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Giant Spacekat
Company typeVideo games
Founded2010
FounderAmanda Warner
Brianna Wu
ProductsVideo games
Websitegiantspacekat.com
Brianna Wu (seated) and Giant Spacekat co-founder Amanda Warner

Giant Spacekat is an American video game company founded in 2010.

The company's debut game was Revolution 60.

Controversy

Giant Spacekat became the subject of controversy when threats against female video game makers forced them out of the PAX East computer gaming convention of March 2015.

In an interview with Giant Spacekat co-founder Brianna Wu for VentureBeat it was stated that "Sadly, the scenario for possible violence against the team at a tradeshow was raised as a possibility in the most recent episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, “Intimidation Game.” Wu said she saw it and felt like the main character appeared to be an “amalgamation of me, Zoe Quinn, and Anita Sarkeesian, three of the primary targets of the hate group called GamerGate.” In that episode, members of a hate group target an employee of the main character’s game company, assaulting her in the rest room at the tradeshow."

References

  1. "Indie game designers Giant Spacekat | Center for the Arts". Northeastern.edu. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
  2. "Giant Spacekat". Giant Bomb. June 12, 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
  3. Whitford, David (April 2015). "Brianna Wu vs. the Troll Army". Inc. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
  4. The Associated Press (October 22, 2014). "Survey: Harassment a Common Part of Online Life". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
  5. "Revolution 60: A game by and about badass women - CNET". cnet.com. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
  6. "Female Video Game Makers Say Death Threats Forced Them Out Of PAX East". CBS Boston. February 24, 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
  7. ^ Takahashi, Dean (February 19, 2015). "Brianna Wu's Giant Spacekat pulls out of PAX East, blames GamerGate death threats". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
  8. "Brianna Wu's studio, Giant Spacekat, pulls out of PAX East due to safety concerns (update) | Polygon". polygon.com. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
  9. "Attack on feminist game critics hits front page of New York Times | Polygon". polygon.com. Retrieved 2015-07-04.

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