Legendary game designer, programmer, Space Invaders champion, and LGBTQ trailblazer Rebecca Heineman has died

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• Aielman15@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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  • lordnikon@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Good sentiment but i think you mean BF not CoD as Activision owns CoD

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    • Aielman15@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Whopsie, yes, my bad. The two always get mixed in my mind.

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• LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Co-founded Interplay. Came out as trans in the mid-2000s. Jesus what a legend gone too soon. Bless.

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  • lordnikon@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah i wonder if Tim Cain worked with her

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• GerardsGuitar@retrolemmy.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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!

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• patruelis@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  A sad day 😢

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• pyria@kbin.melroy.org ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Had a sad feeling that when she was trying to get a gofundme going, that she was on her last legs.

  RIP.

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