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Title: The Burger Speaks: An Interview With An Archmage
Post by: Shana A on December 28, 2010, 07:29:29 PM
Post by: Shana A on December 28, 2010, 07:29:29 PM
The Burger Speaks: An Interview With An Archmage
by Matt Barton
December 27, 2010
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6243/the_burger_speaks_an_interview_.php (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6243/the_burger_speaks_an_interview_.php)
A 14-year old whiz kid, national Space Invaders champion, co-founder of Interplay, brain behind the cult classics Tass Times, Wasteland, and Bard's Tale III. The story of a lonely boy who discovered herself in a drawer full of burgers and assembly code.
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During my chat with Becky, I couldn't help but wonder if this were really the person so often described as a hermit and a loner; a brilliant hacker who kept herself barricaded in a cubicle. Of course, at that time she was named William Salvador Heineman, a classic case of a woman trapped in a man's body.
In 2003, she began the transition to womanhood, and is now a lesbian. While it is tempting to separate Becky's personal life from her many achievements as a programmer and designer, I can't help but wonder if she owes some measure of her success to her willingness to veer away from convention and take the roads less traveled by.
by Matt Barton
December 27, 2010
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6243/the_burger_speaks_an_interview_.php (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6243/the_burger_speaks_an_interview_.php)
A 14-year old whiz kid, national Space Invaders champion, co-founder of Interplay, brain behind the cult classics Tass Times, Wasteland, and Bard's Tale III. The story of a lonely boy who discovered herself in a drawer full of burgers and assembly code.
[...]
During my chat with Becky, I couldn't help but wonder if this were really the person so often described as a hermit and a loner; a brilliant hacker who kept herself barricaded in a cubicle. Of course, at that time she was named William Salvador Heineman, a classic case of a woman trapped in a man's body.
In 2003, she began the transition to womanhood, and is now a lesbian. While it is tempting to separate Becky's personal life from her many achievements as a programmer and designer, I can't help but wonder if she owes some measure of her success to her willingness to veer away from convention and take the roads less traveled by.