Global Game Jam is an annual game hack weekend, where teams around the world are given a common theme to work to (this year’s was ‘heart beat’), and divide into teams to produce an entire end to end functioning game…
Category: Audio Games
Kenji Eno (1970-2013)
Sad news to hear that game accessibility advocate and pioneer Kenji Eno died this week at the age of 42. Kenji produced the first ever audio game to make its way onto a games console, RealSound: Kaze No Regret (aka…
BlindComputerGames.com
“blindcomputergames.com is an information resource that includes: A set of guidelines for developers who want to improve blind accessibility in their games. An article for gamers who are blind to help them show developers how to make their games accessible…
V.I. Tennis
Imagine Wii Sports Tennis in the dark, and playable, and you have VI Tennis. It’s a brilliant idea and happily, is well executed too. You’ll need one or two Wii remotes, a Bluetooth equipped PC (I bought a USB Bluetooth…
Electronic Soup Podcast: Audio Games
The “Access Collective” is a new podcast which brings together a slew of accessibility-bods including myself representing the Accessible GameBase and OneSwitch. No surprises, we’re doing the accessible gaming bit. This month’s item is part one of two on Audio…
Handheld Audiogame: Bandai Mousou Controller
GameSetWatch recently posted about the Mousou or Moucon range of mini handheld video games, with the twist being that you have no screen. You have to play by sound and feel alone. in short, they’re hand-held audio-games. There are three…
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…
BBC Radio 4 – Game Accessibility – In Touch
Graham Race of MERU kindly pointed me in the direction of an interesting Radio 4 “In Touch” item on Accessible Gaming. It reflects the experiences of many blind and partially-sighted gamers. Seems Mortal Kombat can work out as a playable…
Experimental Audio Games 2008
“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!…