About time! The Xbox 360 gets it’s first game with a one-switch mode. Forza 3 promised it, Bayonetta may deliver it, but indie title SY!NSO! has it right here, right now in the Xbox Live Indie Arcade. SY!NSO! is a…
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Always-Available Muscle-Computer Interfaces
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Show and Yell
I had a really enjoyable evening on Friday at the “Show and Yell” event run by Pixel-Lab. In a packed room, various indie game developers spoke of their passions in gaming and talked about their latest work. Absolute highlight of…
Retro You’re Brand New
William Pilgrim has created a 4Noah utility aimed at making a number of Atari VCS (aka 2600) games playable with the SPACE BAR alone. Set an accessibility switch to this and you can make games, that were never designed to…
Entitlement
Robert Fearon of Mersey Remakes and mind behind the hardcore/opencore arena shoot-em-up “Squid Yes! Octopus Not So!” trilogy has Entitlement Issues. Us too. Please. Read on…
Accessibility: Creating Games For A Diverse Audience
Meagan Van Burkleo of Game Informer has posted an excellent break down of what many disabled gamers want from their games. Giving importance to all four broad divisions of disability: Physical (including speech), Cognitive, Sight and Hearing, this is a…
The Importance of Customisable Controls
“While it’s always beneficial when games support the four standard thumbstick configurations (Default, Southpaw , Legacy* and Legacy-Southpaw, it’s also imperative to remember that full controller customization is a necessity for some. In fact, the implementation of completely customizable…
We Love Hideki Kamiya!
Graeme Singh recently proved that a 2D one-switch fighting game was both possible and fun with his PC title Way of the Exploding Hand 2. Watching the video above, Japan’s Platinum Games seem to have proven the same for 3D…
Top 10 Ways To Get Mainstream Game Accessibility
“Top ten ways to get mainstream game accessibility : 10. Organize all the guide dog owners in the country to visit mainstream game company headquarters and have their dogs poop on the floor.9. Kidnap the children of…
“Spot On: The blind gaming the blind”
“Largely invisible to the mainstream, sightless gamers help each other tackle titles like Rock Band and Left 4 Dead, while others focus on games made for–and by–the blind.” Read the rest of Mathew Peters’ superb article on blind gaming at…