[games_access] Gamers Petition for Colorblind Patch in MW2 (Michelle mentions QA)

[D. Michelle Hinn]

I think the fact that it's not so much the petition as the negative  
media that they are getting from multiple sources, including  
AbleGamers, that is going to make the difference. The IGDA's Advocacy  
team has also been trying to hunt them down. It's going to look worse  
and worse if they don't respond to any of the continued inquiries  
from all of these sources.

Michelle

On Dec 17, 2009, at 6:12 PM, Steven Spohn wrote:

> AbleGamers also ran this story from one of our writers.  http:// 
> www.ablegamers.com/game-news/infinity-ward-marginalize-another- 
> group-of-gamers.html - in fact, one of our members has been posting  
> the link to the petition for over a week. And although many of us  
> have signed the petition, as you can see from the comments and in  
> the forums, most disabled gamers feel that petitions are not the  
> best use of time.  Developers are very used to these petitions and  
> are often completely ignored because of the misuse this type of  
> media has endured. Take for example, one of the petitions we ran a  
> story on was where 3000 people who were protesting Diablo three  
> adding rainbows... we spoke to the creators of Diablo three  
> Blizzard entertainment and they point-blank said that they were  
> aware of this one and that they ignore petitions.
>
>
>
> Having said that, modern warfare 2 is definitely ignoring multiple  
> accessibility factors and we will definitely be speaking to them.
>
>
>
> Steve Spohn
>
> Associate Editor
>
> www.AbleGamers.com
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>
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>
> From: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access- 
> bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Sheri Rubin
> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 5:53 PM
> To: games_access at igda.org; qa at igda.org
> Subject: [games_access] Gamers Petition for Colorblind Patch in MW2  
> (Michelle mentions QA)
>
>
>
> http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2009/12/15/news-Gamers- 
> Petition-For-Colorblind-Patch-In-Modern-Warfare-2.aspx
>
> "In the realm of accessibility and video games, colorblindness is  
> considered one of the easier visual disabilities to compensate for.  
> Considering the high percentage of males that are affected by some  
> degree of color blindness, it may then seem odd that the condition  
> is overlooked in game design as often as it is. But colorblind  
> individuals are starting to make their voices heard, most recently  
> in a petition to patch Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2."
>
> Sheri
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