“Growing up in a small town in upstate New York, some of the first real friendships I had were in chat rooms.”

American video game developer, programmer, and writer

Zoë Tiberius Quinn is an American video game developer, programmer, and writer. They are known for developing the interactive fiction game Depression Quest, released in 2013, and for their role in the Gamergate controversy that followed in 2014. Quinn’s work has centered on games and writing, but their public profile expanded after the harassment campaign that grew around them in 2014. In response to that climate, they later co-founded Crash Override, a crisis hotline and resource center for people facing online harassment.