“SpecialEffect is perhaps the only charitable organisation dedicated to helping ALL young people with disabilities to enjoy computer games. GASIG member Barrie Ellis of OneSwitch.org.uk is presently working with Special Effect on their latest exciting project to bring accessible games…
Author: Barrie Ellis (page 18)
Robert Florio – Crave Online Interview
Entitled “Against All Odds”, IGDA GASIG activist, Robert Florio tells Crave Online how it’s been for him and all about Accessible Gaming. A great interview that all developers should read.
AbleGamers Gets to Chat with Age of Conan
“Jason Stone is a game designer at Funcom, developers of the highly anticipated MMO Age of Conan based on the writings of Robert E Howard. Robert E. Howard was the creator of ‘Conan the Barbarians’ born in the pages of…
Lightglove: Virtual Controller
There’s a lot of potential in this great device – even in music (although you might not believe it from the rendition of Smoke on the Water in this clip!). See LightGlove.com for more. Via: Reseau Nouvelle Technologies
Milling About Second Life using Brain Waves
Although not strictly a game, “Second Life” has many sub-games. It has also garnered the attention of people wishing to improve it’s accessibility for more players. The video above shows brain waves being used to control the on-screen character around…
Videojuegos accesibles
I’ve just been sent some great links from Samuel Franco Dominguez to Spanish and French accessible gaming articles, some of which I thought I’d share. Click on the image above for an English translation – although I think you might…
No School Like The Old School?
It’s not something that any mainstream publisher does now, but in 1981 and 1982, Atari did. What, you may ask? Simply, they included a “special feature” option in their top-flight games. Not only this, but they marked the fact…
Gordon’s Trigger Finger
“Hey Folks, We made our mod available for download on our website HelpYouPlay.com. If you have a copy of HalfLife 2 DeathMatch try it out . All feed back…
Pirates of the Burning Sea Comes to AbleGamer’s Shore
Mark “Ioo” Barlet of AbleGamers.com has just recently posted an interview with Russell Williams, CEO and Co-founder of Flying Labs and maker of the upcoming MMORPG Pirates of the Burning Seas. It’s a interesting to discover the present outlook on…
Electronic Gaming Monthly Brazil
The following accessible gaming magazine article has been translated from the original Brazilian Portuguese in Electronic Gaming Monthly Brazil issue 66. The translation is not in perfect English, but you’ll get the gist. Accessible Gaming is an International concern.“RESTRICTED ACCESSInnovative…