Rami Ismail is cofounder of Vlambeer.
Rami Ismail is cofounder of Vlambeer.
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Rami Ismail: What triple-A game devs and indies can learn from each other

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Rami Ismail has traveled the world, speaking at game conferences to carry messages of inspiration and practical advice for the world’s indie game developers. He is a role model on both the business and creative side of running an indie game studio — as one half of the leadership of Vlambeer, the Dutch studio that made indie hits such as Nuclear Throne and Ridiculous Fishing.

And he received the prestigious Ambassador award at the Game Developers Conference this year for his work advocating for independent developers and educating people about diversity and the depiction of Muslims in video games.

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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.