GamesBeat x Oculus Venues Join Dean Takahashi, Ramez Naam, and Tim Chang online for “Science Fiction, Tech, and Games.” Hosted in VR and 2D February 17th, 10:00am PT Learn More The Legend of Zelda turned 35 on Sunday, February 21, but Nintendo let the anniversary pass by without making much …
Read More »Blue-collar games were great in 2020 because they’re about perseverance
Before writing about games, I had a lot of different jobs. I sorted packages at a FedEx facility, I built delivery pallets at a Kroger distribution center, and I worked as a courier. Now that I spend all day at a desk thinking about video games, I definitely harbor a …
Read More »New Data Sheds Light on Who Is Moving Because of the Pandemic
Last month, surveyors with the Pew Research Center set out to answer a timely question: Who is moving because of the pandemic, and why? They found that about 3 percent of more than 9,600 respondents in the United States said that they had changed their residence because of the coronavirus, …
Read More »Should Students Take a Gap Year Because of COVID-19? It Depends.
Many students have spent years planning their post-graduation path. Now, the COVID-19 pandemic has upended not only their senior year, but the entire national economy, and high school seniors are graduating into a world no one was prepared for. “The bottom line is, the college experience this fall will be …
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