The DeanBeat: Telling stories at GamesBeat Summit 2019
We’ve got 97 luminaries speaking at our GamesBeat Summit 2019 event on April 23-24 in Los Angeles. I’ve spent the better part of six...
The DeanBeat: Our dream event with Atari father Nolan Bushnell, Respawn’s Vince Zampella and Spider-Man dude Ted Price
I’ve been dreaming about putting on a great game industry event for a long time. We’ve been doing our GamesBeat conferences for a decade...
GamesBeat Summit 2019 speakers: China expert Lisa Cosmas Hanson and communities pros Amy Jo Kim and Raph Koster
If you haven’t signed up for GamesBeat Summit 2019, now is a good time to do it in the holiday lull, when prices are low....
Game Thinking book trains product designers to think like game developers
In her first career, Amy Jo Kim made hit games like The Sims, Ultima Online, Rock Band, and Covet Fashion. And in her second...
Thanks for coming to GamesBeat Summit 2018: The Future of Games
Thank you to those who came to GamesBeat Summit 2018. We had 264 attendees, compared to about 200 in our first summit in 2015....
GamesBeat Summit: Robin Hunicke, Amy Jo Kim, and David Edery on the future of creativity
Our latest speakers for our GamesBeat Summit 2018 event are a trio of famous game developers: Amy Jo Kim, David Edery, and Robin Hunicke. They’ll be...
Amy Jo Kim: Designers should listen to super fans, not super haters
If you’ve worked in games and technology long enough, you have your super fans, the people who you can turn to when you’re designing...
Game Thinking wants to help product designers unlock their creativity
Amy Jo Kim is a famous game designer who helped fashion some wondrously creative works such as The Sims, Rock Band, and Covet Fashion....
Our inspirational GamesBeat Summit ‘lightning round’ talks on lessons for game developers (video)
What happens when you give a really smart person just five minutes to talk in front of an important audience? We found out at...
GamesBeat Summit adds veteran game designer Amy Jo Kim as speaker
We’re happy to be adding veteran game designer Amy Jo Kim as a lightning talk speaker for the second annual GamesBeat Summit 2016, an event that’s set for...