Really great news popped up in my inbox yesterday regarding Hans Smith one-man charm offensive to make one of his favourite PS3 games more accessible. I could rabbit on here, but I’ll simply pop you onto the first source of…
Category: PS3
Reconfigurable Controls
So few games offer reconfigurable controls, which is bonkers when you consider: 1. How many alternative controllers can be attached to modern games consoles. 2. How many different people there are in the world who may like to use a…
Accessible Gamebase
SpecialEffect launch their Accessible Gamebase today and it’s a big deal. They are hoping to build an active community and are actively encouraging people to contribute. After a little familiarisation you’ll hopefully find it really easy to learn all about…
PS3 joypad game played with a Head Tracker
Fantastic to see a PS3 being uniquely controlled by a head-tracker and symbols based control grid courtesy of the SpecialEffect GamesLab. Read my previous post The Holy Grail of Accessible Controllers? to find out why this kind of work is…
XCM “Magic Link”
XCM were the first to crack Microsoft’s anti-choice circuitry enabling gamers to connect just about any Playstation compatible controller, PC mouse and/or keyboard to an Xbox 360 and PS3 with their XFPS adapters. The latest XFPS 4.0 takes with one…
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…
Access Controller – Video Review
Unique Custom Gaming Controllers – part 2
Mark Felling of Broadened Horizons and “KitsuneNoYume” worked together to build a pretty marvellous bespoke controller to suit Kitsune’s particular abilities, much as MERU did for Frankie in the previous post. This fantastic work spread to the news portals of…
Unique Custom Gaming Controllers – part 1
MERU and others have created some fantastic bespoke controllers for people needing unique solutions. This from their Summer 2008 newsletter: “Nineteen-year-old Frankie has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a progressive, muscle-wastin condition. As a result, he has severely limited mobility and this…