From rkimball at gmail.com  Fri Jul  1 23:23:32 2005
From: rkimball at gmail.com (Reid Kimball)
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 23:23:32 -0400
Subject: [games_access] Interview with Valve Software on CC system
Message-ID: <a6673b8d05070120231cc4f545@mail.gmail.com>

http://gamescc.rbkdesign.com/

On the Games[CC] site I have posted a Q&A interview I sent to Valve
Software last week about their CC system used in HL2. It was focuses
on the development side of the system.

Good stuff!

-Reid


From hinn at uiuc.edu  Sat Jul  2 17:56:58 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (michelle hinn)
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 16:56:58 -0500
Subject: [games_access] workplace diversity question
Message-ID: <20050702215747.B51F757197@seven.pairlist.net>

Hi everyone,

The IGDA is about to conduct a workplace diversity survey and disabilities
will be a part of that survey. I've run the following question by some
colleagues of mine and none of them have any issues with the way the
question is posed. Would you all take a moment and look over the wording of
this question (and the answer choices!) and let me know if you have any
re-wording suggestions and/or additional concerns? Please do this by July 5
so that we can make sure that we get our input back to the IGDA as soon as
possible. Thanks!

Here's the question:

"Have you been medically diagnosed with and/or consider yourself as a person
with a disability in ANY of the following ways? (you can select more than
one)"

[] Deaf or hard of hearing
[] Blind or partially sighted
[] Mobility impaired (eg, paraplegia, quadriplegia, cerebral palsy, ALS,
etc) 
[] Mental illness (eg, depression, schizophrenia, etc) 
[] Cognitive disorder (eg, dyslexia, ADD/HD, learning disability, autism,
etc) 
[] Yes, but decline to specify 
[] Other 
[] No

Thanks everyone!
Michelle
Chair, IGDA Game Accessibility SIG




From rkimball at gmail.com  Sun Jul  3 11:03:18 2005
From: rkimball at gmail.com (Reid Kimball)
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 11:03:18 -0400
Subject: [games_access] workplace diversity question
In-Reply-To: <20050702215747.B51F757197@seven.pairlist.net>
References: <20050702215747.B51F757197@seven.pairlist.net>
Message-ID: <a6673b8d05070308032e5e49fb@mail.gmail.com>

Never heard of depression as a mental illness (might be me), but other
than that, it didn't bother me and was easy to understand. We have a
similar question on our survey and I like the wording this question
has better than ours.

-REid

On 7/2/05, michelle hinn <hinn at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> The IGDA is about to conduct a workplace diversity survey and disabilities
> will be a part of that survey. I've run the following question by some
> colleagues of mine and none of them have any issues with the way the
> question is posed. Would you all take a moment and look over the wording of
> this question (and the answer choices!) and let me know if you have any
> re-wording suggestions and/or additional concerns? Please do this by July 5
> so that we can make sure that we get our input back to the IGDA as soon as
> possible. Thanks!
> 
> Here's the question:
> 
> "Have you been medically diagnosed with and/or consider yourself as a person
> with a disability in ANY of the following ways? (you can select more than
> one)"
> 
> [] Deaf or hard of hearing
> [] Blind or partially sighted
> [] Mobility impaired (eg, paraplegia, quadriplegia, cerebral palsy, ALS,
> etc)
> [] Mental illness (eg, depression, schizophrenia, etc)
> [] Cognitive disorder (eg, dyslexia, ADD/HD, learning disability, autism,
> etc)
> [] Yes, but decline to specify
> [] Other
> [] No
> 
> Thanks everyone!
> Michelle
> Chair, IGDA Game Accessibility SIG
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>


From hinn at uiuc.edu  Sun Jul  3 11:49:21 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (hinn at uiuc.edu)
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 10:49:21 -0500
Subject: [games_access] workplace diversity question
Message-ID: <bcb28c0d.1623241c.8198a00@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>

Yeah clinical depression is considered a mental illness, 
along with bipolar depression (also called manic 
depression). 

I wondered about having "mental illness" on there but I 
think it helps people see that we aren't talking about other 
cognitive disorders. This prevents someone, say, with 
depression from putting down cognitive disorder, which would 
skew the results.

I like the wording as well and I like the "yes, but prefer 
not to specify" answer. We should maybe stay consistant then 
and use the same wording in the SIG's gamer servey. 
Hopefully with the gamer survey you are heading up, we'll 
have more people specify disability areas. It's exciting to 
have two surveys going -- the IGDA one will help give us a 
rough idea of how many people with disabilities are in the 
workplace.

