[games_access] to Michelle [SPAM]Re: NPR show on accessibility tomorrow

[d. michelle hinn]

hi robert,

here's the link to the npr story:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6669943

it's about games for the blind -- the "left behind" story is actually 
about a series of games based on the christian book series called 
"left behind."

yes, i think i've said this a couple times but meeting at your hotel 
for planning for accessibility idol will be fine and it sounds fun 
too! :)

and yes, i am working on the guidelines and we will have a meeting 
next week -- i'm travelling this week. really the main thing that the 
contestants need to know and already know is that their designs have 
to be fun and playable and designed assuming a gamer who is 
quadriplegic will be in the market share. they won't create games -- 
they don't do that in the other game challenges either because they 
are busy people. but they will be presenting their design documents 
at the session. and we don't want to tell them too much because (1) 
we want them to make errors and (2) we don't want to stifle their 
creativity, as they may come up with a fantastic design that's beyond 
what any of us have come up with!

yes, david perry probably won't be at GDC this year -- that's why he 
couldn't be on the accessibility idol team. but he wants to be on it 
next year.

the gdc has not yet given us the times and dates for the sessions so 
i can't give you any idea about when/where to pass out fliers. also, 
i will be announcing the other sessions in every session -- very, 
very briefly but just to let them know. we'll have your documentary 
playing in the background of the SIG meet and greet session. but it 
hasn't been scheduled yet so thus we have no way of knowing when it 
will be held. there's nothing to be done about that -- they have a 
lot of sessions to fit into the schedule. keep in mind that we can 
show the documentary during the meet and greet informal session but i 
am contractually obligated to keep things focused on getting people 
information about the SIG. so we'll run the documentary but it will 
be in an open area where people might just stop by really quickly to 
get info about us but not have time to stay.

michelle

>I'm trying to get it on in the archive link I'm assuming it's the 
>one on gamers left behind December 24?  I really hope I can open it 
>having some trouble some with RealPlayer not sure why.
>I also have a question Michelle I am arriving on the third kind of 
>asked a couple of times about this before for GDC this year will be 
>our planet and so I really think we should meet at my hotel I have 
>the upgraded level catered all day.  Pretty cool.  Everyone else 
>would need a pass but that's where my room is passed to get up on 
>that level.  Only if your rooms on that level.
>
>Do we have our guidelines or contestants developers to create 
>accessible games to follow it does not seems like we've done that 
>yet I think we should schedule something to get that done? 
>
>On another note my documentary is almost halfway finished can you 
>let me know where it might be possible we could work together to 
>solicit people to come to it perhaps advertising at our accessible 
>idol or handing out pamphlets but I need a location and daytime.  I 
>heard from David Perry He wants me to send him a copy of it but he 
>won't be there he might show up one of the days but I don't know 
>where he's on a conference in San Jose the same time called TED. 
>Merry Christmas.
>
>Robert
><http://www.robertflorio.com/>www.RobertFlorio.com
>
>From: games_access-bounces at igda.org 
>[mailto:games_access-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Westin
>Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 2:15 PM
>To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
>Subject: [SPAM]Re: [games_access] NPR show on accessibility tomorrow
>
>Great!
>
>/thomas
>
>IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org> writes:
>Hey everyone
>
>
>In case you are listening to NPR tomorrow (Sunday) morning, there's 
>a story that I was interviewed for (with others) on Game 
>Accessibility for Gamers with Disabilities.
>
>It airs on the Weekend Edition Sunday and if you are in the US, it 
>should be on during the second hour of their 8-10/11am show (most of 
>the NPR stations follow this in their own time zone). So she said it 
>should be on around 9:20 AM in the US (9:20 am in your time zone, 
>not eastern time or anything like that). :)
>
>It'll be archived here:
>
><http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=10>http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=10 (hopefully 
>with subtitles...if not, I'll get on the case!!!)
>
>If you are outside of NPR range -- they also have a check system for 
>seeing if/when/where it airs in your area (it airs in a few non-US 
>locations but usually it airs later).
>
>
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