[games_access] Bay Area Gamers with Disabilities

[hinn at uiuc.edu]

Yes -- actually Robert I gave them your contact info and they have already indicated to me that they'd like to interview you so I'm setting up times for all of us to meet up. They are casting a wide net so they are also looking for some locals to the Bay Area who might be gamers with disabilities.

So on the 4th (Sunday) and the 5th (Monday) expect to be doing a lot of press interviews, everyone!

On Sunday, Robert -- can we use that special level at your hotel? I'm asking Jason if IGDA can pick up the tab for the guests and I'm also going to call the hotel and ask them if they could cut us a break on the cost for at least one day if we promise not to eat or something. ;)

Michelle

---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:03:32 -0500
>From: "Robert Florio" <arthit73 at cablespeed.com>  
>Subject: Re: [games_access] Bay Area Gamers with Disabilities  
>To: "'IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List'" <games_access at igda.org>
>
>I'd like to contact them anyway I've got a lot of experience with television
>interviews.  I don't really know anyone with disabilities who plays games in
>California.  Other places around the country but I don't think California.
>Would it be okay if I contacted them to see if they could use me I could
>actually play the controller QuadController set up at one of our arcades to
>demonstrate?  That would be a huge launching ground for all of us.  Who
>knows when I get my documentary complete I could even give it to them they
>might be the perfect people.  Thank you so much for sharing this with us.
>
>I still can't get it to render though a friend of mine from the workforce
>technology Center in Baltimore who's paying for my education is coming over
>tomorrow to troubleshoot.  While I have left to do is do the voice over and
>that I'm complete.  It is one hour and 25 minutes long.  Don't worry I was
>short but all good stuff Do we keep energetic keep attention I've got
>experience with that it's all fun.
>
>Robert
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-bounces at igda.org]
>On Behalf Of hinn at uiuc.edu
>Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 3:44 PM
>To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
>Subject: [games_access] Bay Area Gamers with Disabilities
>
>Hi everyone,
>
>I've received a request to forward this to the list:
>
>TV Producers from KQED, the PBS station in San Francisco, are looking for
>Bay Area gamers (designers, developers and plain enthusiasts) with
>disabilities for a segment they are doing on video game accessibility. The
>segment will air on their new, weekly-airing science/environment/technology
>series, "Quest". The Quest production crew will be filming at the Game
>Developers Conference in San Francisco from March 5th thru March 9th, so a
>response at your earliest convenience would be greatly appreciated. Please
>contact KQED Associate Producer Sheraz Sadiq at 415-553-2856 or
>ssadiq(at)kqed.org to find out more about the project and share your story.
>
>The producers have been working with me on getting access to our GDC
>sessions and talking with members who are going to be at GDC but the
>producers are also interested in talking with gamers with disabilities in
>the San Francisco, California area who are not going to GDC.
>
>Michelle
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these are mediocre times and people are 
losing hope. it's hard for many people 
to believe that there are extraordinary 
things inside themselves, as well as 
others. i hope you can keep an open 
mind.
 -- "unbreakable"
.......................................