The RetroBeat: Strider is the craziest 16-bit game I never played
When I turned on the Genesis Mini that Sega sent me, I first went for Mega Man: The Wily Wars (for reasons I’ve detailed...
The DeanBeat: The gray areas of video game violence and addiction
When President Donald Trump met with video game leaders about violence in games in March 2018, the industry worried he would use games as...
Esports market growth depends on the 3 ‘Ps’
The video game market is booming — PwC’s recent Global Entertainment & Media Outlook predicts it will reach a revenue of over $30 billion...
Video games are literature’s new frontier
When does entertainment become art? When does art become entertainment? Since I decided to renew my interest in gaming, I’ve been wrestling with the...
GamesBeat Decides 123: Does your spouse know about your waifu?
It’s not cheating if it’s anime. At least, those are the rules on the GamesBeat Decides podcast. On this week’s episode, reviews editor Mike...
The video game industry must stand up against the right’s bad-faith attacks
The video game industry took two hits on Wednesday, in the aftermath of the double shootings across the weekend. ESPN, which had been planning...
The DeanBeat: My obsession with WWII real-time strategy game Steel Division 2
Once in a while, I get obsessed with a strategy game. I played Total War: Attila for hundreds of hours in 2015. And this...
The RetroBeat: It’s time for a Game Boy Classic
On July 31, the Game Boy celebrated the 30th anniversary of its U.S. launch. Sadly, Nintendo didn’t do much to mark the occasion. That’s...
GamesBeat Decides 122: Super Nintendo World and Ninja on Mixer
Summer has broken — at least as far as video games are concerned. That means we finally have a lot of news to talk...
The DeanBeat: The inspiring possibilities and sobering realities of making virtual beings
I had the pleasure of attending the first-ever Virtual Beings Summit in San Francisco on Wednesday, where I met real people talking about making...