Michelle

---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 11:03:18 -0400
>From: Reid Kimball <rkimball at gmail.com>  
>Subject: Re: [games_access] workplace diversity question  
>To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List 
<games_access at igda.org>
>
>Never heard of depression as a mental illness (might be 
me), but other
>than that, it didn't bother me and was easy to understand. 
We have a
>similar question on our survey and I like the wording this 
question
>has better than ours.
>
>-REid
>
>On 7/2/05, michelle hinn <hinn at uiuc.edu> wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> The IGDA is about to conduct a workplace diversity survey 
and disabilities
>> will be a part of that survey. I've run the following 
question by some
>> colleagues of mine and none of them have any issues with 
the way the
>> question is posed. Would you all take a moment and look 
over the wording of
>> this question (and the answer choices!) and let me know 
if you have any
>> re-wording suggestions and/or additional concerns? Please 
do this by July 5
>> so that we can make sure that we get our input back to 
the IGDA as soon as
>> possible. Thanks!
>> 
>> Here's the question:
>> 
>> "Have you been medically diagnosed with and/or consider 
yourself as a person
>> with a disability in ANY of the following ways? (you can 
select more than
>> one)"
>> 
>> [] Deaf or hard of hearing
>> [] Blind or partially sighted
>> [] Mobility impaired (eg, paraplegia, quadriplegia, 
cerebral palsy, ALS,
>> etc)
>> [] Mental illness (eg, depression, schizophrenia, etc)
>> [] Cognitive disorder (eg, dyslexia, ADD/HD, learning 
disability, autism,
>> etc)
>> [] Yes, but decline to specify
>> [] Other
>> [] No
>> 
>> Thanks everyone!
>> Michelle
>> Chair, IGDA Game Accessibility SIG
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>
>_______________________________________________
>games_access mailing list
>games_access at igda.org
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access


From jason at igda.org  Mon Jul  4 09:00:27 2005
From: jason at igda.org (Jason Della Rocca)
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 09:00:27 -0400
Subject: [games_access] workplace diversity question
In-Reply-To: <bcb28c0d.1623241c.8198a00@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>
References: <bcb28c0d.1623241c.8198a00@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>
Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.0.20050704085901.043b7bf8@mail.igda.org>


>I like the "yes, but prefer not to specify" answer.

On that note, is this answer option really necessary given the survey is 
anonymous? It may skew/lessen the results be giving disabled folks an "easy 
out" when no "out" is needed...

Thoughts?

Jason


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jason Della Rocca
Executive Director
International Game Developers Association

t: +1-514-426-1162
f: +1-514-426-1201
Montreal, Canada
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

http://www.igda.org/
http://www.realitypanic.com/

"Do or do not. There is no try."
- Yoda



From agdev at thechases.com  Mon Jul  4 10:49:26 2005
From: agdev at thechases.com (Tim Chase)
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 09:49:26 -0500
Subject: [games_access] workplace diversity question
In-Reply-To: <6.2.1.2.0.20050704085901.043b7bf8@mail.igda.org>
References: <bcb28c0d.1623241c.8198a00@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>
	<6.2.1.2.0.20050704085901.043b7bf8@mail.igda.org>
Message-ID: <42C94C76.5090500@thechases.com>

>> I like the "yes, but prefer not to specify" answer.
> 
> On that note, is this answer option really necessary given the
> survey is anonymous? It may skew/lessen the results be giving
> disabled folks an "easy out" when no "out" is needed...

Many folks on the web are not comfortable with vague promises 
that a survey is anonymous.  Cookies are tracked, visits are put 
in web-logs, and businesses in general have little or no regard 
for privacy.

I think the "yes, but prefer not to specify" actually makes 
strong inroads into making the survey better.  If this option is 
provided, then those that are not comfortable with giving out 
such detailed information may have a comfortable out.  Their 
alternative is to lie.  This would skew statistics even worse. 
Having an option like this allows you to put *more* faith in the 
accuracy of the other answers--that people only responded with a 
detailed answer if it applied to them *and* they were comfortable 
giving such information.  I'd say it's better to get accurate 
information that may not have 100% coverage of the survey 
participants, than to put folks in a position where they'd be 
tempted to lie and screw up the survey data.

Just my early-morning 4th of July ramblings.

-tim







From jason at igda.org  Mon Jul  4 13:03:22 2005
From: jason at igda.org (Jason Della Rocca)
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 13:03:22 -0400
Subject: [games_access] workplace diversity question
In-Reply-To: <42C94C76.5090500@thechases.com>
References: <bcb28c0d.1623241c.8198a00@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>
	<6.2.1.2.0.20050704085901.043b7bf8@mail.igda.org>
	<42C94C76.5090500@thechases.com>
Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.0.20050704130306.045b0e20@mail.igda.org>


>I think the "yes, but prefer not to specify" actually makes strong inroads

Indeed. Points well taken...

Jason


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jason Della Rocca
Executive Director
International Game Developers Association

t: +1-514-426-1162
f: +1-514-426-1201
Montreal, Canada
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

http://www.igda.org/
http://www.realitypanic.com/

"Do or do not. There is no try."
- Yoda



From hinn at uiuc.edu  Mon Jul  4 13:27:06 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (hinn at uiuc.edu)
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 12:27:06 -0500
Subject: [games_access] workplace diversity question
Message-ID: <37eef9d6.16afebe7.8227200@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>

>>I think the "yes, but prefer not to specify" actually 
makes strong inroads
>
>Indeed. Points well taken...

