Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi (born October 28, 1964) is an American business journalist and author specializing in the tech and video game industries. He is best known as the lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat since 2008.

Career Takahashi began his journalism career in the late 1980s at the Orange County Register, later working for the Los Angeles Times (Orange County edition) and the Dallas Times Herald. From 1994 to 1996, he was a reporter in the semiconductor industry at the San Jose Mercury News. Between 1996 and 2000, he worked for the San Francisco division of The Wall Street Journal. From 2000 to 2003, he was a senior writer at Red Herring. books on the design of the Xbox and Xbox 360. The first book, Opening the Xbox, was translated into Japanese and French; Some observers regarded the criticism against him and other less skilled players as a form of elitism. and Jason Schreier.

Personal life Takahashi was born on October 28, 1964, to Japanese American parents Thomas and Hiroko.