The DeanBeat: Orwell is keeping an eye on us
It was so much easier to dismiss the paranoid fantasy of George Orwell, the author of 1984, many years ago when I first read...
The DeanBeat: Intel University discovers the best college game projects
Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Wisconsin Stout won the top honors in the annual Intel University contest for best student game at...
The DeanBeat: Should you bring up Trump’s travel ban politics at a video game award event?
Video games are a great form of escapism. And the game industry celebrated them last night at the DICE Awards, the equivalent of the...
The DeanBeat: The esports scene keeps gaining momentum
I was drenched in the esports scene yesterday at the [a]list Summit in Los Angeles. At the event, esports companies and brands gathered to...
The DeanBeat: How Berlin has become more tolerant than Trump’s America
Maybe they should move the Statue of Liberty to Berlin. Seventy-two years after the fall of Adolf Hitler, the capital city of the former Nazi...
The DeanBeat: Announcing GamesBeat Summit 2017: How games, sci-fi, and tech create real-world magic
We’re pleased to introduce you to our newest event GamesBeat Summit 2017: How games, sci-fi, and tech create real-world magic. It will take place...
The DeanBeat: How Warner Bros. rescued Avalanche Studios after Disney buried it
Disney and Warner Bros. have taken very different strategies in video games, and Avalanche Software, the decades-old Salt Lake City development studio, was caught...
The DeanBeat: 10 predictions for games in 2017
Every year I make wildly inaccurate predictions about the future of games, and that time has come again. I go through this exercise not...
The DeanBeat: Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers are full of surprises
In its past two game consoles, Nintendo tried to pack most of its innovation in the controller. And with the Nintendo Switch, the company...
The DeanBeat: Great gadgets, moments, and trends at CES 2017
When the leaders of the tech industry get up on the big stages at the Consumer Electronics Show, you can learn a lot. I’m...