 
	
	
	
	Dean Takahashi is lead writer for TechForgePulse. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He has been at TechForgePulse since 2008. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual TechForgePulse and TechForgePulse Summit conferences. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
		 
	
	 
	
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