Co-founded Interplay. Came out as trans in the mid-2000s. Jesus what a legend gone too soon. Bless.
Legendary game designer, programmer, Space Invaders champion, and LGBTQ trailblazer Rebecca Heineman has died
Submitted 3 days ago by jaselle@lemmy.ca to games@lemmy.world
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LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
lordnikon@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yeah i wonder if Tim Cain worked with her
GerardsGuitar@retrolemmy.com 3 days ago
Never knew much about her before today but she seems to have made a positive impact on a lot of people from what I’ve read. Rest in Peace!
pyria@kbin.melroy.org 3 days ago
Had a sad feeling that when she was trying to get a gofundme going, that she was on her last legs.
RIP.
patruelis@lemmy.world 3 days ago
A sad day 😢
Aielman15@lemmy.world 3 days ago
About the LGBTQ part: she was working at EA when she transitioned, and she recounted acceptance and support for trans people was codified in her workplace, in a time when transitioning often meant discrimination, rejection and even job loss.
People don’t always remember that EA were the “good guys” before they made bank with Sims and CoD.
lordnikon@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Good sentiment but i think you mean BF not CoD as Activision owns CoD
Aielman15@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Whopsie, yes, my bad. The two always get mixed in my mind.
jaselle@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
The Sims was a great game. And it had same-sex marriage from the sims 2 on (which is the first game that actually has a proper notion of marriage).