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Dean Takahashi’s GamesBeat Summit 2021 speech: Growing the next generation

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 9 min

I hope that you are well and that a weight is lifting from your shoulders. I feel like I’m ready for some long overdue inspiration.
Our last event was just three months ago, but that was mostly about the metaverse. Now we’re ready to talk more about the expansive universe of games and where passion meets business.

If you are here, you are a survivor. You made it through the ordeal of a lifetime, and you are permitted to celebrate just for being here. The fact that we are here together shows our GamesBeat Summit community is still alive, and, in fact, it’s thriving.

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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.