[games_access] Accessibility 4 Gamers website

[Thomas Westin]

yeah it's sad when people rip volunteer work and claim it's theirs. If  
it's unintentional and corrected that's fine

/Thomas

On 10 mar 2008, at 01.50, d. michelle hinn wrote:

> Cool about GA.com, Richard -- thanks for the update!
>
> I emailed the Accessibility4Gamers admin to ask if he/she would add  
> in something to the article text that makes it more obvious that it  
> is directly from a source separate from the site. Hopefully they  
> will be cool with that so that GA.com get's properly cited/quoted.  
> It's Richard and Sander's text -- not mine. Like I said, it bugs me  
> when I see things like that -- even if it's not my material. :)
>
> Michelle
> Justice League for the Protection of Text Everywhere ;)
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Working on GA.com - unfortunately it is indeed floating somewhere  
>> towards neverneverland but some possibly interesting developments  
>> have arisen on the horizon... more news later when I know more...
>>
>> And for those on LinkedIn: I recently created a Linked In group to  
>> create a network of people interested in game accessibility. Check  
>> out my profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardvantol and view my  
>> groups, then click to join.
>>
>> Greets,
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "d. michelle hinn" <hinn at uiuc.edu>
>> To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org 
>> >
>> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 2:00 AM
>> Subject: Re: [games_access] Accessibility 4 Gamers website
>>
>>> One quick thing (albeit not a tiny concern): Note how their main  
>>> disability content is taken from game-accessibility.com...WITHOUT  
>>> QUOTES -- at least they linked to the source but they don't make  
>>> it very evident that it is not their content to someone who might  
>>> not know any better.
>>>
>>> Sorry...whether they meant to do that or not, improper citations  
>>> really get under my skin! The SIG Whitepaper is an example of  
>>> something that's been wholesale taken and put out there under a  
>>> different organization's name so things like this bug me. Reid --  
>>> any idea who is running this site so that we can ask them to quote  
>>> these things better? Also, a lot of their links take me to some  
>>> "illegal activity" message (ie, the links in the bottom right hand  
>>> of the page). Not sure if anyone else is getting that --  probably  
>>> just a bug in their system.
>>>
>>> Of course with game-accessibility.com floating out there for the  
>>> time being...we really need to figure out what needs to be done so  
>>> that it's not just sitting there getting moldy. Richard? Any news  
>>> on that? Let me know if there's someone I should be emailing about  
>>> it!
>>>
>>> Michelle
>>>
>>>> http://www.accessibility4gamers.com/
>>>>
>>>> Just got this link from a friend. Looks like they are just starting
>>>> up. Very similar to AbleGamers.com
>>>>
>>>> "Accessibility 4 Gamers is a website designed to inform gamers with
>>>> disabilities about the availability of accessible games, software  
>>>> and
>>>> equipment out there to help make gaming easier and have an equal  
>>>> play
>>>> for online gaming."
>>>>
>>>> -Reid
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