From inrnette at aol.com  Fri Jan  1 01:53:48 2010
From: inrnette at aol.com (John Morgan)
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 06:53:48 +0000
Subject: [games_access] Happy New Year!
Message-ID: <878990926-1262325498-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-318947414-@bda241.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>

Happy New Year!
------Original Message------
From: D. Michelle Hinn
Sender: games_access-bounces at igda.org
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
ReplyTo: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
Subject: [games_access] Happy New Year!
Sent: Dec 31, 2009 3:27 PM

Hi all,

I wanted to wish everyone on this list a happy new year! I'm looking  
forward to a fruitful year for the group and am excited about all the  
possibilities that 2010 presents us, professionally and personally.

Best wishes!
Michelle
Chair, IGDA Game Accessibility SIG
_______________________________________________
games_access mailing list
games_access at igda.org
http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access


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From hinn at uiuc.edu  Fri Jan  1 02:09:57 2010
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (D. Michelle Hinn)
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 01:09:57 -0600
Subject: [games_access] Happy New Year!
In-Reply-To: <878990926-1262325498-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-318947414-@bda241.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>
References: <878990926-1262325498-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-318947414-@bda241.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>
Message-ID: <74C41555-008F-4BCB-8534-1448DA84F90C@uiuc.edu>

Thanks Jeanette!

BTW, your email addy has been showing up as John Morgan for some  
reason. Just thought I'd let ya know! :)

Michelle

On Jan 1, 2010, at 12:53 AM, John Morgan wrote:

> Happy New Year!
> ------Original Message------
> From: D. Michelle Hinn
> Sender: games_access-bounces at igda.org
> To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
> ReplyTo: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
> Subject: [games_access] Happy New Year!
> Sent: Dec 31, 2009 3:27 PM
>
> Hi all,
>
> I wanted to wish everyone on this list a happy new year! I'm looking
> forward to a fruitful year for the group and am excited about all the
> possibilities that 2010 presents us, professionally and personally.
>
> Best wishes!
> Michelle
> Chair, IGDA Game Accessibility SIG
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>
>
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From inrnette at aol.com  Fri Jan  1 03:25:54 2010
From: inrnette at aol.com (John Morgan)
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 08:25:54 +0000
Subject: [games_access] Happy New Year!
In-Reply-To: <74C41555-008F-4BCB-8534-1448DA84F90C@uiuc.edu>
References: <878990926-1262325498-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-318947414-@bda241.bisx.prod.on.blackberry><74C41555-008F-4BCB-8534-1448DA84F90C@uiuc.edu>
Message-ID: <910388764-1262331025-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-237287388-@bda241.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>

My son works for 
T Mobile and I get his hand me down phones! It's the only way I can keep up technology wise!
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

-----Original Message-----
From: "D. Michelle Hinn" <hinn at uiuc.edu>
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 01:09:57 
To: <inrnette at aol.com>; IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List<games_access at igda.org>
Subject: Re: [games_access] Happy New Year!

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From thomas at pininteractive.com  Fri Jan  1 05:32:44 2010
From: thomas at pininteractive.com (Thomas Westin)
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 11:32:44 +0100
Subject: [games_access] First call: GA-SIG DVD 2010
Message-ID: <41318193-E0F0-4750-8BDE-1D432A0C320A@pininteractive.com>

Hi all,

As always Pin Interactive will produce a IGDA GA-SIG DVD to hand-out at GDC in San Francisco

If you like to add _new_ files to the DVD just let me know and I will send you the upload info

Deadline for submission is February 1, so I have time to make the copies etc.

Happy New Year!
Thomas

Pin Interactive
www.pininteractive.com

From j.chetwynd at btinternet.com  Fri Jan  1 07:49:29 2010
From: j.chetwynd at btinternet.com (=?UTF-8?B?In46Jycg44GC44KK44GM44Go44GG44GU44GW44GE44G+44GX44Gf?= =?UTF-8?B?Ig==?=)
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 12:49:29 +0000
Subject: [games_access] First call: GA-SIG DVD 2010
In-Reply-To: <41318193-E0F0-4750-8BDE-1D432A0C320A@pininteractive.com>
References: <41318193-E0F0-4750-8BDE-1D432A0C320A@pininteractive.com>
Message-ID: <501603C7-BCD3-476D-A7EC-3EE6909ACBFE@btinternet.com>

are any white papers or other written works in the pipeline?

I'm researching and writing one chapter for a book to be published in  
2010.
deadline 31/01

so am interested to know, both of current research, and whether there  
will be any on the DVD

best

Jonathan Chetwynd

On 1 Jan 2010, at 10:32, Thomas Westin wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> As always Pin Interactive will produce a IGDA GA-SIG DVD to hand-out  
> at GDC in San Francisco
>
> If you like to add _new_ files to the DVD just let me know and I  
> will send you the upload info
>
> Deadline for submission is February 1, so I have time to make the  
> copies etc.
>
> Happy New Year!
> Thomas
>
> Pin Interactive
> www.pininteractive.com
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access



From oneswitch at googlemail.com  Fri Jan  1 09:48:03 2010
From: oneswitch at googlemail.com (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 14:48:03 -0000
Subject: [games_access] First call: GA-SIG DVD 2010
In-Reply-To: <41318193-E0F0-4750-8BDE-1D432A0C320A@pininteractive.com>
References: <41318193-E0F0-4750-8BDE-1D432A0C320A@pininteractive.com>
Message-ID: <E8FAAA62AEBB49B89FF750D5D1205B27@OneSwitchPC>

Happy new year too, all. Here's to the new decade and more positive change.

Barrie
 


From hinn at uiuc.edu  Fri Jan  1 13:21:28 2010
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (D. Michelle Hinn)
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 12:21:28 -0600
Subject: [games_access] First call: GA-SIG DVD 2010
In-Reply-To: <41318193-E0F0-4750-8BDE-1D432A0C320A@pininteractive.com>
References: <41318193-E0F0-4750-8BDE-1D432A0C320A@pininteractive.com>
Message-ID: <11C99AD6-33D5-422F-942D-95699CC9BB57@uiuc.edu>

Thanks, Thomas, for doing this as usual! :) Let me know off list what  
you need from me and/or if you are attending this year so we can  
figure out the logistics!

Michelle

On Jan 1, 2010, at 4:32 AM, Thomas Westin wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> As always Pin Interactive will produce a IGDA GA-SIG DVD to hand- 
> out at GDC in San Francisco
>
> If you like to add _new_ files to the DVD just let me know and I  
> will send you the upload info
>
> Deadline for submission is February 1, so I have time to make the  
> copies etc.
>
> Happy New Year!
> Thomas
>
> Pin Interactive
> www.pininteractive.com
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access



From hinn at uiuc.edu  Fri Jan  1 13:23:52 2010
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (D. Michelle Hinn)
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 12:23:52 -0600
Subject: [games_access] First call: GA-SIG DVD 2010
In-Reply-To: <501603C7-BCD3-476D-A7EC-3EE6909ACBFE@btinternet.com>
References: <41318193-E0F0-4750-8BDE-1D432A0C320A@pininteractive.com>
	<501603C7-BCD3-476D-A7EC-3EE6909ACBFE@btinternet.com>
Message-ID: <CC17E3A7-A547-4866-947C-4CAAAAA119EC@uiuc.edu>

There are but it's up to the publishers to "release" them in time to  
make them available for the DVD.

Happy New Year!
Michelle

On Jan 1, 2010, at 6:49 AM, ~:'' ???????????  
wrote:

> are any white papers or other written works in the pipeline?
>
> I'm researching and writing one chapter for a book to be published  
> in 2010.
> deadline 31/01
>
> so am interested to know, both of current research, and whether  
> there will be any on the DVD
>
> best
>
> Jonathan Chetwynd
>
> On 1 Jan 2010, at 10:32, Thomas Westin wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> As always Pin Interactive will produce a IGDA GA-SIG DVD to hand- 
>> out at GDC in San Francisco
>>
>> If you like to add _new_ files to the DVD just let me know and I  
>> will send you the upload info
>>
>> Deadline for submission is February 1, so I have time to make the  
>> copies etc.
>>
>> Happy New Year!
>> Thomas
>>
>> Pin Interactive
>> www.pininteractive.com
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access



From thomas at pininteractive.com  Fri Jan  1 16:42:20 2010
From: thomas at pininteractive.com (thomas at pininteractive.com)
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:42:20 +0100
Subject: [games_access] 3d bio printer
Message-ID: <783355DB-0E9D-46C5-B852-2CE362B21333@pininteractive.com>

this may potentially have some impact on accessibility ...in a not too distant future it seems, real tissue is printed on demand. Kind of blurs the line between game health packs and health care.

<http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/31/invetech-3d-bio-printer-is-ready-for-production-promises-tissu/>http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/31/invetech-3d-bio-printer-is-ready-for-production-promises-tissu/

Kind regards,
Thomas

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From steve at ablegamers.com  Fri Jan  1 17:51:57 2010
From: steve at ablegamers.com (Steven Spohn)
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 17:51:57 -0500
Subject: [games_access] 3d bio printer
In-Reply-To: <783355DB-0E9D-46C5-B852-2CE362B21333@pininteractive.com>
References: <783355DB-0E9D-46C5-B852-2CE362B21333@pininteractive.com>
Message-ID: <003401ca8b35$06489cb0$12d9d610$@com>

I particularly like the menacing red button

 

Steve Spohn

Associate Editor

www.AbleGamers.com

 

 

From: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of thomas at pininteractive.com
Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 4:42 PM
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
Subject: [games_access] 3d bio printer

 

this may potentially have some impact on accessibility ...in a not too distant future it seems, real tissue is printed on demand. Kind of blurs the line between game health packs and health care.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/31/invetech-3d-bio-printer-is-ready-for-production-promises-tissu/

Kind regards,
Thomas

(Sent from my mobile)

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From hinn at uiuc.edu  Fri Jan  1 18:34:32 2010
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (D. Michelle Hinn)
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 17:34:32 -0600
Subject: [games_access] Invetech 3D bio-printer is ready for production,
	promises 'tissue on demand' -- Engadget
References: <mailman.173.1262381583.79486.games_access@igda.org>
Message-ID: <599DD23C-A71F-4F60-95C1-0E6190A391FF@uiuc.edu>

Forwarded from Thomas -- got caught in spam filter. Good thing I  
check the SIG filter a few times a day! :)

From: Thomas Westin <thomasw at dsv.su.se>
Date: January 1, 2010 3:32:53 PM CST
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
Subject: Invetech 3D bio-printer is ready for production, promises  
'tissue on demand' -- Engadget


this may potentially have some impact on accessibility ...in a not  
too distant future it seems, real tissue is printed on demand. Kind  
of blurs the line between game health packs and health care.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/31/invetech-3d-bio-printer-is-ready- 
for-production-promises-tissu/

Kind regards,
Thomas

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From hinn at uiuc.edu  Fri Jan  1 18:41:25 2010
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (D. Michelle Hinn)
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 17:41:25 -0600
Subject: [games_access] 3d bio printer
In-Reply-To: <003401ca8b35$06489cb0$12d9d610$@com>
References: <783355DB-0E9D-46C5-B852-2CE362B21333@pininteractive.com>
	<003401ca8b35$06489cb0$12d9d610$@com>
Message-ID: <8A8DD15F-6A7F-4A04-AA86-2F8E44906FD4@uiuc.edu>

At first glance I thought it was the EASY button at Staples for the  
scientists not ready to commit to all those pesky steps. ;)

Michelle

On Jan 1, 2010, at 4:51 PM, Steven Spohn wrote:

> I particularly like the menacing red button
>
>
>
> Steve Spohn
>
> Associate Editor
>
> www.AbleGamers.com
>
>
>
>
>
> From: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access- 
> bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of thomas at pininteractive.com
> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 4:42 PM
> To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
> Subject: [games_access] 3d bio printer
>
>
>
> this may potentially have some impact on accessibility ...in a not  
> too distant future it seems, real tissue is printed on demand. Kind  
> of blurs the line between game health packs and health care.
>
> http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/31/invetech-3d-bio-printer-is-ready- 
> for-production-promises-tissu/
>
> Kind regards,
> Thomas
>
> (Sent from my mobile)
>
> No virus found in this incoming message.
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From bryehn at gmail.com  Sat Jan  2 08:51:47 2010
From: bryehn at gmail.com (Brian Papineau)
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 08:51:47 -0500
Subject: [games_access] Microsoft Patents Muscle-Based Computer Control
	Scheme
Message-ID: <cb8c8d31001020551ybdbf033t8338581426eb3b57@mail.gmail.com>

http://mashable.com/2010/01/01/muscle-control-scheme/

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1agrUM4KYs

Looks very interesting!

Brian J. Papineau

Editor > Administrator
Game Forward
http://gamefwd.org
brian at gamefwd.org
http://twitter.com/gamefwd
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From inrnette at aol.com  Sat Jan  2 10:11:12 2010
From: inrnette at aol.com (John Morgan)
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 15:11:12 +0000
Subject: [games_access] Microsoft Patents Muscle-Based Computer
	ControlScheme
In-Reply-To: <cb8c8d31001020551ybdbf033t8338581426eb3b57@mail.gmail.com>
References: <cb8c8d31001020551ybdbf033t8338581426eb3b57@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1287443964-1262441743-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-2042686569-@bda241.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>

Very interesting. Even more is the fact that this technology comes to light when they found a reason to make it marketable for the general population.
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Papineau <bryehn at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 08:51:47 
To: <games_access at igda.org>
Subject: [games_access] Microsoft Patents Muscle-Based Computer Control
	Scheme

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From ioo at ablegamers.com  Sat Jan  2 09:41:52 2010
From: ioo at ablegamers.com (Mark Barlet)
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 09:41:52 -0500
Subject: [games_access] Microsoft Patents Muscle-Based Computer Control
	Scheme
In-Reply-To: <cb8c8d31001020551ybdbf033t8338581426eb3b57@mail.gmail.com>
References: <cb8c8d31001020551ybdbf033t8338581426eb3b57@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <-3961569467525244225@unknownmsgid>

Little concerned. I know a few people that have been doing this for some
time in accessibility. Twitch switches and so on. Is this new? And do we
really want MS holding the patent. (I have not read the patent app so I do
not have all the details) but given MS history of patent grabbing and
charging tons to use them we should do a deep dive into this and make sure
that this is not going to hurt us in the end.

Just a thought.

Mark

Sent from a mobile device.

On Jan 2, 2010, at 8:51 AM, Brian Papineau <bryehn at gmail.com> wrote:

http://mashable.com/2010/01/01/muscle-control-scheme/

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1agrUM4KYs

Looks very interesting!

