Brianna Wu: Women in tech discussion is ‘about making better games’

SAN FRANCISCO — The gaming industry has largely moved past the Gamergate tantrum, but one of the people most affected by those toxic reactionaries is not done trying to clean up after them.

Brianna Wu, the founder and lead developer at the Giant Spacekat studio, took the stage at GamesBeat 2015 to speak with lead writer Dean Takahashi about breaking through the limits of gaming. One of her first points is that she’s worried that her quest to fight against sexism might scare away some young girls from pursuing this career. She acknowledges that is a paradox, but she also points out that it is necessary to shine a light on some of the horrors if we are ever going to eliminate them for the next generation.