Sadly one of the old school programming legends has passed away, at 62. You can read Scott Stilphen's quite aged interview here at DP.

In addition to being viewed as the earliest "national video game" champion, Heineman went on to co-found Interplay and write over five dozen retail games. More recently she was on the board of the National Videogame Museum, and by all accounts one of the nicest people the industry has ever known.

https://www.ign.com/articles/interpl...n-dies-aged-62