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Meet the all-star moderators of GamesBeat 2014

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 5 min

We are excited to announce expert gaming moderators to go with our who’s who speakers at GamesBeat 2014, our sixth annual game industry conference that takes place Sept. 15 and Sept. 16 at the Parc 55 Wyndham Hotel in San Francisco. Many of the participants are veterans of the GamesBeat stage, and they include analysts, venture investors, game journalists, and consultants.

We have some different formats this year, including solo talks as well as casual chats between industry executives. But most of our sessions are point-blank fireside chats between an expert and an insider.

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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.