[games_access] FuturePlay: Congrats to "Game Over" and Dimitris (and team!)

[Thomas Westin]

Yes a big CONGRATULATION to you Dimitris and your team!

/thomas

17 nov 2007 kl. 04.01 skrev <hinn at uiuc.edu> <hinn at uiuc.edu>:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm excited to announce that "Game Over" won the people's choice  
> award at "Play Arcadia," which was the Montreal portion of the game  
> competition that was held again here at FuturePlay in Toronto.
>
> GameOver: http://www.ics.forth.gr/hci/ua-games/game-over/
>
> Play Arcadia: http://www.playarcadia.com
>
> FuturePlay Competition: http://www.futureplay.org/games.php (please  
> note that there is blinking text on this page :( )
>
> So along with the funding announcement and now finding out that  
> Dimitris' (and crew) game won one of the people's choice awards,  
> this has been a GREAT day for accessibility!
>
> And as I was coming back to my hotel room I was thinking "what a  
> great conference this has been!" I will write more later when I've  
> had a chance to rest a bit and hopefully Kevin will be able to  
> share his experiences with us as well on the list. But in summary  
> we've made so many new friends of accessibility. Between this and E  
> for All, we've seen amazing list growth and each and every person  
> that learns about us IS a win. Sure, smaller conferences may  
> frustrate us from time to time but we cannot forget that sometimes  
> this is exactly how we attract people who will put game  
> accessibility into their course work, tell others about it, share  
> with a friend or a relative with a disability. Sometimes it's the  
> one-on-one time we spend that results in impact that can be just as  
> exciting and rewarding as speaking to a crowded room. Seeing  
> someone walk away from talking about accessibility excited,  
> offering help, and then joining the list...well that's just really,  
> really cool.
>
> But again...CONGRATS to Dimitris and his team for the award for  
> Game Over! I was proud to accept the award on their behalf (and  
> Dimitris -- I need your mailing address to mail you the award  
> certificate!).
>
> Michelle
> .......................................
> 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"
> .......................................
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