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.
Co-founded Interplay. Came out as trans in the mid-2000s. Jesus what a legend gone too soon. Bless.
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!
A sad day 😢
Feels weird upvoting this. I assure you I'm upvoting as a sign of respect to the woman, and not as some way to approve of her death. Which is very sad.
What a shame.
Their work on the Doom port to 3DO was an absolutely olympic task. It was a shame following the rapid downward spiral of their health on Bluesky.
Her last post on her crowdfunder was a kick right in the feels too:
"...So I can make a worthy entrance for reuniting with my one true love, Jennell Jaquays."
Rest well.
A real gut punch earlier today when she messaged me: 'We have gone on so many adventures together! But, into the great unknown! I go first!!!'"
Rip.
Her spouse wiki/Jennell_Jaquays passed away last year, she also contributed to some major games I enjoyed very much.
Ty <3
Rest In Peace
What a delightful and talented person she was. My boxed copy of The Bard's Tale III for Apple II and my giant book of mega dungeons are both on display in my house. They stand as small monuments to her and her wife's contributions to the games industry.
Incredibly sad news. You'd always see her popping up in places you wouldn't expect, YouTube comment threads, discord servers. I followed her mastodon posts and it was heartbreaking to read her posts about looking after Jennell in her final months, but she was so upbeat and warm as well in her interactions with people. Her work is of course legendary and Jennell too made some of the Quake maps that I still play to this day.
I do like to think though that is nice that the two of them are reunited. RIP Burger Becky.
I met her at a convention and she was so gracious.
RIP Burger Becky
I really enjoyed her interview on the podcast, "The Retro Hour", as well as various articles in Retro Gamer Magazine. She seemed like a kind, quirky soul.
A tremendous loss to retro gaming, I think she talked about having lots of old documentation for companies she worked at throughout her career, now mostly all defunct. Hopefully a gaming museum will handle care of those items at some point. R.I.P.
Man, you never know the names of most important people in game studios. Like besides carmack and Gabe I don't think I know anyone's. Kind of a shame only to find them out when they die.
Fuck cancer
Fuck cancer
Strong Gimli vibes.
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