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The DeanBeat: The art of lifting the veil on a new video game console

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 7, 2017
5 min

Microsoft revealed details on its Xbox Scorpio game console on Thursday, giving exhaustive specifications on the hardware that will go into its next gaming machine....

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5 min

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The DeanBeat: Why I do what I do

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 31, 2017
7 min

I enjoy writing about the game industry, and sometimes I write 10 stories in a day. This is actually the 13,986th story that I...

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7 min

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The DeanBeat: Should you finish playing the vast world of Zelda or Mass Effect: Andromeda?

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 24, 2017
4 min

When multiple big games come out at the same time, I let out a groan. I usually wind up choosing one over the other....

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4 min

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The DeanBeat: Experiential Technology event shows how far VR has to go

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 17, 2017
7 min

I attended the Experiential Technology Conference (XTech) in San Francisco this week to hear talks about creating virtual experiences that truly immerse you in...

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7 min

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The DeanBeat: Orwell is keeping an eye on us

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 10, 2017
4 min

It was so much easier to dismiss the paranoid fantasy of George Orwell, the author of 1984, many years ago when I first read...

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4 min

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The DeanBeat: Intel University discovers the best college game projects

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 3, 2017
7 min

Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Wisconsin Stout won the top honors in the annual Intel University contest for best student game at...