Dennis Detwiller

Dennis Detwiller
Born	July 12, 1972 (1972-07-12) (age 39)
Nationality	American
Field	Role-playing games Video games
Awards	Multiple Origins Awards, Diamond Award for PROTOTYPE on Gamertrailers.com.
Website	Official website

Dennis Detwiller (born July 12, 1972 (1972-07-12) (age 39)^[1]) is a computer game designer for Hothead Games as well as a role-playing game developer and artist.

Biography

Detwiller was a founding member of Pagan Publishing with John Tynes as art director where he co-created the Origins Award winning Delta Green in 1997 with Tynes and Adam Scott Glancy.^[2][3] and illustrated the also Origins Award winning The Hills Rise Wild!.^[4]

He is known for his work in the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering, to which he was a regular contributor. He also participated in many other projects at Wizards of the Coast and was a shareholder.^{[citation needed]}

In 2000 he left Pagan Publishing for Hobgoblynn Press with which he created Godlike: Superhero Roleplaying in a World on Fire, 1936-1946, published in 2001. After the release of Godlike in 2002 Detwiller founded Arc Dream Publishing with Shane Ivey.^[5] He has since worked on Godlike's follow up Wild Talents and the free horror setting game NEMESIS since then.^[3]

In 2002 he left Seattle for Vancouver to work with Radical Entertainment^[1] where he helped develop The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, Scarface: The World is Yours and Prototype.^[6][7] In early 2009, he left Radical Entertainment for Hothead Games.

Works

Role-playing games

• Delta Green (co-creator, with John Tynes and Adam Scott, 1997)
• GODLIKE (creator, writer and artist, 2001)
• Wild Talents (creator, writer and artist 2003)

Video games

• The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
• Scarface: The World is Yours
• Prototype
• DeathSpank

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "About Me". Detwiller Design. http://web.mac.com/drgonzo/iWeb/Site/About%20Me.html. Retrieved 2007-04-25. 
2. ^ A Brief History of Game #6: Pagan Publishing: 1990-Present RPGnet
3. ^ ^{a b} I’m Holding This Game For Ransom! Bruce Baugh, September 20, 2008, Tor.com
4. ^ "Author Info: Dennis Detwiller". e23. Steve Jackson Games. http://e23.sjgames.com/credits.html?t=author&n=Dennis%20Detwiller. Retrieved 2010-06-21. 
5. ^ Interview: Shane Ivey of Arc Dream Publishing, January 21, 2009, LivingDice.com
6. ^ Dennis Detwiller talks Prototype - Interview - play.tm
7. ^ What if Travis Bickle was “The Thing”?, Ray Huling, h+, June 10, 2009

External links

• Official website
• Dennis Detwiller on the RPG DB
• Dennis Detwiller at the Internet Movie Database

Interviews

• Dennis Detwiller Video Chat Interview

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