The DeanBeat: The real and the fake trends of gaming in 2019
When my Uber driver discovered I was going to the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), he exclaimed, “Are you in games? I was the voice...
The DeanBeat: My favorite games of E3 2019
They should make a video game about my Journey through the 2019 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). For the 23rd time, I bounced around like...
The DeanBeat: What to expect at E3
The rites of spring are upon us again with the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big game trade show in Los Angeles that starts...
The DeanBeat: The building blocks of better AR/VR at Augmented World Expo
Most of the tech at the Augmented World Expo 2019 event wasn’t about games. But it was still intriguing for me to see the...
The DeanBeat: With Oculus Quest, it’s the convenience, stupid
I have already established that it’s a hoot to play Beat Saber on the Oculus Quest wireless virtual reality headset, which debuted on Tuesday...
The DeanBeat: The Bushnell family — growing up with gaming in your blood
Nolan Bushnell is often called the father of the video game industry, but he’s also the father of eight children, and we recently got...
The DeanBeat: Building visionary triple-A game studios that last
One of my favorite business books is Built to Last: Successful habits of visionary companies, by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras. Starting the 1990s,...
The DeanBeat: Why the smart kids are moving into blockchain games
We dove deeper into blockchain, cryptocurrency, and games at our GamesBeat Summit 2019 in Los Angeles. We had a panel on it last year,...
The DeanBeat: Reinvention at the GamesBeat Summit
I’m very proud of our GamesBeat Summit 2019, the event we held about Building Gaming Communities at the community-oriented Two Bit Circus in Los...
The DeanBeat: Telling stories at GamesBeat Summit 2019
We’ve got 97 luminaries speaking at our GamesBeat Summit 2019 event on April 23-24 in Los Angeles. I’ve spent the better part of six...