I agree with Tim on this -- it would be better to have this 
additional "out" for people who might be uncomfortable 
answering this question in more specific detail.

Michelle


From kikihaven at hotmail.com  Tue Jul  5 14:44:54 2005
From: kikihaven at hotmail.com (kiki haven)
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 19:44:54 +0100
Subject: [games_access] workplace diversity question
In-Reply-To: <20050702215747.B51F757197@seven.pairlist.net>
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From jason at igda.org  Wed Jul  6 21:08:32 2005
From: jason at igda.org (Jason Della Rocca)
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 21:08:32 -0400
Subject: [games_access] Fwd: Game industry demographics/diversity survey
	(win a PSP)
Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.0.20050706210824.03dfea90@mail.igda.org>

Hi all,

Here's the email that went out to announce the launch of our diversity 
survey. Adam's been really cranking on this, and we've already got 300+ 
responses. Thanks for all the input/help...

Please take the survey and pass it around to teammates and industry colleagues.

FYI, some current data appetizers: 81% whites, 11% females, 1.5% 
gay/lesbian, 6% have a cognitive disorder, 64% agree or strongly agree that 
workforce diversity is important to the industry's future success.

The final results/report should be very interesting!

Jason


>Dear IGDA member,
>
>We would like to compile demographics/diversity data on the game industry 
>workforce.
>
>In order to create an accurate picture of who we all are, we would like 
>you to fill out a short ANONYMOUS survey:
>
>http://www.igda.org/survey/?sid=6
>
>
>The survey has 18 brief questions and it should only take two minutes to 
>complete. The deadline for survey submissions is Friday, July 15.
>
>As a small token of appreciation, you will have a chance to win a Sony PSP 
>for completing the survey.
>
>Also, it would be great if you could pass along this email, or the survey 
>link, to your colleagues. The more people who take this survey, the better 
>picture we will have of the industry.
>
>
>PS: Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions regarding 
>this survey.
>
>
>Thanks!
>
>Adam Gourdin
>Research Intern, IGDA
>adam at igda.org


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jason Della Rocca
Executive Director
International Game Developers Association

t: +1-514-426-1162
f: +1-514-426-1201
Montreal, Canada
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

http://www.igda.org/
http://www.realitypanic.com/

"Do or do not. There is no try."
- Yoda



From j.chetwynd at btinternet.com  Thu Jul  7 01:45:50 2005
From: j.chetwynd at btinternet.com (Jonathan Chetwynd)
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 06:45:50 +0100
Subject: [games_access] a Profitable Web Accessibility Strategy
Message-ID: <8102B8FC-CF32-406D-A122-073D6EBFF2EA@btinternet.com>

I shall try to file a report, and wonder if anyone else from IGDA is  
attending this one day conference from the
British Standards Institute.

Much of my current accessibility briefing comes from the web.

Thursday 7th July

Delivering Significant ROI by: Defining and Developing a Profitable
Web Accessibility Strategy
brochure: http://www.bsi-global.com/Seminars/Brochures/
web_accessibility.pdf

http://www.bsi-global.com/accessibility

regards

Jonathan Chetwynd
29 Crimsworth Road
SW8 4RJ

020 7978 1764



From kjb at it.rit.edu  Thu Jul  7 09:13:27 2005
From: kjb at it.rit.edu (Kevin J. Bierre)
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 09:13:27 -0400
Subject: [games_access] Gamasutra Game Accessibility Article
Message-ID: <fc.004c519f0139d9eb004c519f0139d9eb.139d9f8@it.rit.edu>

Gamasutra posted the game accessibility article today at http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20050706/bierre_01.shtml

Kevin Bierre,  Assistant Professor                                                       (kjb at it.rit.edu)
Information Technology,  Rochester Institute of Technology                   585-475-5358
102 Lomb Memorial Drive                                                                   Bldg 70B-2637
Rochester, NY 14623




From richard at audiogames.net  Thu Jul  7 09:38:50 2005
From: richard at audiogames.net (AudioGames.net)
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 15:38:50 +0200
Subject: [games_access] Gamasutra Game Accessibility Article
References: <fc.004c519f0139d9eb004c519f0139d9eb.139d9f8@it.rit.edu>
Message-ID: <005b01c582f9$3594d0e0$29fc8418@Delletje>

GREAT article, Kevin! Thanks for mentioning AudioGames.net! I've posted the 
link on the AudioGames.net website.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin J. Bierre" <kjb at it.rit.edu>
To: <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 3:13 PM
Subject: [games_access] Gamasutra Game Accessibility Article


Gamasutra posted the game accessibility article today at 
http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20050706/bierre_01.shtml

Kevin Bierre,  Assistant Professor 
(kjb at it.rit.edu)
Information Technology,  Rochester Institute of Technology 
585-475-5358
102 Lomb Memorial Drive 
Bldg 70B-2637
Rochester, NY 14623


_______________________________________________
games_access mailing list
games_access at igda.org
http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access 



From hinn at uiuc.edu  Thu Jul  7 10:43:23 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (hinn at uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 09:43:23 -0500
Subject: [games_access] british sig members
Message-ID: <477ff5a3.182c6dc5.93b7000@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>

Hi everyone,

I'm watching the BBC news feed right now about the london 
underground bombings, feeling a little helpless in this 
world. I just wanted to pass along my sympathies to our 
British SIG members and my hope that none of you or your 
families were directly effected by the attack.

