Theresa Duncan, Filmmaker and Game Developer, Reported Dead

Theresa Duncan, filmmaker and blogger, took her own life last week in New York, according to LA Observed.

Duncan was a pioneer in CD-ROM games for girls, creating Chop Suey and Smarty, introducing Mimi Smartypants. She was said to be directing her first film, in New York this summer, which was part of a deal with Fox Searchlight. Here’s a 2005 interview from the Hotel Chelsea blog.

Duncan and her partner, artist Jeremy Blake (who is missing

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