The metaverse merges science fiction, tech, and games
I’ve been a big fan about the close intersection between science fiction, tech, and games. And so we’ve had a rich tradition of adding...
The Leisure Economy: Where we all get paid to play games
Of all the ideas at our recent GamesBeat Summit 2018, I loved the notion of The Leisure Economy. This is about a utopia we...
GamesBeat 2017’s newest speakers: Minority Report adviser, Neverdie, and Accel
GamesBeat 2017 is at San Francisco’s beautiful Fort Mason on October 5 and October 6, and we’re delighted to announce our next three speakers: John...
The DeanBeat: The Leisure Economy — where we all get paid to play games
I’ve been bouncing this idea about the Leisure Economy, where we all get paid to play games, off everyone I meet these days. With...
The DeanBeat: Strategic zoom for the game industry
In the past nine years, I’ve written around 10,000 stories on games. In this column, I’m going to mention quotes from about 10 of...
The DeanBeat: Casual Connect’s mood reflects the highs and lows of gaming
The game industry always fluctuates between hope and despair. I witnessed that this week at the Casual Connect game event in Seattle. All sorts...
Jon ‘Neverdie’ Jacobs raises Ethereum cryptocurrency to enable cross-platform online game avatars
Jon “Neverdie” Jacobs has done some crazy things, like running for “President of Virtual Reality” and buying a virtual asteroid for $100,000 in real...