Brian J. Papineau

Editor > Administrator
Game Forward
http://gamefwd.org
brian at gamefwd.org
http://twitter.com/gamefwd

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From j.chetwynd at btinternet.com  Sat Jan  2 10:01:41 2010
From: j.chetwynd at btinternet.com (=?UTF-8?B?In46Jycg44GC44KK44GM44Go44GG44GU44GW44GE44G+44GX44Gf?= =?UTF-8?B?Ig==?=)
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 15:01:41 +0000
Subject: [games_access] First call: GA-SIG DVD 2010
In-Reply-To: <CC17E3A7-A547-4866-947C-4CAAAAA119EC@uiuc.edu>
References: <41318193-E0F0-4750-8BDE-1D432A0C320A@pininteractive.com>
	<501603C7-BCD3-476D-A7EC-3EE6909ACBFE@btinternet.com>
	<CC17E3A7-A547-4866-947C-4CAAAAA119EC@uiuc.edu>
Message-ID: <DC4D471D-D92D-44D4-B174-105149596B66@btinternet.com>

if there "are" do we have a list or bibliography?

best

~:"

On 1 Jan 2010, at 18:23, D. Michelle Hinn wrote:

> There are but it's up to the publishers to "release" them in time to  
> make them available for the DVD.
>
> Happy New Year!
> Michelle
>
> On Jan 1, 2010, at 6:49 AM, ~:'' ???????????  
> wrote:
>
>> are any white papers or other written works in the pipeline?
>>
>> I'm researching and writing one chapter for a book to be published  
>> in 2010.
>> deadline 31/01
>>
>> so am interested to know, both of current research, and whether  
>> there will be any on the DVD
>>
>> best
>>
>> Jonathan Chetwynd
>>
>> On 1 Jan 2010, at 10:32, Thomas Westin wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> As always Pin Interactive will produce a IGDA GA-SIG DVD to hand- 
>>> out at GDC in San Francisco
>>>
>>> If you like to add _new_ files to the DVD just let me know and I  
>>> will send you the upload info
>>>
>>> Deadline for submission is February 1, so I have time to make the  
>>> copies etc.
>>>
>>> Happy New Year!
>>> Thomas
>>>
>>> Pin Interactive
>>> www.pininteractive.com
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> games_access mailing list
>>> games_access at igda.org
>>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access



From j.chetwynd at btinternet.com  Sat Jan  2 10:07:10 2010
From: j.chetwynd at btinternet.com (=?UTF-8?B?In46Jycg44GC44KK44GM44Go44GG44GU44GW44GE44G+44GX44Gf?= =?UTF-8?B?Ig==?=)
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 15:07:10 +0000
Subject: [games_access] Microsoft Patents Muscle-Based Computer Control
	Scheme
In-Reply-To: <-3961569467525244225@unknownmsgid>
References: <cb8c8d31001020551ybdbf033t8338581426eb3b57@mail.gmail.com>
	<-3961569467525244225@unknownmsgid>
Message-ID: <AF9AF3B6-0EF4-426F-91B0-EE234F335BB6@btinternet.com>

Only in America...

elsewhere this is so obvious its unlikely to be patentable.
well that's my belief, based on little of anything

best

~:"

On 2 Jan 2010, at 14:41, Mark Barlet wrote:

> Little concerned. I know a few people that have been doing this for  
> some time in accessibility. Twitch switches and so on. Is this new?  
> And do we really want MS holding the patent. (I have not read the  
> patent app so I do not have all the details) but given MS history of  
> patent grabbing and charging tons to use them we should do a deep  
> dive into this and make sure that this is not going to hurt us in  
> the end.
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Mark
>
> Sent from a mobile device.
>
> On Jan 2, 2010, at 8:51 AM, Brian Papineau <bryehn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> http://mashable.com/2010/01/01/muscle-control-scheme/
>>
>> Video:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1agrUM4KYs
>>
>> Looks very interesting!
>>
>> Brian J. Papineau
>>
>> Editor > Administrator
>> Game Forward
>> http://gamefwd.org
>> brian at gamefwd.org
>> http://twitter.com/gamefwd
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access

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From oneswitch at googlemail.com  Sat Jan  2 10:33:57 2010
From: oneswitch at googlemail.com (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 15:33:57 -0000
Subject: [games_access] First call: GA-SIG DVD 2010
In-Reply-To: <DC4D471D-D92D-44D4-B174-105149596B66@btinternet.com>
References: <41318193-E0F0-4750-8BDE-1D432A0C320A@pininteractive.com><501603C7-BCD3-476D-A7EC-3EE6909ACBFE@btinternet.com><CC17E3A7-A547-4866-947C-4CAAAAA119EC@uiuc.edu>
	<DC4D471D-D92D-44D4-B174-105149596B66@btinternet.com>
Message-ID: <36ABE8831A1E445C96818AC848448C9A@OneSwitchPC>

Haven't looked too hard at the video, but I agree, muscle switches have been 
used for ages to control technology. I know Atari's prototype work on the 
Mind Link to play the likes of Breakout used three muscle sensors: 
http://www.atarihq.com/museum/2678/mindlink.html

And people have been using such technology to enable disabled gamers for 
many years - this from a quick look - 
http://switchgaming.blogspot.com/2009/05/muscle-marble-madness.html

I'd be surprised if stuff like this doesn't date back to the 1960's for 
controlling other devices. Perhaps they are doing something new that I've 
not spotted?

Barrie


--------------------------------------------------
From: ""~:'' ???????????"" <j.chetwynd at btinternet.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 3:01 PM
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
Subject: Re: [games_access] First call: GA-SIG DVD 2010

> if there "are" do we have a list or bibliography?
>
> best
>
> ~:"
>
> On 1 Jan 2010, at 18:23, D. Michelle Hinn wrote:
>
>> There are but it's up to the publishers to "release" them in time to 
>> make them available for the DVD.
>>
>> Happy New Year!
>> Michelle
>>
>> On Jan 1, 2010, at 6:49 AM, ~:'' ???????????  wrote:
>>
>>> are any white papers or other written works in the pipeline?
>>>
>>> I'm researching and writing one chapter for a book to be published  in 
>>> 2010.
>>> deadline 31/01
>>>
>>> so am interested to know, both of current research, and whether  there 
>>> will be any on the DVD
>>>
>>> best
>>>
>>> Jonathan Chetwynd
>>>
>>> On 1 Jan 2010, at 10:32, Thomas Westin wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> As always Pin Interactive will produce a IGDA GA-SIG DVD to hand- out 
>>>> at GDC in San Francisco
>>>>
>>>> If you like to add _new_ files to the DVD just let me know and I  will 
>>>> send you the upload info
>>>>
>>>> Deadline for submission is February 1, so I have time to make the 
>>>> copies etc.
>>>>
>>>> Happy New Year!
>>>> Thomas
>>>>
>>>> Pin Interactive
>>>> www.pininteractive.com
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> games_access mailing list
>>>> games_access at igda.org
>>>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> games_access mailing list
>>> games_access at igda.org
>>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
> 


From hinn at uiuc.edu  Sat Jan  2 14:00:05 2010
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (D. Michelle Hinn)
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 13:00:05 -0600
Subject: [games_access] muscle switches
In-Reply-To: <36ABE8831A1E445C96818AC848448C9A@OneSwitchPC>
References: <41318193-E0F0-4750-8BDE-1D432A0C320A@pininteractive.com><501603C7-BCD3-476D-A7EC-3EE6909ACBFE@btinternet.com><CC17E3A7-A547-4866-947C-4CAAAAA119EC@uiuc.edu>
	<DC4D471D-D92D-44D4-B174-105149596B66@btinternet.com>
	<36ABE8831A1E445C96818AC848448C9A@OneSwitchPC>
Message-ID: <9B30D240-99B0-494D-AAE1-52ADCC2EC620@uiuc.edu>

We have a few Microsoft employees on the list -- I'll forward this to  
them as well in case they are in digest mode and don't see it right  
off. Would be interesting to know if there is something that they  
have the patent on that is not the whole product but just a small bit.

It'd probably take a fleet of attorneys to go through everything with  
a patent in this area. I hate patents period but Jonathan is  
right...only in America. Lol. Not totally true but true enough. ;)

Michelle

On Jan 2, 2010, at 9:33 AM, Barrie Ellis wrote:

> Haven't looked too hard at the video, but I agree, muscle switches  
> have been used for ages to control technology. I know Atari's  
> prototype work on the Mind Link to play the likes of Breakout used  
> three muscle sensors: http://www.atarihq.com/museum/2678/mindlink.html
>
> And people have been using such technology to enable disabled  
> gamers for many years - this from a quick look - http:// 
> switchgaming.blogspot.com/2009/05/muscle-marble-madness.html
>
> I'd be surprised if stuff like this doesn't date back to the 1960's  
> for controlling other devices. Perhaps they are doing something new  
> that I've not spotted?
>
> Barrie
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: ""~:'' ???????????""  
> <j.chetwynd at btinternet.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 3:01 PM
> To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List"  
> <games_access at igda.org>
> Subject: Re: [games_access] First call: GA-SIG DVD 2010
>
>> if there "are" do we have a list or bibliography?
>>
>> best
>>
>> ~:"
>>
>> On 1 Jan 2010, at 18:23, D. Michelle Hinn wrote:
>>
>>> There are but it's up to the publishers to "release" them in time  
>>> to make them available for the DVD.
>>>
>>> Happy New Year!
>>> Michelle
>>>
>>> On Jan 1, 2010, at 6:49 AM, ~:'' ?????????? 
>>> ?  wrote:
>>>
>>>> are any white papers or other written works in the pipeline?
>>>>
>>>> I'm researching and writing one chapter for a book to be  
>>>> published  in 2010.
>>>> deadline 31/01
>>>>
>>>> so am interested to know, both of current research, and whether   
>>>> there will be any on the DVD
>>>>
>>>> best
>>>>
>>>> Jonathan Chetwynd
>>>>
>>>> On 1 Jan 2010, at 10:32, Thomas Westin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> As always Pin Interactive will produce a IGDA GA-SIG DVD to  
>>>>> hand- out at GDC in San Francisco
>>>>>
>>>>> If you like to add _new_ files to the DVD just let me know and  
>>>>> I  will send you the upload info
>>>>>
>>>>> Deadline for submission is February 1, so I have time to make  
>>>>> the copies etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> Happy New Year!
>>>>> Thomas
>>>>>
>>>>> Pin Interactive
>>>>> www.pininteractive.com
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> games_access mailing list
>>>>> games_access at igda.org
>>>>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> games_access mailing list
>>>> games_access at igda.org
>>>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> games_access mailing list
>>> games_access at igda.org
>>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access



From hinn at uiuc.edu  Sat Jan  2 14:08:33 2010
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (D. Michelle Hinn)
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 13:08:33 -0600
Subject: [games_access] First call: GA-SIG DVD 2010
In-Reply-To: <DC4D471D-D92D-44D4-B174-105149596B66@btinternet.com>
References: <41318193-E0F0-4750-8BDE-1D432A0C320A@pininteractive.com>
	<501603C7-BCD3-476D-A7EC-3EE6909ACBFE@btinternet.com>
	<CC17E3A7-A547-4866-947C-4CAAAAA119EC@uiuc.edu>
	<DC4D471D-D92D-44D4-B174-105149596B66@btinternet.com>
Message-ID: <638F62CB-D538-499F-93D7-F8D0C77A0266@uiuc.edu>

Eelke has one up -- I'll try to find it or perhaps he'll see this and  
give us the link. :) It's not everything written on the topic but it  
is a list of all peer reviewed papers. So it's a start!

I've been collecting a list of my own (just a listing -- some papers  
aren't online because of publisher rights) and will share on the  
website. A team of us are working on getting everything working again  
on the SIG site since the IGDA switch to the new server technology.  
That and we'd let it go out of date so it's a good time to get things  
up and running again. :)

Anything that you have to share with regard to articles or chapters  
that you know about that you'd like to see, please feel free to  
contribute -- whether now or when the first pass of the list goes  
up! :) I'll send a message when we have it up there.

Michelle

On Jan 2, 2010, at 9:01 AM, ~:'' ???????????  
wrote:

> if there "are" do we have a list or bibliography?
>
> best
>
> ~:"
>
> On 1 Jan 2010, at 18:23, D. Michelle Hinn wrote:
>
>> There are but it's up to the publishers to "release" them in time  
>> to make them available for the DVD.
>>
>> Happy New Year!
>> Michelle
>>
>> On Jan 1, 2010, at 6:49 AM, ~:'' ???????????  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> are any white papers or other written works in the pipeline?
>>>
>>> I'm researching and writing one chapter for a book to be  
>>> published in 2010.
>>> deadline 31/01
>>>
>>> so am interested to know, both of current research, and whether  
>>> there will be any on the DVD
>>>
>>> best
>>>
>>> Jonathan Chetwynd
>>>
>>> On 1 Jan 2010, at 10:32, Thomas Westin wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> As always Pin Interactive will produce a IGDA GA-SIG DVD to hand- 
>>>> out at GDC in San Francisco
>>>>
>>>> If you like to add _new_ files to the DVD just let me know and I  
>>>> will send you the upload info
>>>>
>>>> Deadline for submission is February 1, so I have time to make  
>>>> the copies etc.
>>>>
>>>> Happy New Year!
>>>> Thomas
>>>>
>>>> Pin Interactive
>>>> www.pininteractive.com
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> games_access mailing list
>>>> games_access at igda.org
>>>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> games_access mailing list
>>> games_access at igda.org
>>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access



From javier.mairena at gmail.com  Sun Jan  3 04:45:10 2010
From: javier.mairena at gmail.com (Javier)
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 10:45:10 +0100
Subject: [games_access] First call: GA-SIG DVD 2010
In-Reply-To: <638F62CB-D538-499F-93D7-F8D0C77A0266@uiuc.edu>
References: <41318193-E0F0-4750-8BDE-1D432A0C320A@pininteractive.com>
	<501603C7-BCD3-476D-A7EC-3EE6909ACBFE@btinternet.com>
	<CC17E3A7-A547-4866-947C-4CAAAAA119EC@uiuc.edu>
	<DC4D471D-D92D-44D4-B174-105149596B66@btinternet.com>
	<638F62CB-D538-499F-93D7-F8D0C77A0266@uiuc.edu>
Message-ID: <b900ac551001030145s1efb8aa2j38ed2bcd441b39f2@mail.gmail.com>

will you include in the DVD information, video commercials or demos about
private companies doing accessible games?

or is only for papers and non commercial videos and games?

thanks!
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From hinn at uiuc.edu  Sun Jan  3 16:33:54 2010
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (D. Michelle Hinn)
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 15:33:54 -0600
Subject: [games_access] First call: GA-SIG DVD 2010
In-Reply-To: <b900ac551001030145s1efb8aa2j38ed2bcd441b39f2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <41318193-E0F0-4750-8BDE-1D432A0C320A@pininteractive.com>
	<501603C7-BCD3-476D-A7EC-3EE6909ACBFE@btinternet.com>
	<CC17E3A7-A547-4866-947C-4CAAAAA119EC@uiuc.edu>
	<DC4D471D-D92D-44D4-B174-105149596B66@btinternet.com>
	<638F62CB-D538-499F-93D7-F8D0C77A0266@uiuc.edu>
	<b900ac551001030145s1efb8aa2j38ed2bcd441b39f2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <7FA1A56B-E732-4E52-BA7C-3EF180221736@uiuc.edu>

We include anything that we have the permission to include! :) So we  
usually have game demos, videos, etc. Just contact Thomas about the  
FTP information.

Michelle

On Jan 3, 2010, at 3:45 AM, Javier wrote:

> will you include in the DVD information, video commercials or demos  
> about private companies doing accessible games?
>
> or is only for papers and non commercial videos and games?
>
> thanks!
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access



From sandra_uhling at web.de  Sun Jan  3 17:38:56 2010
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:38:56 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Partnership with VDVC?
Message-ID: <1079517827@web.de>

Hi,


the VDVC has now a "working group" for game accessibility.
"Barrierearme Computer- und videospiele".

