Mind Pirate unveils its first Google Glass and mobile augmented-reality game: Global Food Fight

Mind Pirate is announcing Global Food Fight today, an augmented-reality game that can run on Google Glass, smartwatches, smartphones, and tablets. The title is a wacky brawl where you can slingshot food at your friends who are half a world away.

Perhaps this is how a new era of gaming begins as pioneers like Mind Pirate take advantage of platforms with sensors and touch screens to provide new kinds of experiences to players. Mind Pirate wants to take a leadership position in defining the next generation of mobile entertainment.

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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.