- Rebecca Heineman
Infobox Person
name = Rebecca Ann Heineman
caption = Rebecca, at age 42
birth_name = William Salvador Heineman
birth_date = Birth date|1963|10|30
birth_place = Los Angeles, California
death_date =
death_place =
other_names = Burger Becky
known_for = Programmer of "" and "Dragon Wars "
occupation =game designer andprogrammer Rebecca Ann Heineman, formerly known as Bill Heineman, is a
computer game programmer. A long-time veteran of the computer game industry, Heineman has been affiliated at various times withBarking Lizards Technologies ,Interplay Productions ,Contraband Entertainment ,Logicware ,Electronic Arts andMacPlay , among other game companies. She is currently working forMicrosoft in theMicrosoft XNA Game Division.In the mid-1980s, Heineman programmed the
cult classic graphicadventure games "Tass Times in Tonetown " and "". Heineman also programmed some other lesser-known games, such as "Mindshadow ", "Borrowed Time" and "The Tracer Sanction ".Due to her love of storing
hamburger s in her desk drawers, her friends call her "Burger" (and when they would call for her, she would sometimes respond, "Burger").In November of 2003, Heineman was diagnosed with
gender identity disorder and began the transition from Bill Heineman into Rebecca Ann Heineman, atransgendered woman.ee also
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Danielle Bunten Berry External links
*moby developer|id=343|name=Rebecca Heineman's profile (as Bill Heineman)
* [http://www.macgamer.com/interviews/bill_heineman/bill_heineman1.html Interview with Rebecca Heineman on macgamer.com]
* [http://www.burgerbecky.com/ Burger Becky's home page]
* [http://www.sailorranko.com/ Sailor Ranko, a web comic that Rebecca writes]
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