Hope for Peace,
Michelle


From hinn at uiuc.edu  Thu Jul  7 10:53:45 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (hinn at uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 09:53:45 -0500
Subject: [games_access] Gamasutra Game Accessibility
 Article
Message-ID: <6c8c18d3.182d6090.8198200@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>

Awesome!! I will link to it from the website this afternoon! 
Thanks Kevin! Great work!

Michelle

---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 09:13:27 -0400
>From: "Kevin J. Bierre" <kjb at it.rit.edu>  
>Subject: [games_access] Gamasutra Game Accessibility 
Article  
>To: games_access at igda.org
>
>Gamasutra posted the game accessibility article today at 
http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20050706/bierre_01.shtml
>
>Kevin Bierre,  Assistant 
Professor                                                    
   (kjb at it.rit.edu)
>Information Technology,  Rochester Institute of 
Technology                   585-475-5358
>102 Lomb Memorial 
Drive                                                        
           Bldg 70B-2637
>Rochester, NY 14623
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>games_access mailing list
>games_access at igda.org
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access


From hinn at uiuc.edu  Thu Jul  7 11:07:14 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (hinn at uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 10:07:14 -0500
Subject: [games_access] Gamasutra Game Accessibility
 Article
Message-ID: <9cc30322.182e9c8b.9385d00@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>

Can I just say how AWESOME each and every one of you are? 
This SIG is really such a great group! It's great to see so 
many people doing so many great things for game 
accessibility.

Michelle

---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 15:38:50 +0200
>From: "AudioGames.net" <richard at audiogames.net>  
>Subject: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra Game Accessibility 
Article  
>To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" 
<games_access at igda.org>
>
>GREAT article, Kevin! Thanks for mentioning AudioGames.net! 
I've posted the 
>link on the AudioGames.net website.
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Kevin J. Bierre" <kjb at it.rit.edu>
>To: <games_access at igda.org>
>Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 3:13 PM
>Subject: [games_access] Gamasutra Game Accessibility Article
>
>
>Gamasutra posted the game accessibility article today at 
>http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20050706/bierre_01.shtml
>
>Kevin Bierre,  Assistant Professor 
>(kjb at it.rit.edu)
>Information Technology,  Rochester Institute of Technology 
>585-475-5358
>102 Lomb Memorial Drive 
>Bldg 70B-2637
>Rochester, NY 14623
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>games_access mailing list
>games_access at igda.org
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access 
>
>_______________________________________________
>games_access mailing list
>games_access at igda.org
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access


From rkimball at gmail.com  Thu Jul  7 11:27:49 2005
From: rkimball at gmail.com (Reid Kimball)
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 10:27:49 -0500
Subject: [games_access] Gamasutra Game Accessibility Article
In-Reply-To: <9cc30322.182e9c8b.9385d00@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>
References: <9cc30322.182e9c8b.9385d00@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>
Message-ID: <a6673b8d05070708277c05256a@mail.gmail.com>

Ooooh, very nicely done. I passed it around at work (Ritual).

-Reid

On 7/7/05, hinn at uiuc.edu <hinn at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> Can I just say how AWESOME each and every one of you are?
> This SIG is really such a great group! It's great to see so
> many people doing so many great things for game
> accessibility.
> 
> Michelle
> 
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 15:38:50 +0200
> >From: "AudioGames.net" <richard at audiogames.net>
> >Subject: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra Game Accessibility
> Article
> >To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List"
> <games_access at igda.org>
> >
> >GREAT article, Kevin! Thanks for mentioning AudioGames.net!
> I've posted the
> >link on the AudioGames.net website.
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Kevin J. Bierre" <kjb at it.rit.edu>
> >To: <games_access at igda.org>
> >Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 3:13 PM
> >Subject: [games_access] Gamasutra Game Accessibility Article
> >
> >
> >Gamasutra posted the game accessibility article today at
> >http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20050706/bierre_01.shtml
> >
> >Kevin Bierre,  Assistant Professor
> >(kjb at it.rit.edu)
> >Information Technology,  Rochester Institute of Technology
> >585-475-5358
> >102 Lomb Memorial Drive
> >Bldg 70B-2637
> >Rochester, NY 14623
> >
> >
> >_______________________________________________
> >games_access mailing list
> >games_access at igda.org
> >http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
> >
> >_______________________________________________
> >games_access mailing list
> >games_access at igda.org
> >http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>


From richard at audiogames.net  Thu Jul  7 12:02:14 2005
From: richard at audiogames.net (AudioGames.net)
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 18:02:14 +0200
Subject: [games_access] Gamasutra Game Accessibility Article
References: <9cc30322.182e9c8b.9385d00@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>
	<a6673b8d05070708277c05256a@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <004a01c5830d$3e07a8b0$29fc8418@Delletje>

I would also like to direct your attention towards a link in the Resources 
Section on the AudioGames.net website (formerly knows as Articles section) 
about game adaptations between different kinds of media. The designer in 
question, Scott Kim, shares knowledge that is very useful for game 
accessibility, since in this field designer are forced to adapt specific 
game information into different media as well (sound into text, visuals into 
sound, etc.)

