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Fl4k, the Vault Hunter known as the Beastmaster, goes after a Skag in Borderlands 3.

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Borderlands 3 hands-on preview — Hours of goofy shooting and crazy sidekick characters

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 14, 2019
5 min

Welcome back to Pandora. And the mayhem of Borderlands 3. Game developer Gearbox Software and publisher Take-Two Interactive’s 2K label will launch the title on...

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5 min

Vault Hunter Fl4k deals with a Raak in Borderlands 3.

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Borderlands 3 hands-on — Watch the beginning, first boss fights, and Eden-6

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 14, 2019
2 min

Borderlands 3 from developer Gearbox Software and publisher Take-Two Interactive’s 2K label will be one of the major games of the year when it...

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2 min

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Sega Genesis Mini hands-on: 5 things you’ll love

Posted byby Mike Minotti
August 14, 2019
3 min

I sure am loving my Sega Genesis Mini, and I think you will too. Sega has sent me an early system, and I’ve been...

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3 min

Cybertron's cybersecurity user interface takes inspiration from video game mini maps.

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How game user interfaces can inspire better tech products

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 11, 2019
11 min

Video games have some of the best user interfaces and user experiences among all digital products. And that’s why some tech companies are taking...

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11 min

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8BitDo SN30 Pro+ review — The best controller for Super Mario Maker 2

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 7, 2019
4 min

I’m always on the lookout for a great new gamepad. After gaming nonstop for more than 30 years, it’s one of the few things...

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4 min

Diversity and inclusion panel at Gamelab

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The DeanBeat: How the game industry can get better at diversity and inclusion

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 2, 2019
22 min

The game industry isn’t as inclusive or diverse or inclusive as it could be. But people are working on it. A group of them...

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22 min

Ash interacts with the genies in the walls in Concrete Genie.

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How a small team of artists conceived Sony’s Concrete Genie

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 30, 2019
14 min

Concrete Genie is a kind of psychological journey, played out on the canvas of a video game. A young artist named Ash escapes his...

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14 min

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Concrete Genie hands-on — Using paint to beautify a drab world and purify a mind

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 30, 2019
4 min

Concrete Genie is coming out its long and dark journey through development, and the unique action-adventure game is bringing a lot of light and...

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4 min

Sophia (left) and Jessica are the daughters of BJ Blazkowicz in Wolfenstein: Youngblood.

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Wolfenstein: Youngblood video — Machine Games continues masterful mix of co-op action and story

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 26, 2019
2 min

Wolfenstein: Youngblood gives fans of the franchise another chance to do their favorite thing in a video game: killing lots of Nazis. I’ve started...

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2 min

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Fire Emblem: Three Houses review — another peak for a franchise on the rise

Posted byby Mike Minotti
July 25, 2019
4 min

Fire Emblem has become Nintendo’s fastest-rising franchise this decade, and Three Houses continues to grow the tactical series’ prestige. In multiple ways, this feels...

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4 min