Brenda Brathwaite

Developer BIO

As a 25-year veteran of the video games industry, Brenda Brathwaite is a game designer and Professor of game design at the Savannah College of Art & Design. She has worked on 21 published titles including the award-winning Wizardry series of role playing games and the award-winning Jagged Alliance series of strategy role-playing games. Brenda is the founder and chair of the International Game Developers Association's Sex Special Interest Group and a passionate anti-censorship advocate. She is a regular speaker at universities and conferences, most recently Dragon Con 2006, the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2006, Future Play 2005, GDC 2005, Women in Games Conference (a part of the Austin Games Conference), The Guildhall at SMU and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology among others. She is an expert on sexual content in video games, and has released a book on the subject, Sex in Video Games.

Also Known As

• Brenda Garneau
• Brenda Garno

Websites

• Applied Game Design -- Brenda's game design blog
• IGDA's Sex & Games blog -- The definitive news source for sexual content in games

Games Credited

Playboy: The Mansion (2005), ARUSH Entertainment, Groove Games
Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes (2003), Atari, Inc.
Wizardry 8 (2001), Sir-tech Software, Inc.
Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business (2000), Interplay Entertainment Corp.
Jagged Alliance 2 (1999), TopWare Interactive
Nemesis: The Wizardry Adventure (1996), Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc.
Wizardry Gold (1996), Sir-tech Software, Inc.
Druid: Daemons of the Mind (1995), Sir-tech Software, Inc.
Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games (1995), Sir-tech Software, Inc.
Jagged Alliance (1994), Sir-tech Software, Inc.
Realms of Arkania Vol. 2: Star Trail (1994), Fantasy Productions Verlags- und Medienvertriebsgesellschaft mbH
Wizardry: Crusaders of the Dark Savant (1992), Sir-tech Software, Inc.
Freakin' Funky Fuzzballs (1990), Sir-tech Software, Inc.
Wizardry: Bane of the Cosmic Forge (1990), Sir-tech Software, Inc.
Wizardry IV: The Return of Werdna (1988), Sir-tech Software, Inc.
Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn (1986), Sir-tech Software, Inc.
Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds (1985), Sir-tech Software, Inc.
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (1981), Sir-tech Software, Inc.