The article is called "Paper, Plastic or Playstation" and can be found 
through this link: http://www.audiogames.net/page.php?pagefile=articles




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Reid Kimball" <rkimball at gmail.com>
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra Game Accessibility Article


Ooooh, very nicely done. I passed it around at work (Ritual).

-Reid

On 7/7/05, hinn at uiuc.edu <hinn at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> Can I just say how AWESOME each and every one of you are?
> This SIG is really such a great group! It's great to see so
> many people doing so many great things for game
> accessibility.
>
> Michelle
>
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 15:38:50 +0200
> >From: "AudioGames.net" <richard at audiogames.net>
> >Subject: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra Game Accessibility
> Article
> >To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List"
> <games_access at igda.org>
> >
> >GREAT article, Kevin! Thanks for mentioning AudioGames.net!
> I've posted the
> >link on the AudioGames.net website.
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Kevin J. Bierre" <kjb at it.rit.edu>
> >To: <games_access at igda.org>
> >Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 3:13 PM
> >Subject: [games_access] Gamasutra Game Accessibility Article
> >
> >
> >Gamasutra posted the game accessibility article today at
> >http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20050706/bierre_01.shtml
> >
> >Kevin Bierre,  Assistant Professor
> >(kjb at it.rit.edu)
> >Information Technology,  Rochester Institute of Technology
> >585-475-5358
> >102 Lomb Memorial Drive
> >Bldg 70B-2637
> >Rochester, NY 14623
> >
> >
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From kikihaven at hotmail.com  Sun Jul 10 17:52:48 2005
From: kikihaven at hotmail.com (kiki haven)
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 22:52:48 +0100
Subject: [games_access] british sig members
In-Reply-To: <477ff5a3.182c6dc5.93b7000@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>
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From hinn at uiuc.edu  Mon Jul 11 23:58:00 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (michelle hinn)
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:58:00 -0500
Subject: [games_access] game accessibility sig meeting -- july 19th at 14:00
	ET
In-Reply-To: <004a01c5830d$3e07a8b0$29fc8418@Delletje>
Message-ID: <20050712040016.BE8B5FA24A@mailwash7.pair.com>

Hi everyone,

It seems that there are quite a number of you that cannot make tomorrow's
SIG meeting so I would like to propose that we meet on Tuesday July 19th at
14:00 ET (That's 2pm New York City time) instead. Tomorrow was going to be
pretty tight for me too actually -- Who knew July was going to be so crazy
for most of us!

Thanks,
Michelle




From rkimball at gmail.com  Tue Jul 12 00:50:07 2005
From: rkimball at gmail.com (Reid Kimball)
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:50:07 -0400
Subject: [games_access] game accessibility sig meeting -- july 19th at
	14:00 ET
In-Reply-To: <20050712040016.BE8B5FA24A@mailwash7.pair.com>
References: <004a01c5830d$3e07a8b0$29fc8418@Delletje>
	<20050712040016.BE8B5FA24A@mailwash7.pair.com>
Message-ID: <a6673b8d05071121503504a172@mail.gmail.com>

Not sure if I can make the 19th, work is killing me lately and i have
a milestone due the 20th. We'll see...

On 7/11/05, michelle hinn <hinn at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> It seems that there are quite a number of you that cannot make tomorrow's
> SIG meeting so I would like to propose that we meet on Tuesday July 19th at
> 14:00 ET (That's 2pm New York City time) instead. Tomorrow was going to be
> pretty tight for me too actually -- Who knew July was going to be so crazy
> for most of us!
> 
> Thanks,
> Michelle
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>


From thomas at pininteractive.com  Tue Jul 12 10:11:19 2005
From: thomas at pininteractive.com (Thomas Westin)
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 16:11:19 +0200
Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?[games=5Faccess]_?=
	game accessibility sig meeting -- july 19th at
	14:00=?ISO-8859-1?Q?	ET?=
In-Reply-To: <20050712040016.BE8B5FA24A@mailwash7.pair.com>
References: <20050712040016.BE8B5FA24A@mailwash7.pair.com>
Message-ID: <fc.00802e9a00affce03b9aca00a73c240c.affce1@eden.grace.se>

Hi Michelle,
OK, cool, see you next week then
/Thomas

IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org> on den
12 juli 2005 at 05:58 +0100 wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>It seems that there are quite a number of you that cannot make tomorrow's
>SIG meeting so I would like to propose that we meet on Tuesday July 19th
>at
>14:00 ET (That's 2pm New York City time) instead. Tomorrow was going to be
>pretty tight for me too actually -- Who knew July was going to be so crazy
>for most of us!
>
>Thanks,
>Michelle


