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Dennis Detwiller (born 1972-7-12[1]) is a computer game designer for Hothead Games as well as a role-playing game developer and artist. He was born in New York City,Template:Fact but now resides in the Vancouver, Canada area.[1]

Detwiller was raised in New York with a childhood often described as "stranger than fiction".Template:Fact He began work as an inker for Marvel Comics in the 1990s, and attended School of Visual Arts on Scholarship. He worked for many years as a freelance artist, often using the University Village, Starbucks in Seattle as his studio.

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!.

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.

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[4]. 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 [5][6]. In early 2009, he left Radical Entertainment for Hothead Games.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "About Me". Detwiller Design. Archived from the original on 2007-03-15. Retrieved on 2007-04-25
  2. A Brief History of Game #6: Pagan Publishing: 1990-Present RPGnet
  3. 3.0 3.1 I’m Holding This Game For Ransom! Bruce Baugh, September 20, 2008, Tor.com
  4. Interview: Shane Ivey of Arc Dream Publishing, January 21, 2009, LivingDice.com
  5. Dennis Detwiller talks Prototype - Interview - play.tm
  6. What if Travis Bickle was “The Thing”?, Ray Huling, h+, June 10, 2009

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