The DeanBeat: How should the game industry deal with the recession?
As the second quarter earnings results come in, it seems likely that the broader economy is swinging into a recession. The question remains how...
Kaser Focus: What’s up, witches?
Anyone who knows me even in passing knows what I’m most excited about this week. Bayonetta 3 is, at long last, releasing in October....
The DeanBeat: Be nice. Be kind.
“Be nice to him, Dean.” Someone said that to me in a meeting this week. Something about my behavior suggested that I might not...
Metaverse is an identity, not a place
As Humanity inexorably moves toward its Fermi Filter destruction via the singularity, an important step along the way is building a companion digital reality...
Kaser Focus: Snow vs Spade
Oh yeah, the woman at GamesBeat has some fucking thoughts about the overturning of Roe v. Wade. I’m sure several of you will not...
The DeanBeat: Samsung’s cloud gaming TVs could be a big deal this fall
After some travels, I’m back at home and absorbing some of the things I’ve seen. And one of the things that I found to...
Kaser Focus: It’s all space horror, Boss
The Summer Gaming Brouhaha is officially upon us. After last week’s State of Play, we now transition this week to the Summer Game Fest...
The DeanBeat: The Summer Game Fest had no Elden Ring, but it still showed the vibrancy of gaming
You can’t beat what you did last time all of the time. And so while yesterday’s Summer Game Fest showed us a lot of...
The DeanBeat: What would Orwell think of big tech vs gaming?
I happened to start writing this column while I was in the city of Barcelona, which has a square dedicated to George Orwell, author...
The DeanBeat: Please build me this metaverse about The Dark Tower series
When it comes to the metaverse, we’re seeing a lot of fog and hype out there. Everybody seems to think they want it, but...