Pin Interactive AB www.pininteractive.com
MSN ID:  thomas at pininteractive.com
Skype ID: thomaswestin 
Time zone: CET (GMT+1, PST+9)
____________________________________________________
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From thomas at pininteractive.com  Fri Jul 15 16:43:01 2005
From: thomas at pininteractive.com (Thomas Westin)
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 22:43:01 +0200
Subject: [games_access] Gamasutra Game Accessibility Article
In-Reply-To: <005b01c582f9$3594d0e0$29fc8418@Delletje>
References: <fc.004c519f0139d9eb004c519f0139d9eb.139d9f8@it.rit.edu> <,>
	<005b01c582f9$3594d0e0$29fc8418@Delletje>
Message-ID: <fc.00802e9a00b01dda004c519f0139d9eb.b01ddb@eden.grace.se>

Hi Kevin,
I agree, great article, fun to see our SIG exposed in a Gamasutra article,
and thanks for including Terraformers :)
Hopefully we will get some more SIG members joining after this.
/Thomas

IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org> on den 7
juli 2005 at 15:38 +0100 wrote:
>GREAT article, Kevin! Thanks for mentioning AudioGames.net! I've posted
>the 
>link on the AudioGames.net website.
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Kevin J. Bierre" <kjb at it.rit.edu>
>To: <games_access at igda.org>
>Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 3:13 PM
>Subject: [games_access] Gamasutra Game Accessibility Article
>
>
>Gamasutra posted the game accessibility article today at 
>http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20050706/bierre_01.shtml
>
>Kevin Bierre,  Assistant Professor 
>(kjb at it.rit.edu)
>Information Technology,  Rochester Institute of Technology 
>585-475-5358
>102 Lomb Memorial Drive 
>Bldg 70B-2637
>Rochester, NY 14623
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>games_access mailing list
>games_access at igda.org
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access 
>
>_______________________________________________
>games_access mailing list
>games_access at igda.org
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access



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Skype ID: thomaswestin 
Time zone: CET (GMT+1, PST+9)
____________________________________________________
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From richard at audiogames.net  Fri Jul 15 18:03:02 2005
From: richard at audiogames.net (Richard)
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 00:03:02 +0200
Subject: [games_access] Gamasutra Game Accessibility Article
References: <fc.004c519f0139d9eb004c519f0139d9eb.139d9f8@it.rit.edu> <,
	><005b01c582f9$3594d0e0$29fc8418@Delletje>
	<fc.00802e9a00b01dda004c519f0139d9eb.b01ddb@eden.grace.se>
Message-ID: <000d01c58988$f87482f0$6401a8c0@MSHOME10>

And don't forget this German language article on "Barrierefreie Spiele" 
("barrier free games") and audio games:

http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzkultur/0,1518,365217,00.html







----- Original Message ----- 
From: Thomas Westin
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra Game Accessibility Article


Hi Kevin,
I agree, great article, fun to see our SIG exposed in a Gamasutra article, 
and thanks for including Terraformers :)
Hopefully we will get some more SIG members joining after this.
/Thomas

IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org> on den 7 
juli 2005 at 15:38 +0100 wrote:
GREAT article, Kevin! Thanks for mentioning AudioGames.net! I've posted the
link on the AudioGames.net website.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin J. Bierre" <kjb at it.rit.edu>
To: <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 3:13 PM
Subject: [games_access] Gamasutra Game Accessibility Article


Gamasutra posted the game accessibility article today at
http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20050706/bierre_01.shtml

Kevin Bierre,  Assistant Professor
(kjb at it.rit.edu)
Information Technology,  Rochester Institute of Technology
585-475-5358
102 Lomb Memorial Drive
Bldg 70B-2637
Rochester, NY 14623


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Skype ID: thomaswestin
Time zone: CET (GMT+1, PST+9)
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From rkimball at gmail.com  Fri Jul 22 11:02:45 2005
From: rkimball at gmail.com (Reid Kimball)
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 10:02:45 -0500
Subject: [games_access] game accessibility sig meeting -- july 19th at
	14:00 ET
In-Reply-To: <fc.00802e9a00affce03b9aca00a73c240c.affce1@eden.grace.se>
References: <20050712040016.BE8B5FA24A@mailwash7.pair.com>
	<fc.00802e9a00affce03b9aca00a73c240c.affce1@eden.grace.se>
Message-ID: <a6673b8d050722080210c6cc2e@mail.gmail.com>

Can anyone tell me what happened in the July 19th meeting? 

