research building. Incredible.

“It was run by this brilliant bloke called Alex Kipman. Makes me look boring and passionless – he had ten times more passion than I had. He had this demo of this device, and when he showed me this demo, it could see people’s faces. He said, ‘it can do voice recognition’, and it had a massive field-of-view so it could see this whole room.”

When Kipman first asked Molyneux his thoughts on the tech that would ultimately end up as the Kinect, the game developer replied:

“‘Well, firstly’ – when he did the demo, he was jumping all over the room – ‘I’m a gamer, I don’t want to play games standing up. That’s the first thing. It doesn’t appeal to me, I want to sit back, I want to smoke what I smoke, and I want to drink what I want to drink, and I don’t want to prance around like a twat’.”

Molyneux said he would go and instead create a demo of how he believed the technology should be used, with a more sedentary slant with a focus on feeling. For this, he took inspiration from his then seven-year-old son, Lucas.

“Anyone who’s a parent will probably experience this: there was this moment where you realise you’re crafting, inspiring, a human being,” the developer said. “Wouldn’t it be an incredible thing to create a game around that feeling… About inspiring, in Milo’s case, a boy. That was contentious in itself, because of course, lots of people go to the dark side with that [idea].”

Staff at Molyneux’s studio Lionhead subsequently started work on the demo, and began collaborating with a technology company on Project Milo’s voice recognition.

“We had all sorts of experiences, like you could hand things to Milo in the game world and he would take them. They really worked well.”

The team “cheated in a big way about how you could talk to Milo”, Molyneux said, adding he wanted to make sure that players would be able to relax on the couch at the end of a day (or, to be fair, in the middle of it), and “just experience things with this game character”.

“Even though voice recognition now is almost a solved problem, back in those days we solved the problem by cheating,” Molyneux explained. “So, when Milo asked you the player a question, we had set that question up to different points, so he knew what sort of answer he’d give.”

The developer went on to explain some more about the behind the scenes of Project Milo, admitting it was unfortunate that at the same time as all of this was going on, Microsoft was also working on its Kinect device.

“And [Microsoft] realised that the device that Alex Kipman first showed off would cost $5k for consumers to buy. So they cost-reduced that device down to such a point, where the field-of-view… I think it was a minuscule field-of-view. In other words, it could only just see what’s straight in front of you.”

In the end, changing priorities at Microsoft, which wanted to focus on the Kinect, led to the end of Project Milo. Molyneux said the “death blow” which still “breaks his heart” today, “was that it was decided that Kinect shouldn’t be a gaming device: it should be a party device. You should play a sports game with it, or dancing games with it.”

Project Milo, then, “didn’t fit into the Microsoft portfolio”, and the whole thing was ultimately canned.

“No one ever saw the complete experience,” Molyneux closed. “We didn’t finish the experience. But it was a magical thing. What was so magical about it: it wasn’t about heroes and aliens coming down, there wasn’t this ‘end of the world’ narrative scenario.

“It was just experiencing what it’s like to hang out with someone that loves you.”

E3 2009: Project Natal Milo demo. Watch on YouTube

Eurogamer spoke to Molyneux last year, about his Masters of Albion project. Masters of Albion will take place “in the land of Albion”, and has – in the words of Katharine Castle – big Black and White energy, with a more customisable bent that lets you design buildings, meals, armour and more.



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Peter Molyneux recalls how Project Milo, the Kinect game with revolutionary promise, died a death
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Peter Molyneux recalls how Project Milo, the Kinect game with revolutionary promise, died a death

by admin May 23, 2025


Vapourware can end up being the stuff of legend, like Rockstar’s Agent, Star Wars 1313, or StarCraft: Ghost. Without ever seeing the light of day, these games never risked the possibility of being played and forgotten, and instead live on forever as the subjects of lengthy YouTube essays.

Peter Molyneux, formerly of the studios Bullfrog and Lionhead, and currently working on Masters of Albion at 22cans, has had a number of cancelled projects in his career. The original Xbox’s prehistoric game BC was axed around the time Fable became Lionhead’s priority, for example.

Still, Molyneux’s most notable lost game (or tech demo, depending on who you asked at the time) was arguably Project Milo.

Revealed alongside the Kinect device at E3 2009, which was then known as Project Natal, players would interact with a young male character called Milo using voice and gesture commands.

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This unusual premise made the game a huge talking point. The project was revealed just as traditional game genre boundaries were starting to blur following the success of the Nintendo DS and Wii.

The actual game based on the tech demo was to be called Milo & Kate, with Molyneux demoing it in more detail at a TED presentation in 2010. Lionhead’s stylistic touches are obvious throughout the demo, like its tone, music, narration, and choice of story about a British family that’s recently moved to America.

