The DeanBeat: Apple must tread carefully lest it trample the game industry Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 4, 2020 6 min Apple has a value of more than $2 trillion. But the behemoth is in danger of forgetting where it came from. One day, the... Continue Reading 6 min
The DeanBeat: Who would win a game battle between Apple and Nintendo? Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 13, 2019 4 min Years ago, way back in 2011, Apple’s Steve Jobs held a press conference during the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. As Jobs was... Continue Reading 4 min
A $25 million grant will help Stanford Libraries preserve Silicon Valley Archives Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 7, 2019 15 min The famous tech figures of Silicon Valley should meet Henry Lowood, because he can help them clean out their garages. As curator of the... Continue Reading 15 min
Everything Apple announced today: Watch Series 3, Apple TV 4K, iPhone 8, iPhone X, and more Posted byby GamesBeat September 12, 2017 3 min This morning, Apple CEO Tim Cook took the stage at the Steve Jobs Theater in the company’s new Cupertino headquarters. A series of updates and... Continue Reading 3 min
Atari founder Nolan Bushnell is still gaming’s showman at 72 Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 11, 2015 10 min Read our on-stage interview to find out why he's still so inspiring to gaming's leaders. Continue Reading 10 min
4 years and 50M downloads after its debut, the Infinity Blade mobile game comes to its conclusion Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 4, 2014 5 min Chair Entertainment is preparing to move on to a new game. Continue Reading 5 min
Apple: ‘Want to criticize religion? Write a book’ — don’t make a game Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 15, 2013 4 min Apple doesn't believe games are capable of social criticism. What do developers have to say about that? Continue Reading 4 min
Apple still hasn’t made Game Center interesting Posted byby GamesBeat November 7, 2012 5 min Apple's Game Center looks like an afterthought when compared to the success of iTunes, the iPhone, and the iPad. Continue Reading 5 min
The top 25 technology books of all time Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 20, 2012 14 min Technology teaches us to forget the past. Last year’s tech news seems like it has no use whatsoever. Thankfully, historians beg to differ, and... Continue Reading 14 min
Quantifying our lives will be a top trend of 2012 Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 21, 2012 6 min The Quantified Self is one of the big trends of 2012, as we noted in our recent summary of the Consumer Electronics Show. As... Continue Reading 6 min