-Reid

On 7/12/05, Thomas Westin <thomas at pininteractive.com> wrote:
>  Hi Michelle,
>  OK, cool, see you next week then
>  /Thomas
>  
>  IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org> on den 12
> juli 2005 at 05:58 +0100 wrote:
>  Hi everyone,
>  
>  It seems that there are quite a number of you that cannot make tomorrow's
>  SIG meeting so I would like to propose that we meet on Tuesday July 19th at
>  14:00 ET (That's 2pm New York City time) instead. Tomorrow was going to be
>  pretty tight for me too actually -- Who knew July was going to be so crazy
>  for most of us!
>  
>  Thanks,
>  Michelle
>  
>  
>  Pin Interactive AB www.pininteractive.com
>  MSN ID:  thomas at pininteractive.com
>  Skype ID: thomaswestin 
>  Time zone: CET (GMT+1, PST+9)
>  ____________________________________________________
>  Award Winning 3D Game for Blind and Sighted: www.terraformers.nu 
>  IGDA Game Accessibility SIG www.igda.org/accessibility/ 
>  
>  
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
> 
> 
>


From hinn at uiuc.edu  Mon Jul 25 22:01:59 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (michelle hinn)
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 21:01:59 -0500
Subject: [games_access] game accessibility sig meeting -- july 26th at 14:00
	ET
In-Reply-To: <a6673b8d050722080210c6cc2e@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20050726020302.DC8BFFA288@mailwash7.pair.com>

Hi everyone!

So the next SIG meeting is tomorrow (Tuesday), July 26th at 14:00 US ET. Due
to a family emergency, I will not be able to attend. So instead of
canceling, I was wondering if someone wanted to lead the meeting tomorrow?
Major issues to discuss are Reid's survey and the GDC 2006 proposal (We will
be doing a 6-hour tutorial session in addition to a roundtable session and a
"meet and greet." So we're still looking for ideas (ie, how much "hand's on"
versus how much in lecture or panel discussion format) for that session and
how to best organize the time for the tutorial session (ie, one hour for
this, 1/2 hour for that).

Please reply to the list if you would be willing to run the discussion
tomorrow, along with your MSN id so that people can find you (versus me,
like in regular meeting times). However, if no one feels comfortable talking
about the GDC, etc, that's fine too. We can just go with next Tuesday
instead. But I wanted to give people the option to meet up!

Thanks everyone!

Michelle
Chair, IGDA Game Accessibility SIG




From hinn at uiuc.edu  Tue Jul 26 11:16:20 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (michelle hinn)
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 10:16:20 -0500
Subject: [games_access] Cancelled: game accessibility sig meeting -- july
	26th at 14:00ET
In-Reply-To: <20050726020302.DC8BFFA288@mailwash7.pair.com>
Message-ID: <20050726151727.7AB9AFA233@mailwash7.pair.com>

Hi everyone,

It seems that most are either on travel or jammed at work right now so let's
go ahead and cancel the meeting today and instead aim for next Tuesday
instead.

Hope everyone is doing well!
Michelle

-----Original Message-----
From: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-bounces at igda.org]
On Behalf Of michelle hinn
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 9:02 PM
To: 'IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List'
Subject: [games_access] game accessibility sig meeting -- july 26th at
14:00ET

Hi everyone!

So the next SIG meeting is tomorrow (Tuesday), July 26th at 14:00 US ET. Due
to a family emergency, I will not be able to attend. So instead of
canceling, I was wondering if someone wanted to lead the meeting tomorrow?
Major issues to discuss are Reid's survey and the GDC 2006 proposal (We will
be doing a 6-hour tutorial session in addition to a roundtable session and a
"meet and greet." So we're still looking for ideas (ie, how much "hand's on"
versus how much in lecture or panel discussion format) for that session and
how to best organize the time for the tutorial session (ie, one hour for
this, 1/2 hour for that).

Please reply to the list if you would be willing to run the discussion
tomorrow, along with your MSN id so that people can find you (versus me,
like in regular meeting times). However, if no one feels comfortable talking
about the GDC, etc, that's fine too. We can just go with next Tuesday
instead. But I wanted to give people the option to meet up!

Thanks everyone!

Michelle
Chair, IGDA Game Accessibility SIG


_______________________________________________
games_access mailing list
games_access at igda.org
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From hinn at uiuc.edu  Wed Jul 27 23:10:35 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (hinn at uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 22:10:35 -0500
Subject: [games_access] Article: "Blind Teen Amazes with Video-Game Skills"
Message-ID: <92220d9.22bd7811.8531700@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>

Hi everyone --

This just came across the AP newswire:

http://www.salon.com/wire/ap/archive.html?wire=D8BJVNJ81.html

Blind Teen Amazes With Video-Game Skills

- - - - - - - - - - - -

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press Writer

July 27,2005 | LINCOLN, Neb. -- Brice Mellen is a whiz at 
video games such as "Mortal Kombat."

In that regard, the 17-year-old isn't much different from so 
many others his age.

Except for one thing: He's blind.

And as he easily dispatched foes who took him on recently at 
a Lincoln gaming center, the affable and smiling Mellen 
remained humble.


"I can't say that I'm a superpro," he said, working the 
controller like an extension of his body. "I can be beat."

Those bold enough to challenge him weren't so lucky. One by 
one, while playing "Soul Caliber 2," their video characters 
were decapitated, eviscerated and gutted without mercy by 
Mellen's on-screen alter ego.