Molyneux described the game at the time by saying, “most of it is just a trick; but it’s a trick that works”.

The game ultimately didn’t release, with some of its ideas rolled into Fable: The Journey on Xbox 360, which was not well-received. Still, the demo arguably did its job, putting Microsoft’s Kinect device at the centre of the cultural conversation for its reveal, a full 17 months before it was commercially available.

Fable: The Journey ended up being the final Lionhead game before the studio’s closure in 2016.

While the broad details (and many specifics, per a 2013 Polygon piece) of Project Milo’s demise are fairly well-known, it was undeniably exciting to hear Molyneux himself recall the project during Nordic Game 2025 in Malmö this week.

During the Q&A section of his fireside chat, one attendee asked about Milo, saying they believed that to this day, Molyneux had a vision for what it could’ve been.

“I’ll tell you exactly what happened,” Molyneux said. “Microsoft had [bought] us, we were owned by Microsoft, and they had…I’m going to say this, I might get in trouble…what I thought was a bit of a crazy idea. And that was to do gesture recognition as an input device, rather than a controller. They showed me this stuff, and Microsoft had this amazing research building. Incredible.

“It was run by this brilliant bloke called Alex Kipman. Makes me look boring and passionless – he had ten times more passion than I had. He had this demo of this device, and when he showed me this demo, it could see people’s faces. He said, ‘it can do voice recognition’, and it had a massive field-of-view so it could see this whole room.”

Molyneux then recalled his first reaction to the tech that would eventually become Kinect.

“He said, ‘what do you think?’, and I said, ‘well, firstly’ – when he did the demo, he was jumping all over the room – ‘I’m a gamer, I don’t want to play games standing up. That’s the first thing. It doesn’t appeal to me, I want to sit back, I want to smoke what I smoke, and I want to drink what I want to drink, and I don’t want to prance around like a twat’.

“The death blow of Milo, which still breaks my heart to this day, was that it was decided that Kinect shouldn’t be a gaming device: it should be a party device”

Peter Molyneux

“I said, ‘I’ll go away and I’ll create a demo of [how we should use] the technology you showed me.’

“Again, I go back to what I want the player to feel,” Molyneux continued. “Now, at that time, my son, Lucas, was about seven years old. And, anyone who’s a parent will probably experience this: there was this moment where you realise you’re crafting, inspiring, a human being. Wouldn’t it be an incredible thing to create a game around that feeling?”

Molyneux’s phone then started ringing during the panel, and he paused to turn it off before continuing.

“Wouldn’t it be incredible to create an experience around that? About inspiring, in Milo’s case, a boy. That was contentious in itself, because of course, lots of people go to the dark side with that [idea].

Molyneux then said staff at Lionhead started working on the demo, collaborating with an unnamed technology company on Project Milo’s voice recognition.

“We had all sorts of experiences, like you could hand things to Milo in the game world and he would take them. They really worked well.”

Molyneux then said the team “cheated in a big way about how you could talk to Milo”, recalling that his intention was to have players sit back on the sofa and “just experience things with this game character”.

“Even though voice recognition now is almost a solved problem, back in those days we solved the problem by cheating,” Molyneux said.

“So, when Milo asked you the player a question, we had set that question up to different points, so he knew what sort of answer he’d give.”

At this point, Molyneux explained how the changing specs of the Kinect device in the run up to launch impacted the potential of Project Milo.

“Unfortunately, as we were developing Milo, so the Kinect device was being developed. And they realised that the device that Alex Kipman first showed off would cost $5,000 for consumers to buy.

“So they cost-reduced that device down to such a point, where the field-of-view…I think it was a minuscule field-of-view. In other words, it could only just see what’s straight in front of you.”

Ultimately, the demise of Project Milo came down to Microsoft’s changing priorities with the Kinect device, which was soon synonymous with the kinds of casual games that exploded in popularity on the Wii.

“Then, the death blow of Milo, which still breaks my heart to this day, was that it was decided that Kinect shouldn’t be a gaming device: it should be a party device. You should play a sports game with it, or dancing games with it. So, it just didn’t fit into the Microsoft portfolio, and unfortunately the project was cancelled.”

“No one ever saw the complete experience,” Molyneux continued. “We didn’t finish the experience. But it was a magical thing. What was so magical about it: it wasn’t about heroes and aliens coming down, there wasn’t this ‘end of the world’ narrative scenario.”

“It was just experiencing what it’s like to hang out with someone that loves you.”

GamesIndustry.biz is a media partner of Nordic Game 2025. Travel and accommodation were covered by the organisers.



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