Ellie and Joel from The Last of Us video game of 2013.
Ellie and Joel from The Last of Us video game of 2013.
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World Video Game Hall of Fame inducts The Last of Us and more

The World Video Game Hall of Fame inducted its 2023 class of the top video games of all time, with judges including yours truly selecting Barbie Fashion Designer, Computer Space, The Last of Us and Wii Sports.

These four games — which have influenced popular culture or the video game industry significantly — today joined the World Video Game Hall of Fame at The Strong National Museum of Play.

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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.