The VDVC is an organisation that represents the gamers in Germany.

Can we write that this group is working together with the IGDA GA-SIG?


Best regards,
Sandra
___________________________________________________________
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From sandra_uhling at web.de  Sun Jan  3 17:33:28 2010
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:33:28 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Game Accessibility Presentation, Looking for Feedback
Message-ID: <1079515507@web.de>

Hello,

for "Technical English" we have to make a presentation.
Of course my topic is Game Accessibility :-)

It would be great to get some feedback.
Also for the grammar etc.

Is someone interested?


Best regards,
Sandra
______________________________________________________
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From sherylflynn at yahoo.com  Sun Jan  3 18:08:32 2010
From: sherylflynn at yahoo.com (sheryl Flynn)
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 15:08:32 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [games_access] Game Accessibility Presentation,
	Looking for Feedback
In-Reply-To: <1079515507@web.de>
References: <1079515507@web.de>
Message-ID: <322402.8073.qm@web38405.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hi Sandra,
I'd be happy to help you with the technical English!

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Sent: Sun, January 3, 2010 2:33:28 PM
Subject: [games_access] Game Accessibility Presentation, Looking for Feedback

Hello,

for "Technical English" we have to make a presentation.
Of course my topic is Game Accessibility :-)

It would be great to get some feedback.
Also for the grammar etc.

Is someone interested?


Best regards,
Sandra
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From ioo at ablegamers.com  Mon Jan  4 12:34:26 2010
From: ioo at ablegamers.com (Mark Barlet)
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 12:34:26 -0500
Subject: [games_access] =?iso-8859-1?q?AbleGamers=2Ecom_Awards_Bioware=92s?=
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AbleGamers.com Awards Bioware?s "Dragon Age: Origins" the 2009 Mainstream Accessible Game of the Year

Harpers Ferry WV, January 4, 2010: AbleGamers is proud to present Bioware with the ?2009 Mainstream Accessibility Award? for their smash hit ?Dragon Age: Origins? for the PC with a score of 9.8 out of 10.

Fully accessible mainstream games are the core mission for the accessible gaming movement. AbleGamers selects one game to represent the most accessible game of each calendar year.  This year is no different, one video game stood out from the rest with accessibility options far beyond what most companies are willing to include.

Mark Darrah, the Executive Producer for Dragon Age: Origins says, ?The Dragon Age team is honored to win this award. We try to appeal to as broad of an audience as we can and accessibility is certainly part of this effort. It makes me proud to have the game this well received by this community.?

Dragon Age: Origins offers some of the most astounding accessibility options seen in any game this year.  With only one accessibility complaint, Bioware far exceeded expectations for an accessible title.  However, the relatively small font size was immediately addressed by Bioware, bringing the number of accessibility problems to zero.

The accessibility of Dragon Age: Origins includes:

?	Multiple levels of subtitles - You are given the option of no subtitles, only subtitles, or subtitles plus ambient noise subtitles. In addition, even when selecting no subtitles as your option, the game places subtitles in the interactive cut scenes at the top of your screen.
?	Extreme mobility options - Users can control the characters from multiple camera angles allowing for various play styles.  Players can use the keyboard or both mouse buttons to control the cameras and the characters themselves.  There are precise movements needed in some situations, but most actions are very forgiving and easily managed. Moreover, there is no need for a mouse sensitivity option and on-screen keyboards work perfectly.
?	Colorblind friendly - With the addition of improved fonts, all status bars are easily read no matter the color impairment.
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?	Extra accessibility - Ambient noises, subtle movements, clearly marked terrain, multiple levels of difficulty, and many other small accessibility options.

What makes this title so exceptional is the level of options given to the gamer to choose their level of accessibility.  Options are the key component to adding accessibility without harming the overall gameplay of any title. As long as developers like Bioware continue to add accessibility in layers of options that enhance their gaming titles, disabled gamers will continue to be able to play great titles such as Dragon Age: Origins.

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From jbannick at 7128.com  Mon Jan  4 20:06:27 2010
From: jbannick at 7128.com (John Bannick)
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:06:27 -0500
Subject: [games_access] First call: GA-SIG DVD 2010
Message-ID: <4B429093.9020806@7128.com>

Folks,

We won't be contributing demo games this year because we didn't release 
any new accessible games in 2009.

I'd hoped to make the big travelogue game accessible, but it just didn't 
happen.

John Bannick
www.7128.com


From hinn at uiuc.edu  Mon Jan  4 23:14:31 2010
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (D. Michelle Hinn)
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 22:14:31 -0600
Subject: [games_access] Partnership with VDVC?
In-Reply-To: <1079517827@web.de>
References: <1079517827@web.de>
Message-ID: <690B5AA6-5E95-4A3C-9E3B-8858C74274AE@uiuc.edu>

Sure, Sandra -- sounds good!

Michelle

On Jan 3, 2010, at 4:38 PM, Sandra Uhling wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> the VDVC has now a "working group" for game accessibility.
> "Barrierearme Computer- und videospiele".
>
> The VDVC is an organisation that represents the gamers in Germany.
>
> Can we write that this group is working together with the IGDA GA-SIG?
>
>
> Best regards,
> Sandra
> ___________________________________________________________
> Preisknaller: WEB.DE DSL Flatrate f?r nur 16,99 Euro/mtl.!
> http://produkte.web.de/go/02/
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access



From hinn at uiuc.edu  Mon Jan  4 23:15:11 2010
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (D. Michelle Hinn)
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 22:15:11 -0600
Subject: [games_access] Game Accessibility Presentation,
	Looking for Feedback
In-Reply-To: <1079515507@web.de>
References: <1079515507@web.de>
Message-ID: <49032DE4-5831-4151-9BFF-1FC4CB95F86A@uiuc.edu>

Glad to help out as well!

Michelle

On Jan 3, 2010, at 4:33 PM, Sandra Uhling wrote:

> Hello,
>
> for "Technical English" we have to make a presentation.
> Of course my topic is Game Accessibility :-)
>
> It would be great to get some feedback.
> Also for the grammar etc.
>
> Is someone interested?
>
>
> Best regards,
> Sandra
> ______________________________________________________
> GRATIS f?r alle WEB.DE-Nutzer: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT!
> Jetzt freischalten unter http://movieflat.web.de
>
> _______________________________________________
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From sheri at designdirectdeliver.com  Wed Jan  6 20:14:00 2010
From: sheri at designdirectdeliver.com (Sheri Rubin)
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:14:00 -0800
Subject: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design Accessibility
	Matters
Message-ID: <4B453558.2060107@designdirectdeliver.com>

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/26386/Analysis_Game_Design_Accessibility_Matters.php
By Adam Saltsman

"[In this in-depth design exploration, Canabalt creator Adam Saltsman 
lays out some essential, practical principles for making video games 
more accessible -- without dumbing them down.]

On the weekends my wife and I go visit our friends to hang out and play 
games. Sadly, this very rarely means video games. Usually it means board 
games -- stuff like Pandemic or Settlers, not Candyland. They're geeky, 
complex, exciting, difficult games."

Sheri

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From sheri at designdirectdeliver.com  Wed Jan  6 20:16:50 2010
From: sheri at designdirectdeliver.com (Sheri Rubin)
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:16:50 -0800
Subject: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design Accessibility
 Matters
In-Reply-To: <4B453558.2060107@designdirectdeliver.com>
References: <4B453558.2060107@designdirectdeliver.com>
Message-ID: <4B453602.9060900@designdirectdeliver.com>

I forgot to add in the note that it's a slightly different form of 
accessibility than what you normally deal with (though some of his 
points still count), but it's accessibility nonetheless.

Sheri Rubin wrote:
> http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/26386/Analysis_Game_Design_Accessibility_Matters.php
> By Adam Saltsman
>
> "[In this in-depth design exploration, Canabalt creator Adam Saltsman 
> lays out some essential, practical principles for making video games 
> more accessible -- without dumbing them down.]
>
> On the weekends my wife and I go visit our friends to hang out and 
> play games. Sadly, this very rarely means video games. Usually it 
> means board games -- stuff like Pandemic or Settlers, not Candyland. 
> They're geeky, complex, exciting, difficult games."
>
> Sheri
>
> -- 
> *Sheri Rubin*
> CEO and Founder
>
> *Design Direct Deliver*
> Website: www.designdirectdeliver.com <http://www.designdirectdeliver.com>
> Email: sheri at designdirectdeliver.com 
> <mailto:sheri at designdirectdeliver.com>
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From hinn at uiuc.edu  Wed Jan  6 20:36:34 2010
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (D. Michelle Hinn)
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 19:36:34 -0600
Subject: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design Accessibility
	Matters
In-Reply-To: <4B453602.9060900@designdirectdeliver.com>
References: <4B453558.2060107@designdirectdeliver.com>
	<4B453602.9060900@designdirectdeliver.com>
Message-ID: <E58F5B9A-F7E9-407B-9780-0AF429EF8472@uiuc.edu>

Thanks for forwarding that, Sheri! It's true that it touches more on  
accessibility for more than disability accessibility, a project that  
I am working with along with the Game Design SIG and Reid Kimball  
does focus on accessibility for everyone. Nice read!

Michelle

On Jan 6, 2010, at 7:16 PM, Sheri Rubin wrote:

> I forgot to add in the note that it's a slightly different form of  
> accessibility than what you normally deal with (though some of his  
> points still count), but it's accessibility nonetheless.
>
> Sheri Rubin wrote:
>>
>> http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/26386/ 
>> Analysis_Game_Design_Accessibility_Matters.php
>> By Adam Saltsman
>>
>> "[In this in-depth design exploration, Canabalt creator Adam  
>> Saltsman lays out some essential, practical principles for making  
>> video games more accessible -- without dumbing them down.]
>>
>> On the weekends my wife and I go visit our friends to hang out and  
>> play games. Sadly, this very rarely means video games. Usually it  
>> means board games -- stuff like Pandemic or Settlers, not  
>> Candyland. They're geeky, complex, exciting, difficult games."
>>
>> Sheri
>>
>> -- 
>> Sheri Rubin
>> CEO and Founder
>>
>> Design Direct Deliver
>> Website: www.designdirectdeliver.com
>> Email: sheri at designdirectdeliver.com
>>  _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>
>
> -- 
> Sheri Rubin
> CEO and Founder
>
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From richard at audiogames.net  Thu Jan  7 04:51:44 2010
From: richard at audiogames.net (AudioGames)
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 10:51:44 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design Accessibility
	Matters
References: <4B453558.2060107@designdirectdeliver.com>
	<4B453602.9060900@designdirectdeliver.com>
Message-ID: <6C11F814E0CE4CEEA7D5052430230883@PC10815>

Hi,

Thanks for the forward, great find! I agree with you that this is "accessibility nonetheless". It's not so much a 'different' angle, but maybe the same angle with a broader scope. Michelle and I've had conversations about this years ago when we were discussing how accessibility solutions could cater new/regular gamers and non-(computer)gamers. Back in 2002 most of what you could find about 'game accessibility' online constisted of articles similar to Adam's article: accessibility issues between games and new/non-gamers (instead of x-impaired gamers). The listing of problems in the article are basically the same as the problems we've been discussing for years. I therefore welcome incorporating this (slightly broader but still the same) angle within the scope of 'game accessibility' as defined by GA-SIG.

Greets,

Richard

http://creativehero.es
http://audiogames.net 




  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sheri Rubin 
  To: games_access at igda.org 
  Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 2:16 AM
  Subject: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design Accessibility Matters


  I forgot to add in the note that it's a slightly different form of accessibility than what you normally deal with (though some of his points still count), but it's accessibility nonetheless.

  Sheri Rubin wrote: 
    http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/26386/Analysis_Game_Design_Accessibility_Matters.php
    By Adam Saltsman

    "[In this in-depth design exploration, Canabalt creator Adam Saltsman lays out some essential, practical principles for making video games more accessible -- without dumbing them down.]

    On the weekends my wife and I go visit our friends to hang out and play games. Sadly, this very rarely means video games. Usually it means board games -- stuff like Pandemic or Settlers, not Candyland. They're geeky, complex, exciting, difficult games."

    Sheri


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From sandra_uhling at web.de  Thu Jan  7 06:14:20 2010
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 12:14:20 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design
	Accessibility	Matters , Usability, Accessibility
In-Reply-To: <6C11F814E0CE4CEEA7D5052430230883@PC10815>
References: <4B453558.2060107@designdirectdeliver.com>	<4B453602.9060900@designdirectdeliver.com>
	<6C11F814E0CE4CEEA7D5052430230883@PC10815>
Message-ID: <004901ca8f8a$8fc6a6e0$af53f4a0$@de>

Hi,

I still have to read the article. 
(I am working on my presentation :-)  )


This are my thought about accessibility and usability.

Accessibility: without this the gamer cannot play or can hardly play a game
Usability: with this it is more comfortable to play.

There is nothing like: this feature is accessibility and this is usability.
It depends on the gamer and the situation.

Example: user defined control can be
* accessibility: a gamer need to adapt the control to his needs.
* usability: a pro gamer feels more comfortable with an adapted control.

There are lots of game accessibility features that I would like to have for
usability:
* hints in click and point games, highlighting of elements in click and
point,
* training possibilities (lots of gamer would like to have this, special in
difficult games, you need it after a break :-) )
* ....

And lots of features are already used for usability, special for beginner.
But they are not used with thought about accessibility.


Best regards,
Sandra

> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-
> bounces at igda.org] Im Auftrag von AudioGames
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. Januar 2010 10:52
> An: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
> Betreff: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design
> Accessibility Matters
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for the forward, great find! I agree with you that this is
> "accessibility nonetheless". It's not so much a 'different' angle, but
> maybe the same angle with a broader scope. Michelle and I've had
> conversations about this years ago when we were discussing how
> accessibility solutions could cater new/regular gamers and non-
> (computer)gamers. Back in 2002 most of what you could find about 'game
> accessibility' online constisted of articles similar to Adam's article:
> accessibility issues between games and new/non-gamers (instead of x-
> impaired gamers). The listing of problems in the article are basically
> the same as the problems we've been discussing for years. I therefore
> welcome incorporating this (slightly broader but still the same) angle
> within the scope of 'game accessibility' as defined by GA-SIG.
> 
> Greets,
> 
> Richard
> 
> http://creativehero.es
> http://audiogames.net
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 	----- Original Message -----
> 	From: Sheri Rubin <mailto:sheri at designdirectdeliver.com>
> 	To: games_access at igda.org
> 	Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 2:16 AM
> 	Subject: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design
> Accessibility Matters
> 
> 	I forgot to add in the note that it's a slightly different form
> of accessibility than what you normally deal with (though some of his
> points still count), but it's accessibility nonetheless.
> 
> 	Sheri Rubin wrote:
> 
> 
> 	http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/26386/Analysis_Game_Design_Acc
> essibility_Matters.php
> 		By Adam Saltsman
> 
> 		"[In this in-depth design exploration, Canabalt creator
> Adam Saltsman lays out some essential, practical principles for making
> video games more accessible -- without dumbing them down.]
> 
> 		On the weekends my wife and I go visit our friends to hang
> out and play games. Sadly, this very rarely means video games. Usually
> it means board games -- stuff like Pandemic or Settlers, not Candyland.
> They're geeky, complex, exciting, difficult games."
> 
> 
> 		Sheri
> 
> 
> 		--
> 		Sheri Rubin
> 		CEO and Founder
> 
> 		Design Direct Deliver
> 		Website: www.designdirectdeliver.com
> 		Email: sheri at designdirectdeliver.com
> 
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> 
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From sandra_uhling at web.de  Thu Jan  7 06:32:43 2010
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 12:32:43 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design
	Accessibility	Matters , Usability, Accessibility
References: <4B453558.2060107@designdirectdeliver.com>	<4B453602.9060900@designdirectdeliver.com>
	<6C11F814E0CE4CEEA7D5052430230883@PC10815> 
Message-ID: <005b01ca8f8d$2121bba0$636532e0$@de>

Hi,

but there is still a great gap between usability and disability.

