Not to repeat the title unnecessarily, but Time Extension reports that Rebecca Heineman has been diagnosed with cancer. This is a huge deal, her history in gaming goes back to the days of Electronic Games magazine! She was one of the founders of Interplay, programmed London Blitz for Avalon Hill’s nearly-forgotten computer game division, also programmed Wasteland and The Bard’s Tale (the original version), designed The Bard’s Tale III and (the greatly underrated) Dragon Wars, and a bevy of other accomplishments.
Time is awful, and the end comes for all of us eventually, but it’d be nice if this could be pushed back as far as it can be. Because she lives in the United States, and this bullshit excuse for a country believes that people should just die who can’t afford care, she’s setting up a GoFundMe for contributions. That’s what my recently-deceased brother did to try to pay for the medical care that could have saved his life. I think he got one contribution. Hopefully Rebecca Heineman will get a lot more than that. Please consider it if you can afford it.
