Daniel Melville interview: What it feels like to have a Metal Gear Solid bionic arm
Daniel Melville was born without a right hand. But the 29-year-old man from Reading in the United Kingdom is ready to do some high-fives...
Man born without a hand gets Metal Gear Solid 3D-printed bionic arm
Daniel Melville has a real 3D-printed bionic arm based on the Metal Gear Solid video game series. That’s something special because Melville was born...
The DeanBeat: My favorite games of the decade
Here are my favorite games of the decade. They’re in chronological order. 2011 was not a good year. But 2013, 2016, and 2018 were...
The DeanBeat: Would politics make video games better?
As I watched my Facebook feed explode about President Donald Trump’s racist comments this week, I couldn’t help but notice that game developers are...
Meet Daniel Melville, the man with Adam Jensen’s bionic arm from Deus Ex
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided was one of the major releases of 2016. The Square Enix and Eidos Montreal science fiction game envisioned a future...
Eidos Montreal boss David Anfossi talks Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, and The Avengers
Eidos Montreal, the studio making this fall’s Shadow of the Tomb Raider, casts its own striking umbra on the gaming world. Founded in 2007,...
PS Plus games coming in January 2018: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Telltale’s Batman, and more
Your PlayStation Plus subscription is giving you access to some big games in January. Here are the free titles coming Sony’s premium gaming service...
The DeanBeat: My favorite games of 2016
Let’s face it: 2016 was a bad year in so many uncountable ways. But when it comes to video games, it was a great...
The DeanBeat: The gaming world is flat, but you can tilt it in your direction
TOKYO – I’m third-generation Japanese-American. My grandparents came from Japan as farmers about 100 years ago. I considered it an honor to be able...
The accelerating inspiration cycle of science fiction, video games, and real-world technology
The science fiction in games and other entertainment used to be very different from real-life technology. Sci-fi creators made time machines and flying cars. But...