E.g. Big Brain Academy
Lots of people say that it has a very good and fantastic interface,
But there are still lots! of barriers.

We have articles about Interface Analyses, but they usually ignore
accessibility. :-(

Best regards,
Sandra





From sandra_uhling at web.de  Thu Jan  7 12:19:07 2010
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 18:19:07 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Press Release/ News about new Game Accessibility
	group (DE)
Message-ID: <004901ca8fbd$856aa470$903fed50$@de>

Hi,

I thought this might be interesting.
Sorry only in German.

Short Info:
The gamer organization VDVC informs that they made a new group for the topic
Game Accessibility.
This group is public so everyone can take part. They also wrote that this
group will be working
together with this SIG.

Best regards,
Sandra



Nachdem schon seit einiger Zeit intern ?ber das Thema gesprochen wurde, hat
der Vorstand des Verbands f?r Deutschlands Video- und Computerspieler (VDVC)
nun die Gr?ndung einer ?ffentlichen Arbeitsgruppe f?r Game Accessibility
beschlossen.

Mit Game Accessibility bezeichnet man das Bestreben, Videospiele m?glichst
barrierefrei zu gestalten. Vor allem Menschen mit Behinderung sind von
vielen Spielen leider unn?tigerweise ausgeschlossen. Durch Hilfen wie
Untertitel oder eine vereinfachte Steuerung k?nnen hier neue M?glichkeiten
geschaffen werden. Doch auch andere Spieler profitieren von den Bem?hungen:
So ist leicht ersichtlich, dass durch Untertitel spielen bei erh?hter
Ger?uschkulisse, zum Beispiel im ?ffentlichen Nahverkehr, erleichtert wird.

Die neu geschaffene Arbeitsgruppe soll in Zusammenarbeit mit der erfahrenen
Special Interest Group der International Game Developers Association, welche
zum Thema Game Accessibility existiert, Richtlinien f?r Spieleentwickler
erarbeiten. ?Diese Richtlinien werden helfen, Barrieren fr?hzeitig zu
erkennen und diese schon im Vorfeld zu vermeiden?, so Sandra Uhling,
Leiterin der neuen Arbeitsgruppe.

Die M?glichkeiten, welche sich durch zug?ngliche Spiele offenbaren, k?nnen
eine wichtige Rolle f?r die Sozialisation der Betroffenen spielen. Grade,
wenn Interaktion mit Menschen schwierig ist, kann durch Spiele sozialer
Kontakt deutlich erleichtert werden, da sie eine Gleichheit der Spieler
erm?glichen und Vorurteile vermeiden. Doch auch die Verbesserungen, von
denen alle Spieler profitieren k?nnen, sind nicht zu untersch?tzen.

Bei der Erarbeitung solch grundlegender Hilfestellungen ist die Meinung der
Spieler besonders wichtig. Daher wurde unter accessibility at vdvc.de eine
Mailingliste eingerichtet, um unkomplizierte Mitwirkung zu erm?glichen.



From hinn at uiuc.edu  Thu Jan  7 12:31:36 2010
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (D. Michelle Hinn)
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 11:31:36 -0600
Subject: [games_access] Press Release/ News about new Game Accessibility
	group (DE)
In-Reply-To: <004901ca8fbd$856aa470$903fed50$@de>
References: <004901ca8fbd$856aa470$903fed50$@de>
Message-ID: <746B2714-F987-49B8-BAA0-EDA52C748EB7@uiuc.edu>

Let's announce this for the next IGDA newsletter! I'll email you  
offlist and we can write up something short. :)

Michelle

On Jan 7, 2010, at 11:19 AM, Sandra Uhling wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I thought this might be interesting.
> Sorry only in German.
>
> Short Info:
> The gamer organization VDVC informs that they made a new group for  
> the topic
> Game Accessibility.
> This group is public so everyone can take part. They also wrote  
> that this
> group will be working
> together with this SIG.
>
> Best regards,
> Sandra
>
>
>
> Nachdem schon seit einiger Zeit intern ?ber das Thema gesprochen  
> wurde, hat
> der Vorstand des Verbands f?r Deutschlands Video- und  
> Computerspieler (VDVC)
> nun die Gr?ndung einer ?ffentlichen Arbeitsgruppe f?r Game  
> Accessibility
> beschlossen.
>
> Mit Game Accessibility bezeichnet man das Bestreben, Videospiele  
> m?glichst
> barrierefrei zu gestalten. Vor allem Menschen mit Behinderung sind von
> vielen Spielen leider unn?tigerweise ausgeschlossen. Durch Hilfen wie
> Untertitel oder eine vereinfachte Steuerung k?nnen hier neue  
> M?glichkeiten
> geschaffen werden. Doch auch andere Spieler profitieren von den  
> Bem?hungen:
> So ist leicht ersichtlich, dass durch Untertitel spielen bei erh?hter
> Ger?uschkulisse, zum Beispiel im ?ffentlichen Nahverkehr,  
> erleichtert wird.
>
> Die neu geschaffene Arbeitsgruppe soll in Zusammenarbeit mit der  
> erfahrenen
> Special Interest Group der International Game Developers  
> Association, welche
> zum Thema Game Accessibility existiert, Richtlinien f?r  
> Spieleentwickler
> erarbeiten. ?Diese Richtlinien werden helfen, Barrieren fr?hzeitig zu
> erkennen und diese schon im Vorfeld zu vermeiden?, so Sandra Uhling,
> Leiterin der neuen Arbeitsgruppe.
>
> Die M?glichkeiten, welche sich durch zug?ngliche Spiele offenbaren,  
> k?nnen
> eine wichtige Rolle f?r die Sozialisation der Betroffenen spielen.  
> Grade,
> wenn Interaktion mit Menschen schwierig ist, kann durch Spiele  
> sozialer
> Kontakt deutlich erleichtert werden, da sie eine Gleichheit der  
> Spieler
> erm?glichen und Vorurteile vermeiden. Doch auch die Verbesserungen,  
> von
> denen alle Spieler profitieren k?nnen, sind nicht zu untersch?tzen.
>
> Bei der Erarbeitung solch grundlegender Hilfestellungen ist die  
> Meinung der
> Spieler besonders wichtig. Daher wurde unter accessibility at vdvc.de  
> eine
> Mailingliste eingerichtet, um unkomplizierte Mitwirkung zu  
> erm?glichen.
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access



From sherylflynn at yahoo.com  Thu Jan  7 12:40:33 2010
From: sherylflynn at yahoo.com (sheryl Flynn)
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 09:40:33 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [games_access] Press Release/ News about new Game Accessibility
	group (DE)
In-Reply-To: <746B2714-F987-49B8-BAA0-EDA52C748EB7@uiuc.edu>
References: <004901ca8fbd$856aa470$903fed50$@de>
	<746B2714-F987-49B8-BAA0-EDA52C748EB7@uiuc.edu>
Message-ID: <303731.3569.qm@web38402.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

here is the English translation from google translate!

After it was discussed internally for some time about the subject, has 
> The Board of the Association of German video and computer gamers (VDVC) 
> Now the foundation of a public working group for Game Accessibility 
> Decided. 
> 
> With Game Accessibility is defined as the desire to video games as possible 
> Barrier free designed. Above all, people with disabilities are 
> Unfortunately, many games are unnecessarily excluded. Through tools such as 
> Subtitles or a simplified control system can new opportunities 
> Be created. But other players will benefit from the efforts: 
> How can readily be seen that by playing at elevated subtitle 
> Background noise, will be facilitated, for example in public transport. 
> 
> The newly created working group is in collaboration with the experienced 
> Special Interest Group of the International Game Developers Association, which 
> About game accessibility exist, guidelines for game developers 
> Develop. "These guidelines will help, barriers to early 
> Recognize and avoid them in advance, "said Sandra Uhling, 
> Head of the new working group. 
> 
> The options, which can manifest itself through accessible games 
> Play an important role in the socialization of those affected. Degree 
> When interacting with difficult people can through social games 
> Contact will be much easier, since it an equality of players 
> And to avoid possible prejudice. But even the improvements of 
> Which can benefit all the players are not to be underestimated. 
> 
> In the preparation of such basic assistance is the opinion of the 
> Player of particular importance. Therefore, under accessibility at vdvc.de one 
Set> mailing list to enable easy participation. 

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From: D. Michelle Hinn <hinn at uiuc.edu>
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Thu, January 7, 2010 9:31:36 AM
Subject: Re: [games_access] Press Release/ News about new Game Accessibility group (DE)

Let's announce this for the next IGDA newsletter! I'll email you offlist and we can write up something short. :)

Michelle

On Jan 7, 2010, at 11:19 AM, Sandra Uhling wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I thought this might be interesting.
> Sorry only in German.
> 
> Short Info:
> The gamer organization VDVC informs that they made a new group for the topic
> Game Accessibility.
> This group is public so everyone can take part. They also wrote that this
> group will be working
> together with this SIG.
> 
> Best regards,
> Sandra
> 
> 
> 
> Nachdem schon seit einiger Zeit intern ?ber das Thema gesprochen wurde, hat
> der Vorstand des Verbands f?r Deutschlands Video- und Computerspieler (VDVC)
> nun die Gr?ndung einer ?ffentlichen Arbeitsgruppe f?r Game Accessibility
> beschlossen.
> 
> Mit Game Accessibility bezeichnet man das Bestreben, Videospiele m?glichst
> barrierefrei zu gestalten. Vor allem Menschen mit Behinderung sind von
> vielen Spielen leider unn?tigerweise ausgeschlossen. Durch Hilfen wie
> Untertitel oder eine vereinfachte Steuerung k?nnen hier neue M?glichkeiten
> geschaffen werden. Doch auch andere Spieler profitieren von den Bem?hungen:
> So ist leicht ersichtlich, dass durch Untertitel spielen bei erh?hter
> Ger?uschkulisse, zum Beispiel im ?ffentlichen Nahverkehr, erleichtert wird.
> 
> Die neu geschaffene Arbeitsgruppe soll in Zusammenarbeit mit der erfahrenen
> Special Interest Group der International Game Developers Association, welche
> zum Thema Game Accessibility existiert, Richtlinien f?r Spieleentwickler
> erarbeiten. ?Diese Richtlinien werden helfen, Barrieren fr?hzeitig zu
> erkennen und diese schon im Vorfeld zu vermeiden?, so Sandra Uhling,
> Leiterin der neuen Arbeitsgruppe.
> 
> Die M?glichkeiten, welche sich durch zug?ngliche Spiele offenbaren, k?nnen
> eine wichtige Rolle f?r die Sozialisation der Betroffenen spielen. Grade,
> wenn Interaktion mit Menschen schwierig ist, kann durch Spiele sozialer
> Kontakt deutlich erleichtert werden, da sie eine Gleichheit der Spieler
> erm?glichen und Vorurteile vermeiden. Doch auch die Verbesserungen, von
> denen alle Spieler profitieren k?nnen, sind nicht zu untersch?tzen.
> 
> Bei der Erarbeitung solch grundlegender Hilfestellungen ist die Meinung der
> Spieler besonders wichtig. Daher wurde unter accessibility at vdvc.de eine
> Mailingliste eingerichtet, um unkomplizierte Mitwirkung zu erm?glichen.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access

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From sherylflynn at yahoo.com  Fri Jan  8 00:15:58 2010
From: sherylflynn at yahoo.com (sheryl Flynn)
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 21:15:58 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design Accessibility
	Matters , Usability, Accessibility
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I think this makes for a very interesting conversation...what is the difference between usability and accessibility?

It seems to me that accessibility has involved some sort of impairment and/or disability
Whilst usability has involved ease of use, but not related to impairment or disability, just easier to use!

thoughts?

 ~Sheryl Flynn PT, PhD

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From: Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de>
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Thu, January 7, 2010 3:14:20 AM
Subject: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design Accessibility Matters , Usability, Accessibility

Hi,

I still have to read the article. 
(I am working on my presentation :-)  )


This are my thought about accessibility and usability.

Accessibility: without this the gamer cannot play or can hardly play a game
Usability: with this it is more comfortable to play.

There is nothing like: this feature is accessibility and this is usability.
It depends on the gamer and the situation.

Example: user defined control can be
* accessibility: a gamer need to adapt the control to his needs.
* usability: a pro gamer feels more comfortable with an adapted control.

There are lots of game accessibility features that I would like to have for
usability:
* hints in click and point games, highlighting of elements in click and
point,
* training possibilities (lots of gamer would like to have this, special in
difficult games, you need it after a break :-) )
* ....

And lots of features are already used for usability, special for beginner.
But they are not used with thought about accessibility.


Best regards,
Sandra

> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-
> bounces at igda.org] Im Auftrag von AudioGames
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. Januar 2010 10:52
> An: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
> Betreff: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design
> Accessibility Matters
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for the forward, great find! I agree with you that this is
> "accessibility nonetheless". It's not so much a 'different' angle, but
> maybe the same angle with a broader scope. Michelle and I've had
> conversations about this years ago when we were discussing how
> accessibility solutions could cater new/regular gamers and non-
> (computer)gamers. Back in 2002 most of what you could find about 'game
> accessibility' online constisted of articles similar to Adam's article:
> accessibility issues between games and new/non-gamers (instead of x-
> impaired gamers). The listing of problems in the article are basically
> the same as the problems we've been discussing for years. I therefore
> welcome incorporating this (slightly broader but still the same) angle
> within the scope of 'game accessibility' as defined by GA-SIG.
> 
> Greets,
> 
> Richard
> 
> http://creativehero.es
> http://audiogames.net
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Sheri Rubin <mailto:sheri at designdirectdeliver.com>
>     To: games_access at igda.org
>     Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 2:16 AM
>     Subject: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design
> Accessibility Matters
> 
>     I forgot to add in the note that it's a slightly different form
> of accessibility than what you normally deal with (though some of his
> points still count), but it's accessibility nonetheless.
> 
>     Sheri Rubin wrote:
> 
> 
>     http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/26386/Analysis_Game_Design_Acc
> essibility_Matters.php
>         By Adam Saltsman
> 
>         "[In this in-depth design exploration, Canabalt creator
> Adam Saltsman lays out some essential, practical principles for making
> video games more accessible -- without dumbing them down.]
> 
>         On the weekends my wife and I go visit our friends to hang
> out and play games. Sadly, this very rarely means video games. Usually
> it means board games -- stuff like Pandemic or Settlers, not Candyland.
> They're geeky, complex, exciting, difficult games."
> 
> 
>         Sheri
> 
> 
>         --
>         Sheri Rubin
>         CEO and Founder
> 
>         Design Direct Deliver
>         Website: www.designdirectdeliver.com
>         Email: sheri at designdirectdeliver.com
> 
> 
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> 
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> 
>     Design Direct Deliver
>     Website: www.designdirectdeliver.com
>     Email: sheri at designdirectdeliver.com
> 
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> 
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From oneswitch at googlemail.com  Fri Jan  8 02:18:10 2010
From: oneswitch at googlemail.com (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 07:18:10 -0000
Subject: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design
	AccessibilityMatters , Usability, Accessibility
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Message-ID: <8EB4E368AD2D4A3E9AFBF1EA630D3882@OneSwitchPC>

Sounds about right. To my mind, both are relating to how easy or comfortable something is to do or experience with Usability tending to look at a pretty generalised audience experience, and Accessibility more so taking into account disability.

