How Crystal Dynamics designed The Avengers Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 15, 2019 5 min The film Avengers: Endgame has made about $2.7 billion at the box office so far this year. It is behind only Avatar (which made... Continue Reading 5 min
Rise of the Tomb Raider shows how Lara has changed over 20 years Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 1, 2016 9 min Noah Hughes, franchise creative director at Crystal Dynamics, believes that Lara Croft’s story is just getting started. The Tomb Raider franchise is turning 20... Continue Reading 9 min
The DeanBeat: Using creativity to determine your own destiny in games Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 23, 2016 5 min In the past week, I combed the San Francisco Bay Area to find the most inspiring game developers. I went from Cupertino to Novato, from... Continue Reading 5 min
Tomb Raider writer Rhianna Pratchett paves a new way for female heroes Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 14, 2016 19 min Lara Croft and video game writer Rhianna Pratchett share more than a few traits. The hero of the Tomb Raider series and the writer... Continue Reading 19 min
Rise of the Tomb Raider is Lara Croft’s stunning coming-of-age tale Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 9, 2015 12 min Rise of the Tomb Raider is a grand adventure that you won’t want to miss, even if you’re one of the people who has overdosed... Continue Reading 12 min
How Lara Croft celebrates female empowerment and adventure in Rise of the Tomb Raider Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 24, 2015 6 min Lara Croft has always been about adventure as the hero of the Tomb Raider series. But ever since her 2013 reboot in Tomb Raider,... Continue Reading 6 min