Gordon Bellamy, visiting scholar at USC and CEO of Gay Gaming Professionals.
Gordon Bellamy, visiting scholar at USC and CEO of Gay Gaming Professionals.
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Games for Change honors Gordon Bellamy of USC Games and Gay Gaming Professionals

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Games For Change is honoring educator Gordon Bellamy with its prestigious Vanguard Award for his role as a game industry leader and LGBTQ+​ champion.

Games For Change is a nonprofit that runs the game conference and festival, promoting the power of games for social impact. It takes place on July 14 to July 16, and Bellamy will be honored at the G4C Awards Ceremony 4:30 p.m. Pacific time on July 14. Humble Bundle will also receive the inaugural G4C Giving Award for its fundraising efforts for charities.

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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.