It’s coming… This could be something really special for accessible gaming… If you can program keep an eye… If you can support the competition, please do, whether by sponsorship or by spreading the word… More soon.
CamSpace – “any game, any webcam”
“CamSpace is a program that allows the user to control his favorite games and applications with any webcam. Use your body and arbitrary objects to replace the mouse and joystick! Currently, CamSpace only works for Windows, but Mac and Linux…
In Israel
Aisrael.org have a pretty thorough three part article on game accessibility in Hebrew. It covers physical disabilities and solutions, moving onto barriers facing visually impaired and blind gamers onto deaf gamers. Part 1, Part2 and Part 3 all here.
Strange Attractors 2
Strange Attractors 2 by Ominous Development, is looking fantastic. It’s the follow up to one of the finest one button games ever – Strange Attractors. This time around two switches are needed (emulating the left mouse click and the right…
New Breath Clicking Controller
Inventor Antony Stewart has recently released details of a revolutionary breath clicking device that he has created. It has no name, but after sitting on this invention for a while finding no support, he has decided to let people see…
2008 Retro Remakes Competition
“The Official 2008 Retro Remakes Competition will be launched on September the 1st, 2008. Very. Good. News! Can’t say too much this side of September, apart from to say that I’m very excited and hopeful. Oh, and to direct you…
Custom Interfaces
“Off-the-shelf designs are especially frustrating for the disabled, the elderly and anybody who has trouble controlling a mouse. A new approach to design, developed at the University of Washington, would put each person through a brief skills test and then…
Pop Cap Interviewed
AbleGamers have posted a two part interview they and GASIG chair Michelle Hinn made with Popcap Games’ Garth Chouteau in the light of their recent Casual Games survey. Grab your self a cup of tea, and read on… Part one…
1975: The First Commercial One Switch Game
The first ever commercial one switch playable game is Atari’s Steeplechase from 1975. Up to six players could crowd around the machine, using their single button to make their horse jump on coming hurdles. There’s a short video-clip up on…
A Game for Helen – Special Effect
Last Friday Special Effect launched themselves formally in Oxfordshire. Here past, present and future projects were demonstrated and explained to the gathered crowd. Likely future UK Prime Minister, David Cameron was there as a speaker. He mentioned that after being…