Brianna Wu

Brianna Wu
Wu in 2015
Born (1977-07-06) July 6, 1977 (age 47)[1][2]
West Virginia, U.S.
Occupations
  • CEO of Giant Spacekat
  • software engineer[3][4][5]
Known forCommentary on issues related to women in gaming
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseFrank Wu

Brianna Wu (born July 6, 1977) is an American video game developer and computer programmer.[6] She co-founded Giant Spacekat, an independent video game development studio, with Amanda Warner in Boston, Massachusetts.[7] She is also a blogger and podcaster on matters relating to the video game industry.[8]

In 2018, Wu unsuccessfully ran for Congress in Massachusetts's 8th congressional district.[9] Wu began a second campaign for the primary in 2020; in April, she announced her departure from the race, due to the COVID-19 lockdown preventing in-person campaigning.[10][11]

  1. ^ Wu, Brianna [@Spacekatgal] (July 6, 2015). "Today is my birthday. A year ago, we'd just shipped R60 - and I was looking forward to a less stressful year. Then Gamergate happened" (Tweet). Retrieved September 3, 2018 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Wu, Brianna [@Spacekatgal] (July 22, 2018). "I'm 41, jerkface" (Tweet). Retrieved September 3, 2018 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Orlando, Alexandra (November 9, 2016). "Interview with Brianna Wu". First-Person Scholar. University of Waterloo Games Institute & IMMERSe. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
  4. ^ Mantilla, Karla (August 31, 2015). Gendertrolling: How Misogyny Went Viral. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 255. ISBN 9781440833182.
  5. ^ Teitell, Beth; Borchers, Callum. "GamerGate anger at women all too real for gamemaker". The Boston Globe. Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
  6. ^ Brianna Wu, post December 7, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
  7. ^ Starr, Michelle (July 30, 2014). "Revolution 60: A game by and about badass women". CNET. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference ks was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "Massachusetts Primary Election Results". The New York Times. September 4, 2018. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
  10. ^ Dewey, Eliza (April 10, 2019). "Experts Debate Warren's Big Tech Break-Up Idea". WGBH-TV. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  11. ^ Fox, Jeremy C. (April 28, 2020). "Brianna Wu ends bid to unseat Rep. Stephen Lynch, citing coronavirus" The Boston Globe.