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Dean Takahashi
@deantak
Been a journalist since 1987 and am Editorial Director for the independent GamesBeat. I cover games, chips, hardware, R&D, and more. Wrote two books on Xbox.
Silicon Valley
Born October 28
Joined March 2008
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    Despite its beautiful Ori games, Moon Studios is called an ‘oppressive’ place to work #Ori @GamesBeat #MoonStudios venturebeat.com/2022/03/18/des… via @VentureBeat
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    Google Pixel Buds for $159 can translate 40 languages in real-time in your ear. The Babel Fish is here.
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    Dean, 15, buys the first Nintendo Switch 2 in San Francisco.
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    Taehoon Kim is back in the game. Spekter Games raises $5M for Spekter Agency rogue-lite on Telegram
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    A good night to re-watch The Martian. After the wife finishes watching BTS videos.
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    Limit Break’s 10K NFTs for DigiDaigoku were gone ‘instantly’ after Super Bowl ad venturebeat.com/games/limit-br… via @VentureBeat
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    Got one of these. Sony loves me. Microsoft does not.
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    At its $45 billion valuation, Roblox is worth more than: Take-Two Interactive ($18.98 billion), Unity ($27.76 billion), Ubisoft ($8 billion), Electronic Arts ($37.4 billion), Square Enix ($6.6 billion), and Zynga ($10.7 billion).
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    Got the rest of the PS5 stuff too
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    And more PS5 tissue paper!
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    This whole notion of Gamergate 2.0 and woke policies ruining gaming and game VCs funding bad titles belies the fact of who controls industry. Women-led companies currently get about 2% of all venture capital funding. The powers that be are white men.
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    Finished The Last of Us Part II for the second time and had to go for a jog.
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    Xbox is working with Kojima!
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    Big news. Sony invests $250 million in Fortnite maker Epic Games venturebeat.com/2020/07/09/son…