cancer – Set Side B https://setsideb.com The Flipside of Gaming Fri, 03 Oct 2025 12:08:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://setsideb.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-mascot512-32x32.png cancer – Set Side B https://setsideb.com 32 32 Game Design Legend Rebecca Heineman’s Medical Issues https://setsideb.com/game-design-legend-rebecca-heinemans-medical-issues/ Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://setsideb.com/?p=10799 Continue reading "Game Design Legend Rebecca Heineman’s Medical Issues"]]> 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.

]]> Technoblade, Minecraft YouTuber, passes at 23 https://setsideb.com/technoblade-minecrat-youtuber-passes-at-23/ https://setsideb.com/technoblade-minecrat-youtuber-passes-at-23/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://setsideb.com/?p=1290 Continue reading "Technoblade, Minecraft YouTuber, passes at 23"]]> I saw on Metafilter a post from The corpse in the library (an unfortunate user name in context) that the popular streamer has passed away. Technoblade is one of the few channels to have reached over a billion views. He is remembered for his playing skill and his friendly rivalry with fellow Minecraft Youtuber Dream.

A message from his father:

Here is Technoblade’s Channel. His website, with merch. I don’t like linking to Fandom, but it hosts a good backgrounder on him and his life.

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