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Takahashi: Xbox 360s with 65nm CPUs soaring this year
Have you been as curious as us about when Microsoft plans to utilize smaller CPUs in their Xbox 360? According to The Mercury News' Dean Takahashi, who has previously written two books on Microsoft's consoles, the 65nm processors will probably start...
Dean Takahashi on Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo
Dean Takahashi, video game journalist with the San Jose Mercury News, recently spilled his guts on the industry with a group of gamers in conjunction with the release of his book Xbox 360 Uncloaked in Italy. Notable wisdom from the Q&A session hi...
Video game violence documentary trailer
Dean Takahashi points to the trailer for Spencer Halpin's new documentary, Moral Kombat. Halpin, the brother of the Entertainment Consumers Association founder, Hal, interviewed many people about videogame violence; Jack Thompson, Joe Lieberman, ...
A valiant attempt to get Xbox 360 failure rate answers
Dean Takahashi from the San Jose Mercury News recently sat down with Todd Holmdahl, Microsoft's man in charge of the quality for the Xbox 360. Takahashi is another reporter trying to get Microsoft fessing up to the actual failure rate of the Xbox 3...
Dean's Xbox 360 FAQ
Dean Takahashi, author of the original Xbox fanboy bible, Opening the Xbox, has just posted an entertaining Xbox 360 FAQ over at mercurynews.com. Steering clear of the standard "just the facts, ma'am" style of FAQ, Dan tackles some interest...
Merc reporter on 2007: PCs bounce back
Dean Takahashi posts about what he anticipates for 2007; the San Jose Mercury News reporter writes mostly an overview without wild predictions of the year. Instead, Takahashi includes lots of release numbers, cites scheduled games, and gives a bullet...
'Wii' stumped: the mystery of the optical sensor
Over at the San Jose Mercury News, Dean Takahashi poses an interesting question: "what does the [Wii's] optical sensor do?" The more appropriate question would be: why is the optical senor necessary? As Takahashi notes, the Wiimote's motion-sensing c...
Dean asks: What makes HDMI so great?
Journalist for the Mercury News and all around Xbox guru, Dean Takahashi, recently raised an important question. The question: who really needs HDMI? Of course, Takahashi is referring to the Xbox 360 Elite and its inclusion of an HDMI interface. Who...
Dean doesn't get why it's so hard to finance video games
In a speech given last month at the Video Game Investor Conference in San Francisco, noted game journalist Dean Takahashi examined why it's so difficult to get financing for video games. In the speech, Dean considered the reasons why hi...
Xbox vets behind MSFT's portable game device
Dean Takahashi of The Mercury News breaks news this morning that Microsoft is working on a portable gaming device that--like the PSP--does video, music, and games too. This news confirms numerous rumors that such a device was in the works. J Allard...
Flower gets priced: $9.99
VentureBeat's Dean Takahashi calls the upcoming PSN game, Flower, the "most inspired game for the PlayStation 3." It seems as though he agrees with our assessment of the title. Takahashi doesn't restrain himself, calling the title "pure eye candy" a...
Takahashi apologizes for his Mass Effect bashing
Last week Dean Takahashi of The Mercury News gave Mass Effect a written review lashing, going as far as to call it "Mass Defect". Takahashi was steadfast in claiming that his Mass Effect experience was lackluster, the game's mechanics were weak and t...
Keita Takahashi unveiling new multiplayer game during GDC
Keita Takahashi, creator of the Katamari Damacy series and Noby Noby Boy, is currently working on a new multiplayer-focused game. Takahashi will unveil his new work during the joint Wild Rumpus/Venus Patrol party on March 27 during GDC in San Franci...
Keita Takahashi and Journey producer Robin Hunicke working on new project
During the E3 alternative Horizon conference, former Journey producer and now Funomena head Robin Hunicke announced a partnership with Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy creator Keita Takahashi. Very little was revealed about the game, though Taka...
Note to Sony and Microsoft: Nintendo is your competition
Dean Takahashi, respected columnist and games writer, poops on recent Bill Gates comments from CES that Sony, not Nintendo, is the company's primary competition. Takahashi believes both Microsoft and Sony should openly view Nintendo and its Wii as a ...
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