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The DeanBeat: How to have peace of mind in the face of multiple crises

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 6 min

This week started out as difficult as any that I can remember in games, and it ended with a reminder of why we’re in this business.

The accusations of sexual harassment exploded after women in the industry called out prominent video game writer Chris Avellone. Within a couple of days, he lost two major writing jobs for Gato Salvaje’s The Waylanders role-playing game and Techland’s Dying Light 2. The quick action inspired other survivors of abuse and harassment — mostly women — to come forward.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.