GamesBeat Summit 2023: The future of mobile gaming
We’re happy to announce that we’ll have a session on the future of mobile gaming at our upcoming GamesBeat Summit 2023 event on May 22-23...
Web3 gaming needs to get away from speculation
The GamesBeat Summit Next 2022’s ‘How a Punk Bassist’s Legacy Moves the NFT Conversation to one of Earned Value’ panel is worth a watch....
Big screens promote gaming as a social activity
Gaming for social engagement has been a part of the hobby since it began, including things like multiplayer gaming and game streaming. Both are...
Advertisers need to think like gamers to succeed in the metaverse
One of the more blatant facts about the metaverse is that it isn’t real. It’s all digital. Metaverse spaces are only limited by the...
Blockchain needs a killer game to hit the mainstream
For all that blockchain, crypto and NFTs are in the news these days it’s pretty obvious that it isn’t exactly mainstream. Lots of people...
Making the metaverse safe
One of the questions about the metaverse that needs answering is how to make it safe for kids. Every generation born now gets raised...
What will it take to make the metaverse a positive, safe place?
As anyone who has been online for more than 5 minutes can tell you, the internet is a wild place. Anonymity can be a...
The DeanBeat: Metaverses that aren’t really metaverses
Another week, another round of crazy acquisitions and metaverse hype in the game industry. While I’m very proud of the 30 or so sessions...
The metaverse will bring new forms of toxicity and will require new tools
As the adoption of the metaverse approaches, one factor that seems like an inevitability is toxic behavior. Such behavior is unfortunately prolific in online...
Raph Koster’s real talk about a real metaverse
Not many people can say “been there, done that” on the metaverse. But Raph Koster, CEO of Playable Worlds, has been making online worlds...