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Aggelos Kiayias interview: Will blockchain be good for the planet?

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 6, 2022
17 min

Will blockchain technology be good for the planet? I’ve been asking people about that, and the first impression is that it will be incredibly...

Posted inin Technology

How Stern Pinball is connecting pinball machines for the future

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 5, 2022
11 min

Stern Pinball is one of the biggest believers in pinball, and it has been making the machines for decades. When I went to the...

Posted inin Business

Newzoo: Acquisitions have already disrupted 2022’s gaming landscape

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
February 4, 2022
2 min

Newzoo today released data and analysis about 2022’s spate of mergers and acquisitions in the games industry. According to its information, the various acquisitions...

Posted inin Gameplay

The DeanBeat: Metaverses that aren’t really metaverses

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 4, 2022
4 min

Another week, another round of crazy acquisitions and metaverse hype in the game industry. While I’m very proud of the 30 or so sessions...

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Rockstar announces Grand Theft Auto 6 … in a tweet

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 4, 2022
1 min

Rockstar Games is making a new Grand Theft Auto game. That was true even before the company admitted it, but it has now publicly...

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Ghostwire: Tokyo has a yokai cat that runs a bodega

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 4, 2022
2 min

Bethesda and developer Tango Gameworks started publicly showing off gameplay for Ghostwire: Tokyo this week. This gave gamers a first look at the open-word...