[games_access] hotel reservations GDC 2007

[d. michelle hinn]

>  > it's gotta be mainstream but also provide something that focuses on
>disability as a strength...
>
>Sorry - I'm haven't had a chance to learn about the accessibility-idol
>project. But just a couple of ideas that maybe can help the contestants in
>their first steps:

Thanks Amit! So the competition will be live at GDC in March and we 
have 5 very seasoned industry veterans (We have coverages from Ultima 
to the Madden game series) who have accepted the challenge to make a 
mainstream game accessible for gamers with mobility disabilities. So 
it's not a project in as much a "reality show" style session to 
hopefully pack people in to see what the famous people are doing 
messing about with accessibility! So basically what they need from us 
is information on how a gamer who is quadriplegic plays games and 
then it's up to them to design something awesome. They'll just be 
presenting designs rather than finished projects (too little time and 
they are very busy people) but it will be a game show/reality show 
presentation where one of them will be named....

The Accessibility Idol

:)

The GDC site for the session is at:
https://www.cmpevents.com/GD07/a.asp?option=C&V=11&SessID=3887

We're hoping this will bring a lot of attention to the issue of game 
accessibility for mainstream games.

Michelle
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