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

d. michelle hinn hinn at uiuc.edu
Fri Dec 29 22:33:45 EST 2006 

No, the meet and greet was the morning session where we had coffee at 
around 9 or 10am on the last day -- I don't know if it will be in the 
morning or the afternoon yet this year. It's not the IGDA members 
party -- that's a completely different event. This will be more quiet 
but centrally located so that if people stop by they can catch part 
of the documentary.  You might want to consider having a short 
"trailer" for your documentary that could loop continuously -- that 
way people could get a quick idea of what it is about who might only 
be able to be at the meet and greet for a few moments. I was just 
thinking that it would be good to at least let people know that it's 
out there so they can contact you to see the rest at another time or 
such.

Michelle

>Thank you for getting back to me on this sorry if I missed your 
>other replies about the same subject truly.  I've been having 
>problems with my e-mail Outlook express office hiding things and 
>then having to find them again.
>
>That's great information I'll check out the story you're in.
>
>About the documentary the meet and greet are you saying it is the 
>same meet and greet for all of the new members like last year's 
>first party we went to the director Jason LaRocca was talking at or 
>our special interest group meet and greet?  That sounds wonderful 
>how did you arrange that that's really cool.  Thank you.  Do you 
>think people will be able to hear it is customarily music going 
>along with my narrative and some related information you'll even get 
>to see that speech I gave at the Baltimore games for health 
>convention the good parts of it.  I think I sent you my outline 
>before I don't have anything I can send you to see how it is coming 
>along right now the file is going to be huge to e-mail but if you 
>need that format again I can e-mail it to so you can see the exact 
>format it's going to look like my outline.
>
>It does sound cool my hotel room level I'm glad you're up to that. 
>I really would like to be at that meeting also next week you're 
>planning.
>
>I think it might be great if we put together a cell phone and hotel 
>list so we all know where to contact each other.
>
>I hope you had a great holiday and a great new year.  Myself  it 
>wasn't too bad I am looking forward to a much healthier year.
>
>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 d. michelle hinn
>Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 11:35 AM
>To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
>Subject: [SPAM]Re: [games_access] to Michelle [SPAM]Re: NPR show on 
>accessibility tomorrow
>
>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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