Dean Takahashi is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988 and covered games since 1996. He joined VentureBeat in 2008. He was also at the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and more. He wrote two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the GamesBeat Summit conferences.