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]
^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.
^Wu, Brianna [@Spacekatgal] (July 22, 2018). "I'm 41, jerkface" (Tweet). Retrieved September 3, 2018 – via Twitter.
^Orlando, Alexandra (November 9, 2016). "Interview with Brianna Wu". First-Person Scholar. University of Waterloo Games Institute & IMMERSe. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
^Mantilla, Karla (August 31, 2015). Gendertrolling: How Misogyny Went Viral. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 255. ISBN 9781440833182.
^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.
^Brianna Wu, post December 7, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
^Starr, Michelle (July 30, 2014). "Revolution 60: A game by and about badass women". CNET. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
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^"Massachusetts Primary Election Results". The New York Times. September 6, 2018. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
^Dewey, Eliza (April 10, 2019). "Experts Debate Warren's Big Tech Break-Up Idea". WGBH-TV. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
^Fox, Jeremy C. (April 28, 2020). "Brianna Wu ends bid to unseat Rep. Stephen Lynch, citing coronavirus" The Boston Globe.
BriannaWu (born July 6, 1977) is an American video game developer and computer programmer. She co-founded Giant Spacekat, an independent video game development...
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else out there has anything that's really attractive." Critics including BriannaWu and writer Samantha Allen lamented Giant Bomb's hiring of Dan Ryckert...
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NPR". NPR.org. "What It's Like to Be a Target on the Internet Every Day: BriannaWu and Shireen Mitchell at #BlogHer15". "Netivation.com Signs Letter of Intent...
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