Brian McDonald

Brian McDonald has worked in the gaming industry since 2006. Brian began their career as a Teaching Assistant at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute before joining Liquid Entertainment as an Assistant Programmer in 2007. In 2008, they moved to n-Space as a Game Designer, where they worked on titles for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, DS and 3DS. From 2011 to 2014, they worked as a Game Designer at Activision, Infinity Ward and Neversoft Entertainment, where they created design documents, scripted encounters, tracked bugs, analyzed dependencies, and organized team members. In 2018, they joined Harmonix Music Systems as a Lead Game Design Specialist, where they established focused goals and executed visible changes to the game. Since 2016, they have also worked as a Game Design Consultant. In 2022, they will join 1st Playable Productions as a Lead Game Design Specialist.

Brian McDonald graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Psychology, and minors in Philosophy and Game Design.