Unity supports Lual Mayen’s tech center for refugees in Uganda
For 22 years of his life, Lual Mayen lived in a refugee camp in northern Uganda. His parents fled from South Sudan and its...
Lual Mayen and Leo Olebe: You can’t be what you can’t see
Lual Mayen is a former refugee who left Africa to become a game developer in the U.S. He has received recognition from The Game...
Driving Game Growth: Our event on pushing games forward in 2021
Amid a horrible year for everyone, gaming had historic growth in 2020. Market researcher Newzoo estimates all game revenues grew 19% to $174.9 billion...
The DeanBeat — Here’s my Thanksgiving DeanBits
This is my last column before Thanksgiving and before the Black Friday frenzy, and so I thought it would be better to write a...
Global Gaming Citizen Lual Mayen launches Kickstarter for Salaam, a game about peace
Lual Mayen has become a well-known figure in gaming during the past six months after he was named a Global Gaming Citizen by Facebook...
GamesBeat Summit 2019: Talks on refugees, peace, climate change, and accessibility
For 22 of his 24 years of life, Lual Mayen lived in a refugee camp in northern Uganda. His parents fled from South Sudan...
Lual Mayen: From refugee to game developer
For 22 of his 24 years of life, Lual Mayen lived in a refugee camp in northern Uganda. His parents fled from South Sudan...
Rami Ismail’s last #1ReasonToBe panel showcases the world’s inspired game devs
Game developer advocate and Vlambeer co-founder Rami Ismail has run #1ReasonToBe, one of the consistently most inspiring panels at the Game Developers Conference, for...