Massive cross-over between the two of course.

Barrie



From: sheryl Flynn 
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 5:15 AM
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List 
Subject: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design AccessibilityMatters , Usability, Accessibility


I think this makes for a very interesting conversation...what is the difference between usability and accessibility?

It seems to me that accessibility has involved some sort of impairment and/or disability
Whilst usability has involved ease of use, but not related to impairment or disability, just easier to use!

thoughts?


~Sheryl Flynn PT, PhD

M:  310-913-5707
F:   310-230-5064
Y:   sherylflynn at yahoo.com
G:  sherylflynn at gmail.com
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From: Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de>
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Thu, January 7, 2010 3:14:20 AM
Subject: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design Accessibility Matters , Usability, Accessibility

Hi,

I still have to read the article. 
(I am working on my presentation :-)  )


This are my thought about accessibility and usability.

Accessibility: without this the gamer cannot play or can hardly play a game
Usability: with this it is more comfortable to play.

There is nothing like: this feature is accessibility and this is usability.
It depends on the gamer and the situation.

Example: user defined control can be
* accessibility: a gamer need to adapt the control to his needs.
* usability: a pro gamer feels more comfortable with an adapted control.

There are lots of game accessibility features that I would like to have for
usability:
* hints in click and point games, highlighting of elements in click and
point,
* training possibilities (lots of gamer would like to have this, special in
difficult games, you need it after a break :-) )
* ....

And lots of features are already used for usability, special for beginner.
But they are not used with thought about accessibility.


Best regards,
Sandra

> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-
> bounces at igda.org] Im Auftrag von AudioGames
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. Januar 2010 10:52
> An: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
> Betreff: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design
> Accessibility Matters
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for the forward, great find! I agree with you that this is
> "accessibility nonetheless". It's not so much a 'different' angle, but
> maybe the same angle with a broader scope. Michelle and I've had
> conversations about this years ago when we were discussing how
> accessibility solutions could cater new/regular gamers and non-
> (computer)gamers. Back in 2002 most of what you could find about 'game
> accessibility' online constisted of articles similar to Adam's article:
> accessibility issues between games and new/non-gamers (instead of x-
> impaired gamers). The listing of problems in the article are basically
> the same as the problems we've been discussing for years. I therefore
> welcome incorporating this (slightly broader but still the same) angle
> within the scope of 'game accessibility' as defined by GA-SIG.
> 
> Greets,
> 
> Richard
> 
> http://creativehero.es
> http://audiogames.net
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Sheri Rubin <mailto:sheri at designdirectdeliver.com>
>     To: games_access at igda.org
>     Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 2:16 AM
>     Subject: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design
> Accessibility Matters
> 
>     I forgot to add in the note that it's a slightly different form
> of accessibility than what you normally deal with (though some of his
> points still count), but it's accessibility nonetheless.
> 
>     Sheri Rubin wrote:
> 
> 
>     http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/26386/Analysis_Game_Design_Acc
> essibility_Matters.php
>         By Adam Saltsman
> 
>         "[In this in-depth design exploration, Canabalt creator
> Adam Saltsman lays out some essential, practical principles for making
> video games more accessible -- without dumbing them down.]
> 
>         On the weekends my wife and I go visit our friends to hang
> out and play games. Sadly, this very rarely means video games. Usually
> it means board games -- stuff like Pandemic or Settlers, not Candyland.
> They're geeky, complex, exciting, difficult games."
> 
> 
>         Sheri
> 
> 
>         --
>         Sheri Rubin
>         CEO and Founder
> 
>         Design Direct Deliver
>         Website: www.designdirectdeliver.com
>         Email: sheri at designdirectdeliver.com
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> 
>         _______________________________________________
>         games_access mailing list
>         games_access at igda.org
>         http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
> 
> 
> 
>     --
>     Sheri Rubin
>     CEO and Founder
> 
>     Design Direct Deliver
>     Website: www.designdirectdeliver.com
>     Email: sheri at designdirectdeliver.com
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     _______________________________________________
>     games_access mailing list
>     games_access at igda.org
>     http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
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From sandra_uhling at web.de  Fri Jan  8 05:25:13 2010
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:25:13 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Usability, Accessibility
Message-ID: <1085812013@web.de>

Hi,

I would add that everyone can be situational disabled.
e.g. no speaker, no place for mouse, only one hand free (Tokyo underground),

Is this accessibility or usability?


For the other part (not disability) I have:
* Hardware: graphic card, speaker, ...
* personal preferences: casual gamer, beginner
    and new is the busy gamer: does not have time to solve complex puzzle, but want to enjoy a good game

Best regards,

Sandra





Sounds about right. To my mind, both are relating to how easy or comfortable something is to do or experience with Usability tending to look at a pretty generalised audience experience, and Accessibility more so taking into account disability.
 
Massive cross-over between the two of course.
 
Barrie
 

From: sheryl Flynn
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 5:15 AM
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
Subject: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design AccessibilityMatters , Usability, Accessibility

I think this makes for a very interesting conversation...what is the difference between usability and accessibility?

It seems to me that accessibility has involved some sort of impairment and/or disability
Whilst usability has involved ease of use, but not related to impairment or disability, just easier to use!

thoughts?
 
~Sheryl Flynn PT, PhD

M:  310-913-5707
F:   310-230-5064
Y:   sherylflynn at yahoo.com
G:  sherylflynn at gmail.com
Skype:  sheryl.flynn
Aim:  sheryl flynn
FB:  sheryl flynn
LinkedIn: sheryl flynn
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From: Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de>
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Thu, January 7, 2010 3:14:20 AM
Subject: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design Accessibility Matters , Usability, Accessibility

Hi,

I still have to read the article.
(I am working on my presentation :-)  )


This are my thought about accessibility and usability.

Accessibility: without this the gamer cannot play or can hardly play a game
Usability: with this it is more comfortable to play.

There is nothing like: this feature is accessibility and this is usability.
It depends on the gamer and the situation.

Example: user defined control can be
* accessibility: a gamer need to adapt the control to his needs.
* usability: a pro gamer feels more comfortable with an adapted control.

There are lots of game accessibility features that I would like to have for
usability:
* hints in click and point games, highlighting of elements in click and
point,
* training possibilities (lots of gamer would like to have this, special in
difficult games, you need it after a break :-) )
* ....

And lots of features are already used for usability, special for beginner.
But they are not used with thought about accessibility.


Best regards,
Sandra

> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-
> bounces at igda.org] Im Auftrag von AudioGames
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. Januar 2010 10:52
> An: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
> Betreff: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design
> Accessibility Matters
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the forward, great find! I agree with you that this is
> "accessibility nonetheless". It's not so much a 'different' angle, but
> maybe the same angle with a broader scope. Michelle and I've had
> conversations about this years ago when we were discussing how
> accessibility solutions could cater new/regular gamers and non-
> (computer)gamers. Back in 2002 most of what you could find about 'game
> accessibility' online constisted of articles similar to Adam's article:
> accessibility issues between games and new/non-gamers (instead of x-
> impaired gamers). The listing of problems in the article are basically
> the same as the problems we've been discussing for years. I therefore
> welcome incorporating this (slightly broader but still the same) angle
> within the scope of 'game accessibility' as defined by GA-SIG.
>
> Greets,
>
> Richard
>
> http://creativehero.es
> http://audiogames.net
>
>
>
>
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Sheri Rubin <mailto:sheri at designdirectdeliver.com>
>     To: games_access at igda.org
>     Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 2:16 AM
>     Subject: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design
> Accessibility Matters
>
>     I forgot to add in the note that it's a slightly different form
> of accessibility than what you normally deal with (though some of his
> points still count), but it's accessibility nonetheless.
>
>     Sheri Rubin wrote:
>
>
>     http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/26386/Analysis_Game_Design_Acc
> essibility_Matters.php
>         By Adam Saltsman
>
>         "[In this in-depth design exploration, Canabalt creator
> Adam Saltsman lays out some essential, practical principles for making
> video games more accessible -- without dumbing them down.]
>
>         On the weekends my wife and I go visit our friends to hang
> out and play games. Sadly, this very rarely means video games. Usually
> it means board games -- stuff like Pandemic or Settlers, not Candyland.
> They're geeky, complex, exciting, difficult games."
>
>
>         Sheri
>
>
>         --
>         Sheri Rubin
>         CEO and Founder
>
>         Design Direct Deliver
>         Website: www.designdirectdeliver.com
>         Email: sheri at designdirectdeliver.com
>
>
> ________________________________
>
>
>         _______________________________________________
>         games_access mailing list
>         games_access at igda.org
>         http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>
>
>
>     --
>     Sheri Rubin
>     CEO and Founder
>
>     Design Direct Deliver
>     Website: www.designdirectdeliver.com
>     Email: sheri at designdirectdeliver.com
>
>
>

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From sandra_uhling at web.de  Fri Jan  8 10:19:59 2010
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 16:19:59 +0100
Subject: [games_access] silver gaming and accessibility
Message-ID: <000201ca9076$0b560d50$220227f0$@de>

Hello,

do we have some special information about silver/senior/elder gaming?
We will have conference about AAL: ambient assisted living in Germany.
There will be a pre-conference for silver gaming :-)

I have only few information:
Visual is a problem and mobility is limited.
It depends on the person if complexity is a problem.

There are people who have technology knowledge and
other who do not know anything about technology.

Best regards,
Sandra



From oneswitch at googlemail.com  Fri Jan  8 17:37:52 2010
From: oneswitch at googlemail.com (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 22:37:52 -0000
Subject: [games_access] Top 10 of the last 10: Switch Games
Message-ID: <E27844632B144E2182925D1211460C58@OneSwitchPC>


Knocked up a Top 10 of 2000-09 one-switch playable games: http://switchgaming.blogspot.com/2010/01/2000-09-top-10-one-switch-games.html

Wonder if anyone thinks I've missed off anything they would have included?

Barrie
www.OneSwitch.org.uk
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From mark at ablegamers.com  Fri Jan  8 17:51:38 2010
From: mark at ablegamers.com (Mark Barlet)
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 17:51:38 -0500
Subject: [games_access] Top 10 of the last 10: Switch Games
In-Reply-To: <E27844632B144E2182925D1211460C58@OneSwitchPC>
References: <E27844632B144E2182925D1211460C58@OneSwitchPC>
Message-ID: <191870b71001081451m36383b22jf195114a1e6c5a7f@mail.gmail.com>

Sweet, we will post a blog post on AbleGamers.com to the list. Great job.

Mark
www.AbleGamers.com

On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Barrie Ellis <oneswitch at googlemail.com>wrote:

>
> Knocked up a Top 10 of 2000-09 one-switch playable games:
> http://switchgaming.blogspot.com/2010/01/2000-09-top-10-one-switch-games.html
>
> Wonder if anyone thinks I've missed off anything they would have included?
>
> Barrie
> www.OneSwitch.org.uk
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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From oneswitch at googlemail.com  Sat Jan  9 07:58:34 2010
From: oneswitch at googlemail.com (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 12:58:34 -0000
Subject: [games_access] Top 10 of the last 10: Switch Games
In-Reply-To: <191870b71001081451m36383b22jf195114a1e6c5a7f@mail.gmail.com>
References: <E27844632B144E2182925D1211460C58@OneSwitchPC>
	<191870b71001081451m36383b22jf195114a1e6c5a7f@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1066934100194126A11EAD250B9B007F@OneSwitchPC>

Cheers, Mark, appreciated. I'm hoping to knock something up too about the noughties and game accessibility, but I'm so slow, I'll probably get it done in 2019.

Barrie



From: Mark Barlet 
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 10:51 PM
To: Barrie Ellis ; IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List 
Subject: Re: [games_access] Top 10 of the last 10: Switch Games


Sweet, we will post a blog post on AbleGamers.com to the list. Great job.

Mark 
www.AbleGamers.com


On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Barrie Ellis <oneswitch at googlemail.com> wrote:


  Knocked up a Top 10 of 2000-09 one-switch playable games: http://switchgaming.blogspot.com/2010/01/2000-09-top-10-one-switch-games.html

  Wonder if anyone thinks I've missed off anything they would have included?

  Barrie
  www.OneSwitch.org.uk


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From hinn at uiuc.edu  Sat Jan  9 08:10:57 2010
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (D. Michelle Hinn)
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 07:10:57 -0600
Subject: [games_access] Top 10 of the last 10: Switch Games
In-Reply-To: <1066934100194126A11EAD250B9B007F@OneSwitchPC>
References: <E27844632B144E2182925D1211460C58@OneSwitchPC>
	<191870b71001081451m36383b22jf195114a1e6c5a7f@mail.gmail.com>
	<1066934100194126A11EAD250B9B007F@OneSwitchPC>
Message-ID: <4AA1316A-4574-4AE7-A37B-4EA9AFB02545@uiuc.edu>

Sounds great, Barrie -- we always look forward to your posts whenever  
you have the time! :) Will you be adding this to your timeline of  
game accessibility?

BTW, your font is looking strange on my computer -- did you switch  
email fonts recently or is it my computer doing something bizarre  
with just your email? Words/letters overlap and it's about a font  
size 8. Just thought I'd mention it in case you didn't know. :)

And thanks for cross-posting your list on the SIG blog! For those who  
didn't know, Barrie is our tireless blogger for the SIG: http:// 
gameaccessibility.blogspot.com/ -- kudos for your service to the IGDA  
and the SIG, Barrie!

Michelle

On Jan 9, 2010, at 6:58 AM, Barrie Ellis wrote:

> Cheers, Mark, appreciated. I'm hoping to knock something up too  
> about the noughties and game accessibility, but I'm so slow, I'll  
> probably get it done in 2019.
>
> Barrie
>
>
> From: Mark Barlet
> Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 10:51 PM
> To: Barrie Ellis ; IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [games_access] Top 10 of the last 10: Switch Games
>
> Sweet, we will post a blog post on AbleGamers.com to the list.  
> Great job.
>
> Mark
> www.AbleGamers.com
>
> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Barrie Ellis  
> <oneswitch at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Knocked up a Top 10 of 2000-09 one-switch playable games: http:// 
> switchgaming.blogspot.com/2010/01/2000-09-top-10-one-switch-games.html
>
> Wonder if anyone thinks I've missed off anything they would have  
> included?
>
> Barrie
> www.OneSwitch.org.uk
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Mark C. Barlet
> Editor-in-Chief
> AbleGamers.com
>
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From sandra_uhling at web.de  Sat Jan  9 09:35:35 2010
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 15:35:35 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Top 10 of the last 10: Switch Games
In-Reply-To: <4AA1316A-4574-4AE7-A37B-4EA9AFB02545@uiuc.edu>
References: <E27844632B144E2182925D1211460C58@OneSwitchPC>	<191870b71001081451m36383b22jf195114a1e6c5a7f@mail.gmail.com>	<1066934100194126A11EAD250B9B007F@OneSwitchPC>
	<4AA1316A-4574-4AE7-A37B-4EA9AFB02545@uiuc.edu>
Message-ID: <001901ca9139$01a626f0$04f274d0$@de>

Hi,

yes Barrie is our blog master :-)
Without him the blog would be not so full with good entries.

