The DeanBeat: The Leisure Economy — where we all get paid to play games

I’ve been bouncing this idea about the Leisure Economy, where we all get paid to play games, off everyone I meet these days. With good reason. It’s one of the major ideas we’ll explore at the GamesBeat 2017 event on October 5 and October 6 at Fort Mason in San Francisco. I even bounced it off a fellow who came to a talk about pitching venture capitalists that I moderated on Wednesday night. I’ll tell you more about what he said in a moment.

It seems like a ridiculous idea, until you stop and think about it. I have been paid to play games for 21 years as a game journalist and reviewer. If I can do it, why can’t other people? I sense that many of the leaders of this industry are beginning to take this idea very seriously, if they haven’t already been thinking about it for years.