Categories Posted inin Entertainment Game Boss interview: Zoe Quinn’s Crash Override Network fights online abuse Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 25, 2017 19 min As we noted in part one of our interview, Zoe Quinn endured an appalling amount of Internet hatred related to the Gamergate controversy. In response, she... Continue Reading 19 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Game Boss interview: How Zoe Quinn survived Gamergate and lived to fight Internet hate Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 24, 2017 13 min In August 2014, Zoe Quinn found herself under the Eye of Sauron. The reference to J.R.R. Tolkien’s evil character with a searing, burning eye... Continue Reading 13 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: Our growing piles of video game shame Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 15, 2017 6 min My Cuphead social storm lasted about eight days. During that time, gamers near and far criticized me for playing a demo of the upcoming... Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Entertainment Developer Zoë Quinn sells the movie rights to her ‘Crash Override’ Gamergate memoir Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 6, 2015 1 min A group of disgruntled reactionaries tried to strike her down, but they only ended up making her more powerful. Pascal Pictures has purchased the... Continue Reading 1 min