| Rebecca Ann Heineman | |
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 Rebecca, at age 42 |
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| Born | William Salvador Heineman October 30, 1963 Los Angeles, California |
| Other names | Burger Becky |
| Occupation | game designer and programmer |
| Known for | Programmer of The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate and Dragon Wars |
Rebecca Ann Heineman, formerly known as Bill Heineman, is a video game programmer. A long-time veteran of the computer game industry, Heineman was a founding member of Interplay Productions, Logicware, Contraband Entertainment. She has also been affiliated at various times with Barking Lizards Technologies, Electronic Arts, and MacPlay, among other game companies. She is currently working for Microsoft in the Microsoft XNA Game Division.
In the mid-1980s, Heineman programmed the cult classic graphic adventure games Tass Times in Tonetown and The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate. Heineman also programmed some other lesser-known games, such as Mindshadow, Borrowed Time, Battle Chess, and The Tracer Sanction.
Due to her love of storing hamburgers in her desk drawers, her friends call her "Burger" (and when they would call for her, she would sometimes respond, "Burger").
In April 2001, she began writing novels based on Sailor Moon, Ranma 1/2, The Terminator, Ace Ventura and Independence Day.
In November 2003, she was diagnosed with gender identity disorder[1] and began transitioning to a woman.
On March 17, 2008, she launched a webcomic called Sailor Ranko[2] based on her novels set in the Sailor Ranko universe created by Duncan Zillman and Kevin D. Hammel, based on characters from Sailor Moon and Ranma 1/2. The art for the webcomic was done by Allison Decker and paneling and lettering was done by Joseph Fanning.
References
- ^ Becky's coming out letter from Becky's Livejournal
- ^ The Adventures of Sailor Ranko start date of the first page of the comic.
See also
External links
- Rebecca Heineman's profile at MobyGames (as Bill Heineman)
- Interview with Rebecca Heineman on GrokCode
- Burger Becky's home page
- Sailor Ranko, a web comic that Rebecca writes
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