Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: My favorite games of the decade Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 10, 2020 9 min 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... Continue Reading 9 min
Categories Posted inin Business The BioShock series is now backward compatible on Xbox One Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 13, 2016 1 min You don’t have to buy the BioShock games again to play them on your Xbox One — although you can if you want. The... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Warren Spector wants to mine new ’emergent gameplay’ from System Shock’s nostalgia Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 24, 2016 9 min All of Warren Spector’s games over the past few decades have been about “emergent gameplay,” which give players choices so that they can solve... Continue Reading 9 min
Categories Posted inin Business Master the trapper class in Evolve with our step-by-step guide Posted byby GamesBeat February 17, 2015 6 min GamesBeat offers tips and tricks for playing the trapper class in the sci-fi shooter Evolve. Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business Evolve’s brilliant combat and MOBA-like design delight, but its thrills die too soon Posted byby GamesBeat February 13, 2015 9 min Evolve's value will skyrocket once Turtle Rock adds more to do and changes how its online queues work. Continue Reading 9 min
Categories Posted inin Business Evolve’s brilliant combat and MOBA-like design create a hunt worth dying for (review in-progress) Posted byby GamesBeat February 9, 2015 7 min Here are our in-progress impressions of the finished blockbuster sci-fi title. Continue Reading 7 min
Categories Posted inin Business The original BioShock is diving to iOS devices Posted byby Mike Minotti August 4, 2014 1 min One of the last-gen's greatest gaming experiences is getting an iOS port. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Fox News appropriates BioShock Infinite logo — which was kind of a parody of Fox News Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 3, 2014 1 min While talking about immigration, Fox News used art from a game that criticizes protectionist immigration beliefs. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Ken Levine opens up on the violence in BioShock Infinite Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 30, 2014 2 min In an NPR interview, Levine talks about how violence in games is evolving. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business The best, weirdest, and most comforting theories about BioShock Infinite’s Burial at Sea ending Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes April 2, 2014 6 min We run through some of the most plausible and fantastic theories about Burial at Sea's controversial ending. Continue Reading 6 min