Thank you Barrie!

Sandra

> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-
> bounces at igda.org] Im Auftrag von D. Michelle Hinn
> Gesendet: Samstag, 9. Januar 2010 14:11
> An: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
> Betreff: Re: [games_access] Top 10 of the last 10: Switch Games
> 
> Sounds great, Barrie -- we always look forward to your posts whenever
> you have the time! :) Will you be adding this to your timeline of game
> accessibility?
> 
> BTW, your font is looking strange on my computer -- did you switch
> email fonts recently or is it my computer doing something bizarre with
> just your email? Words/letters overlap and it's about a font size 8.
> Just thought I'd mention it in case you didn't know. :)
> 
> And thanks for cross-posting your list on the SIG blog! For those who
> didn't know, Barrie is our tireless blogger for the SIG:
> http://gameaccessibility.blogspot.com/ -- kudos for your service to the
> IGDA and the SIG, Barrie!
> 
> Michelle
> 
> On Jan 9, 2010, at 6:58 AM, Barrie Ellis wrote:
> 
> 
> 	Cheers, Mark, appreciated. I'm hoping to knock something up too
> about the noughties and game accessibility, but I'm so slow, I'll
> probably get it done in 2019.
> 
> 	Barrie
> 
> 
> 	From: Mark Barlet <mailto:mark at ablegamers.com>
> 	Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 10:51 PM
> 	To: Barrie Ellis <mailto:oneswitch at gmail.com>  ; IGDA Games
> Accessibility SIG Mailing List <mailto:games_access at igda.org>
> 	Subject: Re: [games_access] Top 10 of the last 10: Switch Games
> 
> 	Sweet, we will post a blog post on AbleGamers.com to the list.
> Great job.
> 
> 	Mark
> 	www.AbleGamers.com
> 
> 
> 	On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Barrie Ellis
> <oneswitch at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 		Knocked up a Top 10 of 2000-09 one-switch playable games:
> http://switchgaming.blogspot.com/2010/01/2000-09-top-10-one-switch-
> games.html
> 
> 		Wonder if anyone thinks I've missed off anything they would
> have included?
> 
> 		Barrie
> 		www.OneSwitch.org.uk
> 
> 
> 		_______________________________________________
> 		games_access mailing list
> 		games_access at igda.org
> 		http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 	--
> 	Mark C. Barlet
> 	Editor-in-Chief
> 	AbleGamers.com
> 
> 
> 	_______________________________________________
> 	games_access mailing list
> 	games_access at igda.org
> 	http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
> 




From jbannick at 7128.com  Sat Jan  9 10:39:56 2010
From: jbannick at 7128.com (John Bannick)
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:39:56 -0500
Subject: [games_access] Top 10 of the last 10: Switch Games
Message-ID: <4B48A34C.4000204@7128.com>

Barrie,

An excellent bit of research and presentation.
We're looking at it right now as part of our Top Web Sites for 
Accessible Gamers - 2010 project.

Thanks,

John


From oneswitch at googlemail.com  Sun Jan 10 03:35:16 2010
From: oneswitch at googlemail.com (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:35:16 -0000
Subject: [games_access] Top 10 of the last 10: Switch Games
In-Reply-To: <001901ca9139$01a626f0$04f274d0$@de>
References: <E27844632B144E2182925D1211460C58@OneSwitchPC>	<191870b71001081451m36383b22jf195114a1e6c5a7f@mail.gmail.com>	<1066934100194126A11EAD250B9B007F@OneSwitchPC><4AA1316A-4574-4AE7-A37B-4EA9AFB02545@uiuc.edu>
	<001901ca9139$01a626f0$04f274d0$@de>
Message-ID: <081FBC959F5247B6AB7347A450F984E0@OneSwitchPC>

Cheers, Sandra! Thought I'd been a bit slack lately missing quite a few 
stories off due to lack of time - so I appreciate the kind words.

Barrie


--------------------------------------------------
From: "Sandra Uhling" <sandra_uhling at web.de>
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 2:35 PM
To: "'IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List'" <games_access at igda.org>
Subject: Re: [games_access] Top 10 of the last 10: Switch Games

> Hi,
>
> yes Barrie is our blog master :-)
> Without him the blog would be not so full with good entries.
>
> Thank you Barrie!
>
> Sandra
>
>> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-
>> bounces at igda.org] Im Auftrag von D. Michelle Hinn
>> Gesendet: Samstag, 9. Januar 2010 14:11
>> An: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
>> Betreff: Re: [games_access] Top 10 of the last 10: Switch Games
>>
>> Sounds great, Barrie -- we always look forward to your posts whenever
>> you have the time! :) Will you be adding this to your timeline of game
>> accessibility?
>>
>> BTW, your font is looking strange on my computer -- did you switch
>> email fonts recently or is it my computer doing something bizarre with
>> just your email? Words/letters overlap and it's about a font size 8.
>> Just thought I'd mention it in case you didn't know. :)
>>
>> And thanks for cross-posting your list on the SIG blog! For those who
>> didn't know, Barrie is our tireless blogger for the SIG:
>> http://gameaccessibility.blogspot.com/ -- kudos for your service to the
>> IGDA and the SIG, Barrie!
>>
>> Michelle
>>
>> On Jan 9, 2010, at 6:58 AM, Barrie Ellis wrote:
>>
>>
>> Cheers, Mark, appreciated. I'm hoping to knock something up too
>> about the noughties and game accessibility, but I'm so slow, I'll
>> probably get it done in 2019.
>>
>> Barrie
>>
>>
>> From: Mark Barlet <mailto:mark at ablegamers.com>
>> Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 10:51 PM
>> To: Barrie Ellis <mailto:oneswitch at gmail.com>  ; IGDA Games
>> Accessibility SIG Mailing List <mailto:games_access at igda.org>
>> Subject: Re: [games_access] Top 10 of the last 10: Switch Games
>>
>> Sweet, we will post a blog post on AbleGamers.com to the list.
>> Great job.
>>
>> Mark
>> www.AbleGamers.com
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Barrie Ellis
>> <oneswitch at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Knocked up a Top 10 of 2000-09 one-switch playable games:
>> http://switchgaming.blogspot.com/2010/01/2000-09-top-10-one-switch-
>> games.html
>>
>> Wonder if anyone thinks I've missed off anything they would
>> have included?
>>
>> Barrie
>> www.OneSwitch.org.uk
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mark C. Barlet
>> Editor-in-Chief
>> AbleGamers.com
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access 



From thomas at pininteractive.com  Sun Jan 10 15:55:55 2010
From: thomas at pininteractive.com (Thomas Westin)
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:55:55 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design
	AccessibilityMatters , Usability, Accessibility
In-Reply-To: <465913.75147.qm@web38402.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <4B453558.2060107@designdirectdeliver.com><4B453602.9060900@designdirectdeliver.com><6C11F814E0CE4CEEA7D5052430230883@PC10815><004901ca8f8a$8fc6a6e0$af53f4a0$@de>
	<465913.75147.qm@web38402.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <AEC1B666-ACB8-4E5F-99AF-64EC79B72BF2@pininteractive.com>

Hi,

I see it this way: accessibility doesn't have anything to do with if you have a disability or not (anyone can be disabled in certain contexts). It is all about the context, and adapting that context to make the content accessible (input and output). 

Usability is about making the interface easier to use, more intuitive etc - which of course is also an accessibility issue so there is overlap too. But still, accessibility is about changing the context so you can get or send the information in some way or another, easy or not.

 I think the fine line between usability and accessibility may be described as when it becomes too hard to use at all, usability issues becomes accessibility issues.

/Thomas

On 8Jan 2010, at 6:15 AM, sheryl Flynn wrote:

> I think this makes for a very interesting conversation...what is the difference between usability and accessibility?
> 
> It seems to me that accessibility has involved some sort of impairment and/or disability
> Whilst usability has involved ease of use, but not related to impairment or disability, just easier to use!
> 
> thoughts?
>  
> ~Sheryl Flynn PT, PhD
> 
> M:  310-913-5707
> F:   310-230-5064
> Y:   sherylflynn at yahoo.com
> G:  sherylflynn at gmail.com
> Skype:  sheryl.flynn
> Aim:  sheryl flynn
> FB:  sheryl flynn
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> 
> 
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> 
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de>
> To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
> Sent: Thu, January 7, 2010 3:14:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design Accessibility Matters , Usability, Accessibility
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I still have to read the article. 
> (I am working on my presentation :-)  )
> 
> 
> This are my thought about accessibility and usability.
> 
> Accessibility: without this the gamer cannot play or can hardly play a game
> Usability: with this it is more comfortable to play.
> 
> There is nothing like: this feature is accessibility and this is usability.
> It depends on the gamer and the situation.
> 
> Example: user defined control can be
> * accessibility: a gamer need to adapt the control to his needs.
> * usability: a pro gamer feels more comfortable with an adapted control.
> 
> There are lots of game accessibility features that I would like to have for
> usability:
> * hints in click and point games, highlighting of elements in click and
> point,
> * training possibilities (lots of gamer would like to have this, special in
> difficult games, you need it after a break :-) )
> * ....
> 
> And lots of features are already used for usability, special for beginner.
> But they are not used with thought about accessibility.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Sandra
> 
> > -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-
> > bounces at igda.org] Im Auftrag von AudioGames
> > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. Januar 2010 10:52
> > An: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
> > Betreff: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design
> > Accessibility Matters
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Thanks for the forward, great find! I agree with you that this is
> > "accessibility nonetheless". It's not so much a 'different' angle, but
> > maybe the same angle with a broader scope. Michelle and I've had
> > conversations about this years ago when we were discussing how
> > accessibility solutions could cater new/regular gamers and non-
> > (computer)gamers. Back in 2002 most of what you could find about 'game
> > accessibility' online constisted of articles similar to Adam's article:
> > accessibility issues between games and new/non-gamers (instead of x-
> > impaired gamers). The listing of problems in the article are basically
> > the same as the problems we've been discussing for years. I therefore
> > welcome incorporating this (slightly broader but still the same) angle
> > within the scope of 'game accessibility' as defined by GA-SIG.
> > 
> > Greets,
> > 
> > Richard
> > 
> > http://creativehero.es
> > http://audiogames.net
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >     ----- Original Message -----
> >     From: Sheri Rubin <mailto:sheri at designdirectdeliver.com>
> >     To: games_access at igda.org
> >     Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 2:16 AM
> >     Subject: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design
> > Accessibility Matters
> > 
> >     I forgot to add in the note that it's a slightly different form
> > of accessibility than what you normally deal with (though some of his
> > points still count), but it's accessibility nonetheless.
> > 
> >     Sheri Rubin wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >     http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/26386/Analysis_Game_Design_Acc
> > essibility_Matters.php
> >         By Adam Saltsman
> > 
> >         "[In this in-depth design exploration, Canabalt creator
> > Adam Saltsman lays out some essential, practical principles for making
> > video games more accessible -- without dumbing them down.]
> > 
> >         On the weekends my wife and I go visit our friends to hang
> > out and play games. Sadly, this very rarely means video games. Usually
> > it means board games -- stuff like Pandemic or Settlers, not Candyland.
> > They're geeky, complex, exciting, difficult games."
> > 
> > 
> >         Sheri
> > 
> > 
> >         --
> >         Sheri Rubin
> >         CEO and Founder
> > 
> >         Design Direct Deliver
> >         Website: www.designdirectdeliver.com
> >         Email: sheri at designdirectdeliver.com
> > 
> > 
> > ________________________________
> > 
> > 
> >         _______________________________________________
> >         games_access mailing list
> >         games_access at igda.org
> >         http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >     --
> >     Sheri Rubin
> >     CEO and Founder
> > 
> >     Design Direct Deliver
> >     Website: www.designdirectdeliver.com
> >     Email: sheri at designdirectdeliver.com
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ________________________________
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >     _______________________________________________
> >     games_access mailing list
> >     games_access at igda.org
> >     http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
> > 
> 
> 
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From richard at audiogames.net  Sun Jan 10 16:09:15 2010
From: richard at audiogames.net (AudioGames.net)
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:09:15 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game
	DesignAccessibilityMatters , Usability, Accessibility
References: <4B453558.2060107@designdirectdeliver.com><4B453602.9060900@designdirectdeliver.com><6C11F814E0CE4CEEA7D5052430230883@PC10815><004901ca8f8a$8fc6a6e0$af53f4a0$@de><465913.75147.qm@web38402.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<AEC1B666-ACB8-4E5F-99AF-64EC79B72BF2@pininteractive.com>
Message-ID: <9072620132204267ADAA7B999E0EEC17@Delletje>

I ditto Thomas.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Thomas Westin 
  To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List 
  Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 9:55 PM
  Subject: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game DesignAccessibilityMatters , Usability, Accessibility


  Hi,


  I see it this way: accessibility doesn't have anything to do with if you have a disability or not (anyone can be disabled in certain contexts). It is all about the context, and adapting that context to make the content accessible (input and output). 


  Usability is about making the interface easier to use, more intuitive etc - which of course is also an accessibility issue so there is overlap too. But still, accessibility is about changing the context so you can get or send the information in some way or another, easy or not.


   I think the fine line between usability and accessibility may be described as when it becomes too hard to use at all, usability issues becomes accessibility issues.


  /Thomas


  On 8Jan 2010, at 6:15 AM, sheryl Flynn wrote:


    I think this makes for a very interesting conversation...what is the difference between usability and accessibility?

    It seems to me that accessibility has involved some sort of impairment and/or disability
    Whilst usability has involved ease of use, but not related to impairment or disability, just easier to use!

    thoughts?


    ~Sheryl Flynn PT, PhD

    M:  310-913-5707
    F:   310-230-5064
    Y:   sherylflynn at yahoo.com
    G:  sherylflynn at gmail.com
    Skype:  sheryl.flynn
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    From: Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de>
    To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
    Sent: Thu, January 7, 2010 3:14:20 AM
    Subject: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design Accessibility Matters , Usability, Accessibility

    Hi,

    I still have to read the article. 
    (I am working on my presentation :-)  )


    This are my thought about accessibility and usability.

    Accessibility: without this the gamer cannot play or can hardly play a game
    Usability: with this it is more comfortable to play.

    There is nothing like: this feature is accessibility and this is usability.
    It depends on the gamer and the situation.

    Example: user defined control can be
    * accessibility: a gamer need to adapt the control to his needs.
    * usability: a pro gamer feels more comfortable with an adapted control.

    There are lots of game accessibility features that I would like to have for
    usability:
    * hints in click and point games, highlighting of elements in click and
    point,
    * training possibilities (lots of gamer would like to have this, special in
    difficult games, you need it after a break :-) )
    * ....

    And lots of features are already used for usability, special for beginner.
    But they are not used with thought about accessibility.


