Bored Ape Yacht Club is making a comeback — as a metaverse
TL;DR
The Bored Ape Yacht Club is launching a metaverse experience, but initial access to the virtual clubhouse is limited, leaving players with little to do in the swamp setting.
It's dusk, and bugs are chirping all around me. I'm wandering through the middle of a big, virtual swamp toward the sound of thumping bass off in the distance. There isn't much else nearby - some trees, a couple of other players. It's mostly just me and the sound emanating from a large wooden structure strung up with lights sitting farther out into the swamp.
When I finally arrive, it rises above me: the official clubhouse of the Bored Ape Yacht Club. I make for the door to head inside. Except I find I can't get access; even though the lights are on in the house, the doors don't actually open. There's nothing to do.
These were my first ste …