Terri Brosius (née Barous) is an American musician, voice actress, and game designer, best known in gaming circles as the voice of SHODAN in the System Shock series.

Terri Brosius
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Musician, voice actress, and game designer
Years active1985–present
Known forVoice of SHODAN in the System Shock series

Biography

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Terri was a member of the Boston band Tribe as a keyboardist and occasional vocalist. On Tribe's albums Here at the Home and Abort, she sang the song "Rescue Me". On Tribe's album Sleeper, she sang the song "Mr. Lieber". Following the band's separation in 1994, she and Tribe guitarist Eric Brosius married. Terri is currently a keyboardist and backup vocalist for the Boston-based band The Vivs.

Brosius and her husband, along with Tribe bass player Greg LoPiccolo, joined video game developer Looking Glass Studios, where they worked on various game projects until its closure in 2000. She and her husband continue to work on various projects with Harmonix.

Brosius performed the voice of the character SHODAN in the CD enhanced version of System Shock, and also in the Irrational Games co-developed sequel, System Shock 2, in addition to several other characters. Brosius voiced the character Viktoria in Thief: The Dark Project and Thief II: The Metal Age, and did some level and cutscene design for Thief: Gold and Thief II, and co-wrote Thief: Deadly Shadows' story with Randy Smith. She also voiced Ava Johnson in Deus Ex: Invisible War.[1] She is set to reprise her role as SHODAN in System Shock 3. Brosius was announced to be voicing a character in the upcoming game Gloomwood in a trailer for the 2022 PC Gaming Show.[2]

Voice acting roles

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Year Title Developer Notes
1994 System Shock (CD enhanced version)[3] LookingGlass Technologies Also writer
1996 Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri
1998 Thief: The Dark Project Also writer
1999 Thief: Gold Also writer, level designer
System Shock 2 Irrational Games
Looking Glass Studios
2000 Thief II: The Metal Age Looking Glass Studios Also writer, level designer
2003 Deus Ex: Invisible War Ion Storm
2004 Thief: Deadly Shadows Also writer
2012 Dishonored Arkane Studios Also writer
2013 Interstellar Marines[4] Zero Point Software
2015 Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon Tiger Style Also writer
2016 Dishonored 2 Arkane Studios Also writer
2022 Gloomwood[2] Dillon Rogers
David Szymanski
2023 System Shock (Remake) Nightdive Studios
TBA System Shock 3[5] OtherSide Entertainment

References

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  1. ^ "Deus Ex: Invisible War (2003) (VG)". imdb.com. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Gloomwood - Gloomwood Early Access Release Date - Steam News". store.steampowered.com. June 12, 2022. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  3. ^ "System Shock (Update #30): Feedback Responses and BackerKit". Kickstarter. March 8, 2017. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  4. ^ "The Voice of Terri Brosius – Interstellar Marines". Archived from the original on December 18, 2009. Retrieved December 12, 2009.
  5. ^ Twitter Announcement
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