At 15, a teenager building video games from his bedroom accidentally helped create one of the internet’s earliest coding communities

In the days prior to the internet, enthusiastic young hackers relied on floppy disks to trade their innovative programs.
NBC Los Angeles

Vince Zampella, video game developer behind ‘Call of Duty,' killed in Ferrari crash

Video game developer Vince Zampella, whose studios have created several of the world's best-selling games, was killed Sunday afternoon in a Ferrari crash on Southern California's Angeles Crest Highway ...
The New York Times

Rebecca Heineman, Transgender Video Game Pioneer, Dies at 62

Fleeing an abusive home life, she went on to win a national Space Invaders tournament, taught herself to program and left a trail of popular games in her wake. Photo illustration by Leslie dela ...