    Best regards,
    Sandra

    > -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
    > Von: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-
    > bounces at igda.org] Im Auftrag von AudioGames
    > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. Januar 2010 10:52
    > An: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
    > Betreff: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design
    > Accessibility Matters
    > 
    > Hi,
    > 
    > Thanks for the forward, great find! I agree with you that this is
    > "accessibility nonetheless". It's not so much a 'different' angle, but
    > maybe the same angle with a broader scope. Michelle and I've had
    > conversations about this years ago when we were discussing how
    > accessibility solutions could cater new/regular gamers and non-
    > (computer)gamers. Back in 2002 most of what you could find about 'game
    > accessibility' online constisted of articles similar to Adam's article:
    > accessibility issues between games and new/non-gamers (instead of x-
    > impaired gamers). The listing of problems in the article are basically
    > the same as the problems we've been discussing for years. I therefore
    > welcome incorporating this (slightly broader but still the same) angle
    > within the scope of 'game accessibility' as defined by GA-SIG.
    > 
    > Greets,
    > 
    > Richard
    > 
    > http://creativehero.es
    > http://audiogames.net
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > 
    >     ----- Original Message -----
    >     From: Sheri Rubin <mailto:sheri at designdirectdeliver.com>
    >     To: games_access at igda.org
    >     Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 2:16 AM
    >     Subject: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design
    > Accessibility Matters
    > 
    >     I forgot to add in the note that it's a slightly different form
    > of accessibility than what you normally deal with (though some of his
    > points still count), but it's accessibility nonetheless.
    > 
    >     Sheri Rubin wrote:
    > 
    > 
    >     http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/26386/Analysis_Game_Design_Acc
    > essibility_Matters.php
    >         By Adam Saltsman
    > 
    >         "[In this in-depth design exploration, Canabalt creator
    > Adam Saltsman lays out some essential, practical principles for making
    > video games more accessible -- without dumbing them down.]
    > 
    >         On the weekends my wife and I go visit our friends to hang
    > out and play games. Sadly, this very rarely means video games. Usually
    > it means board games -- stuff like Pandemic or Settlers, not Candyland.
    > They're geeky, complex, exciting, difficult games."
    > 
    > 
    >         Sheri
    > 
    > 
    >         --
    >         Sheri Rubin
    >         CEO and Founder
    > 
    >         Design Direct Deliver
    >         Website: www.designdirectdeliver.com
    >         Email: sheri at designdirectdeliver.com
    > 
    > 
    > ________________________________
    > 
    > 
    >         _______________________________________________
    >         games_access mailing list
    >         games_access at igda.org
    >         http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
    > 
    > 
    > 
    >     --
    >     Sheri Rubin
    >     CEO and Founder
    > 
    >     Design Direct Deliver
    >     Website: www.designdirectdeliver.com
    >     Email: sheri at designdirectdeliver.com
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > ________________________________
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > 
    >     _______________________________________________
    >     games_access mailing list
    >     games_access at igda.org
    >     http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
    > 


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From oneswitch at googlemail.com  Sun Jan 10 17:43:09 2010
From: oneswitch at googlemail.com (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:43:09 -0000
Subject: [games_access] Fw: Use of assistive technologies by end-users
Message-ID: <3AA6BE6E9AB4479F8D804042A7893012@OneSwitchPC>

Wonder if anyone can help with this request?

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From: <webmaster at access-for-all.eu>
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 2:21 PM
To: <info at oneswitch.org.uk>
Subject: Use of assistive technologies by end-users

> Dear colleague,
>
> In the context of a study I am undertaken for the AEGIS project 
> (www.aegis-project.eu), I would like to kindly ask you whether you are 
> aware of any European or national studies that address the following:
> - analysis of the number of people per impairment group that use assistive 
> technologies (with regards to usage of PC, mobile;
> - survey of satisfaction levels among end-users of the usage of assistive 
> technologies.
>
> I would appreciate any feedback, even if it points out that no such 
> studies exist for your country.
>
> Best regards and thanks in advance,
> Karel Van Isacker
> Belgium-Greece
> www.AccessforAll.eu
>
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From sandra_uhling at web.de  Sun Jan 10 18:03:34 2010
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:03:34 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Fw: Use of assistive technologies by end-users
In-Reply-To: <3AA6BE6E9AB4479F8D804042A7893012@OneSwitchPC>
References: <3AA6BE6E9AB4479F8D804042A7893012@OneSwitchPC>
Message-ID: <003701ca9249$23021f50$69065df0$@de>

Hi,

I am not sure, but there is a conference about AAL.
And we make the pre-conference about silver gaming.
Maybe the people there, know something?

Can I post this question in a xing group for silver gaming?
(Without email address, of course)

Best regards,
Sandra

> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-
> bounces at igda.org] Im Auftrag von Barrie Ellis
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 10. Januar 2010 23:43
> An: games_access at igda.org
> Betreff: [games_access] Fw: Use of assistive technologies by end-users
> 
> Wonder if anyone can help with this request?
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: <webmaster at access-for-all.eu>
> Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 2:21 PM
> To: <info at oneswitch.org.uk>
> Subject: Use of assistive technologies by end-users
> 
> > Dear colleague,
> >
> > In the context of a study I am undertaken for the AEGIS project
> > (www.aegis-project.eu), I would like to kindly ask you whether you
> are
> > aware of any European or national studies that address the following:
> > - analysis of the number of people per impairment group that use
> > assistive technologies (with regards to usage of PC, mobile;
> > - survey of satisfaction levels among end-users of the usage of
> > assistive technologies.
> >
> > I would appreciate any feedback, even if it points out that no such
> > studies exist for your country.
> >
> > Best regards and thanks in advance,
> > Karel Van Isacker
> > Belgium-Greece
> > www.AccessforAll.eu
> >
> >
> > To be removed from this specific mailing list, click here:
> >
> http://www.phoenixkm.eu/mailinglists/mailinglists.php?p=subscr&mlst=at
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From sandra_uhling at web.de  Sun Jan 10 18:46:07 2010
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:46:07 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game
	Design	AccessibilityMatters , Usability, Accessibility
In-Reply-To: <AEC1B666-ACB8-4E5F-99AF-64EC79B72BF2@pininteractive.com>
References: <4B453558.2060107@designdirectdeliver.com><4B453602.9060900@designdirectdeliver.com><6C11F814E0CE4CEEA7D5052430230883@PC10815><004901ca8f8a$8fc6a6e0$af53f4a0$@de>	<465913.75147.qm@web38402.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<AEC1B666-ACB8-4E5F-99AF-64EC79B72BF2@pininteractive.com>
Message-ID: <003c01ca924f$153ef680$3fbce380$@de>

Hi all,

I am wondering if we can collect information about discussion like this.
So it would be easy to put this in the blog or to send it to partner groups.

Best regards,
Sandra

> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-
> bounces at igda.org] Im Auftrag von Thomas Westin
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 10. Januar 2010 21:56
> An: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
> Betreff: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design
> AccessibilityMatters , Usability, Accessibility
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I see it this way: accessibility doesn't have anything to do with if
> you have a disability or not (anyone can be disabled in certain
> contexts). It is all about the context, and adapting that context to
> make the content accessible (input and output).
> 
> Usability is about making the interface easier to use, more intuitive
> etc - which of course is also an accessibility issue so there is
> overlap too. But still, accessibility is about changing the context so
> you can get or send the information in some way or another, easy or
> not.
> 
>  I think the fine line between usability and accessibility may be
> described as when it becomes too hard to use at all, usability issues
> becomes accessibility issues.
> 
> /Thomas
> 
> On 8Jan 2010, at 6:15 AM, sheryl Flynn wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 	I think this makes for a very interesting conversation...what is
> the difference between usability and accessibility?
> 
> 	It seems to me that accessibility has involved some sort of
> impairment and/or disability
> 	Whilst usability has involved ease of use, but not related to
> impairment or disability, just easier to use!
> 
> 	thoughts?
> 
> 
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> 	From: Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de>
> 	To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
> <games_access at igda.org>
> 	Sent: Thu, January 7, 2010 3:14:20 AM
> 	Subject: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design
> Accessibility Matters , Usability, Accessibility
> 
> 	Hi,
> 
> 	I still have to read the article.
> 	(I am working on my presentation :-)  )
> 
> 
> 	This are my thought about accessibility and usability.
> 
> 	Accessibility: without this the gamer cannot play or can hardly
> play a game
> 	Usability: with this it is more comfortable to play.
> 
> 	There is nothing like: this feature is accessibility and this is
> usability.
> 	It depends on the gamer and the situation.
> 
> 	Example: user defined control can be
> 	* accessibility: a gamer need to adapt the control to his needs.
> 	* usability: a pro gamer feels more comfortable with an adapted
> control.
> 
> 	There are lots of game accessibility features that I would like
> to have for
> 	usability:
> 	* hints in click and point games, highlighting of elements in
> click and
> 	point,
> 	* training possibilities (lots of gamer would like to have this,
> special in
> 	difficult games, you need it after a break :-) )
> 	* ....
> 
> 	And lots of features are already used for usability, special for
> beginner.
> 	But they are not used with thought about accessibility.
> 
> 
> 	Best regards,
> 	Sandra
> 
> 	> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> 	> Von: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-
> 	> bounces at igda.org] Im Auftrag von AudioGames
> 	> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. Januar 2010 10:52
> 	> An: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
> 	> Betreff: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game Design
> 	> Accessibility Matters
> 	>
> 	> Hi,
> 	>
> 	> Thanks for the forward, great find! I agree with you that this
> is
> 	> "accessibility nonetheless". It's not so much a 'different'
> angle, but
> 	> maybe the same angle with a broader scope. Michelle and I've
> had
> 	> conversations about this years ago when we were discussing how
> 	> accessibility solutions could cater new/regular gamers and non-
> 	> (computer)gamers. Back in 2002 most of what you could find
> about 'game
> 	> accessibility' online constisted of articles similar to Adam's
> article:
> 	> accessibility issues between games and new/non-gamers (instead
> of x-
> 	> impaired gamers). The listing of problems in the article are
> basically
> 	> the same as the problems we've been discussing for years. I
> therefore
> 	> welcome incorporating this (slightly broader but still the
> same) angle
> 	> within the scope of 'game accessibility' as defined by GA-SIG.
> 	>
> 	> Greets,
> 	>
> 	> Richard
> 	>
> 	> http://creativehero.es
> 	> http://audiogames.net
> 	>
> 	>
> 	>
> 	>
> 	>
> 	>     ----- Original Message -----
> 	>     From: Sheri Rubin <mailto:sheri at designdirectdeliver.com>
> 	>     To: games_access at igda.org
> 	>     Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 2:16 AM
> 	>     Subject: Re: [games_access] Gamasutra: Analysis: Game
> Design
> 	> Accessibility Matters
> 	>
> 	>     I forgot to add in the note that it's a slightly different
> form
> 	> of accessibility than what you normally deal with (though some
> of his
> 	> points still count), but it's accessibility nonetheless.
> 	>
> 	>     Sheri Rubin wrote:
> 	>
> 	>
> 	>
> http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/26386/Analysis_Game_Design_Acc
> 	> essibility_Matters.php
> 	>         By Adam Saltsman
> 	>
> 	>         "[In this in-depth design exploration, Canabalt creator
> 	> Adam Saltsman lays out some essential, practical principles for
> making
> 	> video games more accessible -- without dumbing them down.]
> 	>
> 	>         On the weekends my wife and I go visit our friends to
> hang
> 	> out and play games. Sadly, this very rarely means video games.
> Usually
> 	> it means board games -- stuff like Pandemic or Settlers, not
> Candyland.
> 	> They're geeky, complex, exciting, difficult games."
> 	>
> 	>
> 	>         Sheri
> 	>
> 	>
> 	>         --
> 	>         Sheri Rubin
> 	>         CEO and Founder
> 	>
> 	>         Design Direct Deliver
> 	>         Website: www.designdirectdeliver.com
> 	>         Email: sheri at designdirectdeliver.com
> 	>
> 	>
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> 	>
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> 	>
> 	>
> 	>     --
> 	>     Sheri Rubin
> 	>     CEO and Founder
> 	>
> 	>     Design Direct Deliver
> 	>     Website: www.designdirectdeliver.com
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> 	>
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From thomas at pininteractive.com  Mon Jan 11 09:22:21 2010
From: thomas at pininteractive.com (Thomas Westin)
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:22:21 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Industry feedback wanted: Design patterns
Message-ID: <1ABC75C8-9C58-4358-AF6A-F7185AFF3608@pininteractive.com>

Hi,

A couple of master students at Stockholm University (where I teach) are conducting a study resulting in design patterns for game accessibility. They would like to get feedback from the game industry. They asked me to forward it here as there has been no response in the IGDA web forum.

Please forward this to anyone you think could help them out.

http://www.igda.org/forum/color-blind-computer-gaming

Best regards
Thomas Westin



From sandra_uhling at web.de  Mon Jan 11 09:47:17 2010
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:47:17 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Industry feedback wanted: Design patterns
In-Reply-To: <1ABC75C8-9C58-4358-AF6A-F7185AFF3608@pininteractive.com>
References: <1ABC75C8-9C58-4358-AF6A-F7185AFF3608@pininteractive.com>
Message-ID: <001301ca92cc$f8cc1b30$ea645190$@de>

Hi Thomas,

are they looking for feedback of developers,
if they can use and understand it?

Or do they look for feedback with point of view of accessibility?

Best regards,
Sandra

> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-
> bounces at igda.org] Im Auftrag von Thomas Westin
> Gesendet: Montag, 11. Januar 2010 15:22
> An: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
> Betreff: [games_access] Industry feedback wanted: Design patterns
> 
> Hi,
> 
> A couple of master students at Stockholm University (where I teach) are
> conducting a study resulting in design patterns for game accessibility.
> They would like to get feedback from the game industry. They asked me
> to forward it here as there has been no response in the IGDA web forum.
> 
> Please forward this to anyone you think could help them out.
> 
> http://www.igda.org/forum/color-blind-computer-gaming
> 
> Best regards
> Thomas Westin
> 
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access



From sandra_uhling at web.de  Mon Jan 11 16:18:41 2010
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:18:41 +0100
Subject: [games_access] control game with your breath
Message-ID: <005301ca9303$a6660810$f3321830$@de>

Hi,

http://kotaku.com/5445624/the-next-generation-of-blowing-at-a-game-to-contro
l-it
" If Wii MotionPlus or Microsoft's Project Natal are the next generations of
video game motion control, what, you may wonder, is the next generation of
controlling a video game by blowing your breath at it?[..]"



From sandra_uhling at web.de  Mon Jan 11 17:12:56 2010
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:12:56 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Usability, Accessibility, Head, eyetracker Shooter
Message-ID: <005701ca930b$3b0d2140$b12763c0$@de>

Hi,

sometimes it is funny. Sometimes alternative controller are also interesting
for all gamer.
Imagine a Head or Eyetracker for a Shooter game.

So maybe sometimes accessibility can become more fun for all gamers.
So in this case it would be usability?