"I'm getting bored," Mellen said in jest as he won game 
after game.


Blind since birth when his optic nerve didn't connect 
because of Leber's disease, Mellen honed his video game 
skills over the years through patient and not-so-patient 
playing, memorizing key joystick operations and moves in 
certain games, asking lots of questions and paying 
particular attention to audio cues. He worked his way up 
from games such as "Space Invaders" and "Asteroid," onto the 
modern combat games.

"I guess I don't know how I do it, really," Mellen said, as 
he continued playing while facing away from the 
screen. "It's beyond me."

Mellen knows this much: He started playing at home when he 
was about 7.

"He enjoyed trying to play, but he wasn't very good at 
first," said his father, Larry Mellen. "But he just kept on 
trying. ... He's broken a lot of controllers."

When the question of broken controllers comes up, Mellen 
flashes a smile and just shrugs.

"I used to have quite a temper," he said. "Me and 
controllers didn't get along very well."

Now they get along just fine.

While playing "Soul Caliber 2," Mellen worked his way 
through the introductory screens with ease, knowing exactly 
what to click to start the game he wanted.

He rarely asked for help. Once the game started he didn't 
need any help.

"How do I move?" an exasperated opponent, Ryan O'Banion, 
asked during a battle in which his character is frozen in 
place.

"You can't," Mellen answered before finishing him off.

"That's what happens. It's why I don't play him," O'Banion 
said after his blood-spattered character's corpse vanishes 
from the screen.

How Mellen became so good is a mystery to his father.

"He just sat there and he tried and tried until he got it 
right," Larry Mellen said. "He didn't ever complain to me or 
anyone about how hard it was."

Mellen hangs out any chance he gets at the DogTags Gaming 
Center in Lincoln, which opened last month. Every now and 
then someone will come in and think he can easily beat the 
blind kid.

That attitude doesn't faze Mellen.

"I'll challenge them, maybe. If I feel like a challenge," he 
said, displaying an infectious confidence. "I freak people 
out by playing facing backwards."

There's nothing he likes better than playing video games, 
Mellen said.

He will be a senior in high school next year. After 
graduation, he plans to take a year off because he wants a 
break from school.

When he does go to college, Mellen wants to study -- what 
else? -- video-game design.


From jason at igda.org  Thu Jul 28 08:31:24 2005
From: jason at igda.org (Jason Della Rocca)
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 08:31:24 -0400
Subject: [games_access] Blind Teen Gamer Obliterates Foes 
In-Reply-To: <20050726160011.D29155727B@seven.pairlist.net>
References: <20050726160011.D29155727B@seven.pairlist.net>
Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.0.20050728083047.02800e18@mail.igda.org>

Fun article making the rounds:

"Blind Teen Gamer Obliterates Foes"
http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,68333,00.html?tw=rss.CUL


Jason

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jason Della Rocca
Executive Director
International Game Developers Association

t: +1-514-426-1162
f: +1-514-426-1201
Montreal, Canada
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

http://www.igda.org/
http://www.realitypanic.com/

"Do or do not. There is no try."
- Yoda



From rkimball at gmail.com  Fri Jul 29 11:35:19 2005
From: rkimball at gmail.com (Reid Kimball)
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:35:19 -0500
Subject: [games_access] GDC presentations
Message-ID: <a6673b8d050729083543fff2e9@mail.gmail.com>

What are we doing for GDC again?

I'm considering submitting a proposal to GDC to give a talk about
closed captioning in games. It would be an educational session titled
something like, "Why Deaf Gamers Hate Your Games" or something to
catch a developers eye. I would use examples from countless games to
illustrate why closed captioning is needed and how it can work in
future games.

Should I do this kind of presentation on my own or would I have the
chance to do one within our special sessions?

-Reid


From hinn at uiuc.edu  Fri Jul 29 11:50:00 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (hinn at uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:50:00 -0500
Subject: [games_access] GDC presentations
Message-ID: <c2968724.2386d31c.8279e00@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>

Hey Reid -- it'd be great if you'd do this as part of the 
sig tutorial. It's a six hour session so one big chunk of it 
will be on games for the hearing impaired which we were 
thinking at the last meeting that you would do this part of 
the tutorial.

We already have the guarantee from the IGDA that we will get 
this session plus maybe an additional roundtable.

Michelle

---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:35:19 -0500
>From: Reid Kimball <rkimball at gmail.com>  
>Subject: [games_access] GDC presentations  
>To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List 
<games_access at igda.org>
>
>What are we doing for GDC again?
>
>I'm considering submitting a proposal to GDC to give a talk 
about
>closed captioning in games. It would be an educational 
session titled
>something like, "Why Deaf Gamers Hate Your Games" or 
something to
>catch a developers eye. I would use examples from countless 
games to
>illustrate why closed captioning is needed and how it can 
work in
>future games.
>
>Should I do this kind of presentation on my own or would I 
have the
>chance to do one within our special sessions?
>
>-Reid
>_______________________________________________
>games_access mailing list
>games_access at igda.org
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access