kestrell: (Default)
what is it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwl8WZHy9z4
The link was posted to the IGDA access sig with the subject "Stuffed animal game controller."
kestrell: (Default)
I am looking for volunteer testers to help out with my MFA thesis. I am looking for gamers with physical disabilities to test Defense of the Ancients (DotA), a custom map for Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne, for accessibility barriers. I am going to take your feedback to Blizzard in order to create a custom map prototype that attempts to eliminate these barriers, at which point I would reach out to you again to test the
prototype. Ultimately, the goal is to evaluate this process at a
feasible method to create more accessible mainstream games.

Please go to my blog
quinn-thesis.blogspot.com
http://quinnthesis.blogspot.com ) to learn more about my project and
the overall process. If you are interested in participating, please
email me at
chris at chrisquinn . com
I can send you more details.

Thanks for your time!

Chris Quinn
kestrell: (Default)
Via the igd_access LJ
this article by Meagan VanBurkleo on what gamers with disabilities want in their games
http://gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/09/28/feature-accessibility_3a00_-creating-games-for-a-diverse-audience.aspx
(for screen reader users, search the page for the word "feature").
A big negative, though: I'm more than a little askance at the way the author frames playing games as escapism--what about the use of imagination? sociolization? problem solving? er, fun?

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