“It’s that time of the year again! Groups of game design students of the Utrecht School of the Arts have developed 13 small audio game prototypes! Try them out and let the developers know what you think in the forum!…
Author: Barrie Ellis (page 16)
4Noah – One Switch Accessible Driving Games
4Noah one switch projects just get better and better! Really exciting pioneering accessibility work.
Inaccessibility Simulator
“I hate amusement arcades. When I was a little wheelie on holiday with my family in Wales, this was one of our safe havens on rainy days. Dad would ration out the two pences and send me and my brother…
Retro Remakes
Our friends at Retro Remakes have posted a great Accessibility update. Amongst other things it details the progress of the very exciting “4Noah” project – making previously inaccessible games accessible to one-switch gamers. It also points to a few new…
Xbox 360 Controller Rumours
Rumours of a simplified Xbox 360 controller: Via Kotaku. I’ll believe it when I have it in my hands.
Game Informer: Accessibility Feature
There’s a great article on game accessibility up at Game Informer written by Meagan VanBurkleo. It comes in two parts and is very much worth your time. Part 1 here and Part 2 here.
Brain Control
OCZ Technology are due to release thieir £100 ($200) “NIA” Brain Controller on the 21st of April this year. This device will enable users to map certain thought and muscle movements to individual key presses on a keyboard. With about…
One Switch Duelling
“TIG Duels For Extraordinary Gentlemen” is a highly accessible duelling game for two one-switch gamers. Pick your head – pick your weapon (i.e. hit your switch/key of choice) – then let the battle commence! If you don’t have a ready…
Microsoft Aren’t Listening!
….and nor are Sony and Nintendo, but one at a time… I’m getting really fed up with Microsoft’s restrictive attitude to controllers on the Xbox 360. Some years back, when Microsoft were forming their console world domination master-plan, they decided…
Switch Adapted Wii Remote
Broadened Horizons (aka Gimp Gear) have recently added a switch adapted Wii Remote to their Video Gaming Accessibility area. This allows gamers to strap a Wii remote to their arm and activate the A button and the B trigger using…