Rebecca Heineman

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Rebecca Ann Heineman
Rebecca, at age 42
Born	William Salvador Heineman October 30, 1963(1963-10-30) Los Angeles, California
Other names	Burger Becky
Occupation	game designer and programmer
Known for	Designer of The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate and Dragon Wars

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 with Barking Lizards Technologies, Interplay Productions, Contraband Entertainment, Logicware, Electronic Arts and MacPlay, among other game companies. She is currently working for Microsoft in the Microsoft XNA Game Division.

In the mid-1980s, Heineman programmed the cult classic graphic adventure games Tass Times in Tonetown and The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate. Heineman also programmed some other lesser-known games, such as Mindshadow, Borrowed Time and The Tracer Sanction.

Due to her love of storing hamburgers 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, a transgendered woman.