Human by Design, a documentary on augmentation.
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With new human augmentation event, Square Enix gets serious about Deus Ex in real life

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Square Enix and CNN’s branded content studio, Courageous, have teamed up to create a documentary that explores the world of human augmentation. They are also hosting an event this week about the blurring lines of humanity and technology.

The Human by Design event will explore the themes that Square Enix’s Eidos Montreal has explored in the Deus Ex series of video games, which depict a conflict over whether it’s ethical to augment people who have lost limbs and other body parts. The game series questions what it means to be human, and its focus is the near future.

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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.