Ignore the shoes of journalist Chris Morris. Why does Sony have fake maple leaves?
Ignore the shoes of journalist Chris Morris. Why does Sony have fake maple leaves?
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The DeanBeat: Leaves and other false trends of E3 2018

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 4 min

One of the unintentionally funny moments of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at Microsoft’s press event, where Ralph Fulton, creative director of Playground Games, announced the Forza Horizon 4 racing video game.

“Seasons change everything!” insisted Fulton, who was very excited about the dynamic seasons in the game. Yes, that was cool tech. The racing game becomes very different in visuals and audio and gameplay with the change of seasons to winter, spring, summer, and fall. As he said this, faux leaves started falling from the ceiling throughout the expansive Microsoft Theater.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.