This week there was some big news from the Metaverse. We look at the alpha launch of The Sandbox, which is a four-year in the making Metaverse that is geared towards building gaming worlds and land development for brands. There were also two big virtual land buys, one last week and one this week, each breaking the record for the largest single virtual land purchase. The first record breaking deal was last week for $2.43M by the Metaverse Group and was for 116 parcels of land in Decentraland. Then this week the Republic Realm purchased $4.3M of land in The Sandbox from video game developer Atari. We wrap up with responding to Bill Maher's closing comments on his show Real Time, where he downplays and says we need to avoid building Metaverses.

This week's Meta Hour cocktail is the Jalapeño Mezcal Metarita, a super spicy and smokey margarita that will make your mouth water.

::Links::

The Sandbox (https://www.sandbox.game/)

Metaverse Group (https://metaversegroup.io/)

Republic Realm (https://www.republicrealm.com/)

::Metarita::

- 2oz of jalapeño infused mezcal

- 1oz of Fresh squeezed lime juice

- .75oz Cointreau

- .25oz Simple syrup

- Lime wedges for garnish and glass rim

- Tajin

- Optional – non-spiced mezcal for cutting

Prep your glass by running lime wedge around rim of cocktail glass and dreading in the Tajin

In a ice filled metal cocktail shaker, add the mezcal, lime juice, Cointreau, and simple syrup. Stir briefly.

Strain into your ice filled cocktail glass.

Garnish with a few thin slices of jalapeños and a wedge of lime.

::Music:: Take It by Electronic Senses https://soundcloud.com/electronicsenses