Best regards,
Sandra



From thomas at pininteractive.com  Tue Jan 12 09:01:05 2010
From: thomas at pininteractive.com (Thomas Westin)
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:01:05 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Industry feedback wanted: Design patterns
In-Reply-To: <001301ca92cc$f8cc1b30$ea645190$@de>
References: <1ABC75C8-9C58-4358-AF6A-F7185AFF3608@pininteractive.com>
	<001301ca92cc$f8cc1b30$ea645190$@de>
Message-ID: <F93F7699-2A99-470B-A8E4-31EF75166DC2@pininteractive.com>

As I understand it, if game developers can use it and understand it, but I guess feedback regarding accessibility is equally important

/thomas

On 11Jan 2010, at 3:47 PM, Sandra Uhling wrote:

> Hi Thomas,
> 
> are they looking for feedback of developers,
> if they can use and understand it?
> 
> Or do they look for feedback with point of view of accessibility?
> 
> Best regards,
> Sandra
> 
>> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-
>> bounces at igda.org] Im Auftrag von Thomas Westin
>> Gesendet: Montag, 11. Januar 2010 15:22
>> An: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
>> Betreff: [games_access] Industry feedback wanted: Design patterns
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> A couple of master students at Stockholm University (where I teach) are
>> conducting a study resulting in design patterns for game accessibility.
>> They would like to get feedback from the game industry. They asked me
>> to forward it here as there has been no response in the IGDA web forum.
>> 
>> Please forward this to anyone you think could help them out.
>> 
>> http://www.igda.org/forum/color-blind-computer-gaming
>> 
>> Best regards
>> Thomas Westin
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
> 
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access



From jbannick at 7128.com  Tue Jan 12 17:14:12 2010
From: jbannick at 7128.com (John Bannick)
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:14:12 -0500
Subject: [games_access] Industry feedback wanted: Design patterns
Message-ID: <4B4CF434.2090500@7128.com>

Thomas,

I posted this over on the IGDA Web forum.

The most significant effect of color blindness on computer user 
interfaces is a significant reduction in the color spectrum available to 
communicate to the user.

People who are not color blind can distinguish among a greater number of 
colors than people who are color blind.

The BBC published color wheels, along with RGB values, that non color 
blind developers can use to select colors that color blind people can 
distinguish. That is, colors that are sufficiently different to the 
vision of people who are color blind.

BBC removed these color wheels from their Web site in 2008. However, we 
copied them to our Web site, www.7128.com <http://www.7128.com> before 
that. Check out:
http://www.7128.com/resources/resources_color_blind.html

I used these color wheels in an application I built where the client was 
color blind.

John Bannick
Chief Technology Officer
7-128 Software
www.7128.com <http://www.7128.com>
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From thomas at pininteractive.com  Wed Jan 13 09:14:00 2010
From: thomas at pininteractive.com (Thomas Westin)
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:14:00 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Industry feedback wanted: Design patterns
In-Reply-To: <4B4CF434.2090500@7128.com>
References: <4B4CF434.2090500@7128.com>
Message-ID: <134AB330-9AAB-4C5D-962D-140B98056AF6@pininteractive.com>

thanks John,
/Thomas

On 12Jan 2010, at 11:14 PM, John Bannick wrote:

> Thomas,
> 
> I posted this over on the IGDA Web forum.
> The most significant effect of color blindness on computer user interfaces is a significant reduction in the color spectrum available to communicate to the user.
> 
> People who are not color blind can distinguish among a greater number of colors than people who are color blind.
> 
> The BBC published color wheels, along with RGB values, that non color blind developers can use to select colors that color blind people can distinguish. That is, colors that are sufficiently different to the vision of people who are color blind.
> 
> BBC removed these color wheels from their Web site in 2008. However, we copied them to our Web site, www.7128.com before that. Check out: 
> http://www.7128.com/resources/resources_color_blind.html
> 
> I used these color wheels in an application I built where the client was color blind.
> 
> John Bannick
> Chief Technology Officer
> 7-128 Software
> www.7128.com
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
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From oneswitch at googlemail.com  Wed Jan 13 13:28:58 2010
From: oneswitch at googlemail.com (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:28:58 -0000
Subject: [games_access] Nanogames competition
Message-ID: <C85F85362F7942DEB0DC052AFE6F7660@OneSwitchPC>

Just a quick one - I've 20 free activations of Dennis Asher's Nanogames - all you need do is follow this link and e-mail me:

http://switchgaming.blogspot.com/2010/01/nanogames-competition-one-month.html

Best wishes,

Barrie
www.OneSwitch.org.uk
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From lennart.nacke at acm.org  Thu Jan 14 14:15:49 2010
From: lennart.nacke at acm.org (Lennart Nacke)
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:15:49 +0100
Subject: [games_access] silver gaming and accessibility
In-Reply-To: <000201ca9076$0b560d50$220227f0$@de>
References: <000201ca9076$0b560d50$220227f0$@de>
Message-ID: <989412751001141115u459fb92ap9cd2bb489b5d31e5@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Sandra,

2010/1/8 Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de>:
> do we have some special information about silver/senior/elder gaming?
> We will have conference about AAL: ambient assisted living in Germany.
> There will be a pre-conference for silver gaming :-)

I have done a study on Silver Gamers, which could be of interest to
you (in terms of how they enjoy games compared to younger players):

http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/cpb.2009.0013
http://www.acagamic.com/broadcast/silver-gamers-enjoy-playing-brain-training-games-more-than-adolescents/
http://bit.ly/rk1og

> Visual is a problem and mobility is limited.
> It depends on the person if complexity is a problem.

For older people (>65y), I have noticed that game complexity is problematic.

Cheers,

Lennart


From thomas at pininteractive.com  Thu Jan 14 15:05:39 2010
From: thomas at pininteractive.com (Thomas Westin)
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:05:39 +0100
Subject: [games_access] silver gaming and accessibility
In-Reply-To: <989412751001141115u459fb92ap9cd2bb489b5d31e5@mail.gmail.com>
References: <000201ca9076$0b560d50$220227f0$@de>
	<989412751001141115u459fb92ap9cd2bb489b5d31e5@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <0C3140F2-E0DA-4CFB-BB79-CA301A2F9DF8@pininteractive.com>

you could also interview my colleague, G?ran Lange who is 66 years and have several characters in WoW above level 70

/Thomas

On 14Jan 2010, at 8:15 PM, Lennart Nacke wrote:

> Hi Sandra,
> 
> 2010/1/8 Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de>:
>> do we have some special information about silver/senior/elder gaming?
>> We will have conference about AAL: ambient assisted living in Germany.
>> There will be a pre-conference for silver gaming :-)
> 
> I have done a study on Silver Gamers, which could be of interest to
> you (in terms of how they enjoy games compared to younger players):
> 
> http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/cpb.2009.0013
> http://www.acagamic.com/broadcast/silver-gamers-enjoy-playing-brain-training-games-more-than-adolescents/
> http://bit.ly/rk1og
> 
>> Visual is a problem and mobility is limited.
>> It depends on the person if complexity is a problem.
> 
> For older people (>65y), I have noticed that game complexity is problematic.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Lennart
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access



From oneswitch at googlemail.com  Sat Jan 16 04:55:33 2010
From: oneswitch at googlemail.com (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:55:33 -0000
Subject: [games_access] SpecialEffect Gamebase Launched
Message-ID: <B4D97AC86FA94EFCB289F7A1DF3B7334@OneSwitchPC>

More fantastic game accessibility news...

http://news.retroremakes.com/2010/01/the-special-effect-gamebase/

Special Effect (www.specialeffect.org.uk)  have launched the Accessible Gamebase (www.gamebase.info) which is designed to be a highly inclusive community for those interested in playing games. They are actively encouraging people to contribute reviews, and in short just get involved. It's new and they'll happily take on advice and criticism. Really hope people on this list will help support it (spread the word via Twitter, Facebook, word of mouth etc.), join up themselves and get involved.

The Game Accessibility movement gathers momentum!

Barrie
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From brian at gamefwd.org  Sat Jan 16 08:15:12 2010
From: brian at gamefwd.org (Brian J. Papineau)
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:15:12 -0500
Subject: [games_access] SpecialEffect Gamebase Launched
In-Reply-To: <B4D97AC86FA94EFCB289F7A1DF3B7334@OneSwitchPC>
References: <B4D97AC86FA94EFCB289F7A1DF3B7334@OneSwitchPC>
Message-ID: <cb8c8d31001160515g2b29fda5x268a802a47d9a070@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks for the heads-up Barrie, signed up and retweeted.

Best,

Brian J. Papineau


On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 4:55 AM, Barrie Ellis <oneswitch at googlemail.com>wrote:

>  More fantastic game accessibility news...
>
> http://news.retroremakes.com/2010/01/the-special-effect-gamebase/
>
> Special Effect (www.specialeffect.org.uk)  have launched the Accessible
> Gamebase (www.gamebase.info) which is designed to be a highly inclusive
> community for those interested in playing games. They are actively
> encouraging people to contribute reviews, and in short just get involved.
> It's new and they'll happily take on advice and criticism. Really hope
> people on this list will help support it (spread the word via Twitter,
> Facebook, word of mouth etc.), join up themselves and get involved.
>
> The Game Accessibility movement gathers momentum!
>
> Barrie
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
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From sandra_uhling at web.de  Tue Jan 19 16:18:18 2010
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:18:18 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Devil's Tuning Fork: IGF Student Showcase Winners
Message-ID: <002a01ca994c$ec546ac0$c4fd4040$@de>

Hi,


The student winners of the IGF 2010 student competition were announced. As
you can imagine, there are high quality works among them, some have really
innvative things to show.

My interest went to the game "Devils Tuning Fork". It's basically a game in
the style of a "first person shooter", but the interesting detail is
provided by the texturing. The game is inspired by works of M.C. Escher and
the echo-sounder / echo-location communication (like dolphings and bats do).
You strife through blackness, until an "sound-event" is taking place. From
there a lightwave is illuminating the scene. One of your tools is a "tuning
fork", that dispatches sound waves. The goal of this game was to "explore a
new mode of perception through sound visualization." Like if you were
playing with your ears....

http://digitaltools.node3000.com/blog/2132-devils-tuning-fork-igf-student-wi
nners

Best regards,
Sandra



From mark at ablegamers.com  Wed Jan 20 12:26:47 2010
From: mark at ablegamers.com (Mark Barlet)
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:26:47 -0500
Subject: [games_access] Seeking GA / Health Gaming Blogs
Message-ID: <191870b71001200926wd02a28apb97f3ff03967df6e@mail.gmail.com>

All,

 I am working on a page that is a one stop shop for game accessibility and
health gaming.

http://www.gameaccessibility.org/news.html

If you would like to be included, and your site has a valid RSS feed that we
can pull from send me an email off list and I will see about adding your
feed.

I started a section in Spanish, so other languages are okay, you just need
to tell me how to say "Accessible Game News in <language>" so I can put a
title on the section.

Thanks everyone!

Mark



-- 
Mark C. Barlet
Editor-in-Chief
AbleGamers.com
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From nathalie at gamefwd.org  Wed Jan 20 12:48:55 2010
From: nathalie at gamefwd.org (Nathalie Caron)
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:48:55 -0500
Subject: [games_access] Seeking GA / Health Gaming Blogs
In-Reply-To: <191870b71001200926wd02a28apb97f3ff03967df6e@mail.gmail.com>
References: <191870b71001200926wd02a28apb97f3ff03967df6e@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <2d1b7eb61001200948n274c57f5u44092847235ad7ff@mail.gmail.com>

Great idea! Thanks for including us!

Good luck with this project,
Nathalie Caron

Lead Writer
Game Forward
http://gamefwd.org

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Mark Barlet <mark at ablegamers.com> wrote:

> All,
>
>  I am working on a page that is a one stop shop for game accessibility and
> health gaming.
>
> http://www.gameaccessibility.org/news.html
>
> If you would like to be included, and your site has a valid RSS feed that
> we can pull from send me an email off list and I will see about adding your
> feed.
>
> I started a section in Spanish, so other languages are okay, you just need
> to tell me how to say "Accessible Game News in <language>" so I can put a
> title on the section.
>
> Thanks everyone!
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> --
> Mark C. Barlet
> Editor-in-Chief
> AbleGamers.com
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>
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From mark at ablegamers.com  Wed Jan 20 13:57:49 2010
From: mark at ablegamers.com (Mark Barlet)
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:57:49 -0500
Subject: [games_access] Seeking GA / Health Gaming Blogs
In-Reply-To: <2d1b7eb61001200948n274c57f5u44092847235ad7ff@mail.gmail.com>
References: <191870b71001200926wd02a28apb97f3ff03967df6e@mail.gmail.com>
	<2d1b7eb61001200948n274c57f5u44092847235ad7ff@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <191870b71001201057uaa9a14fvb965a2a027ffba6c@mail.gmail.com>

No worries!

Mark

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Nathalie Caron <nathalie at gamefwd.org>wrote:

> Great idea! Thanks for including us!
>
> Good luck with this project,
> Nathalie Caron
>
> Lead Writer
> Game Forward
> http://gamefwd.org
>
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Mark Barlet <mark at ablegamers.com> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>>  I am working on a page that is a one stop shop for game accessibility and
>> health gaming.
>>
>> http://www.gameaccessibility.org/news.html
>>
>> If you would like to be included, and your site has a valid RSS feed that
>> we can pull from send me an email off list and I will see about adding your
>> feed.
>>
>> I started a section in Spanish, so other languages are okay, you just need
>> to tell me how to say "Accessible Game News in <language>" so I can put a
>> title on the section.
>>
>> Thanks everyone!
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mark C. Barlet
>> Editor-in-Chief
>> AbleGamers.com
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>
>


-- 
Mark C. Barlet
Editor-in-Chief
AbleGamers.com
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From sherylflynn at yahoo.com  Wed Jan 20 15:05:03 2010
From: sherylflynn at yahoo.com (sheryl Flynn)
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:05:03 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [games_access] Seeking GA / Health Gaming Blogs
In-Reply-To: <2d1b7eb61001200948n274c57f5u44092847235ad7ff@mail.gmail.com>
References: <191870b71001200926wd02a28apb97f3ff03967df6e@mail.gmail.com>
	<2d1b7eb61001200948n274c57f5u44092847235ad7ff@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <804865.85798.qm@web38407.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Mark are you willing to include Games 4 rehab news?  if so...www.games4rehab.com.

big hug

 ~Sheryl Flynn PT, PhD

M:  310-913-5707
F:   310-230-5064
Y:   sherylflynn at yahoo.com
G:  sherylflynn at gmail.com
Skype:  sheryl.flynn
Aim:  sheryl flynn
FB:  sheryl flynn
LinkedIn: sheryl flynn
Twitter:  sheryl flynn


CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: 

This e-mail communication and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information for the use of the designated recipients. If you are not the intended recipient, (or authorized to receive for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review,disclosure, dissemination,distribution or copying of it or its contents is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please destroy all copies of this communication and any attachments and contact the sender by reply e-mail or telephone 310.913.5707.







________________________________
From: Nathalie Caron <nathalie at gamefwd.org>
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Wed, January 20, 2010 9:48:55 AM
Subject: Re: [games_access] Seeking GA / Health Gaming Blogs

Great idea! Thanks for including us!

Good luck with this project,
Nathalie Caron

Lead Writer
Game Forward
http://gamefwd.org


On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Mark Barlet <mark at ablegamers.com> wrote:

>All,
>
> I am working on a page that is a one stop shop for game accessibility and health gaming. 
>
>http://www.gameaccessibility.org/news.html
>
>If you would like to be included, and your site has a valid RSS feed that we can pull from send me an email off list and I will see about adding your feed.
>
>I started a section in Spanish, so other languages are okay, you just need to tell me how to say "Accessible Game News in <language>" so I can put a title on the section.
>
>Thanks everyone!
>
>>
>Mark
>
>
>
>-- 
>Mark C. Barlet
>Editor-in-Chief
>AbleGamers.com
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>>games_access mailing list
>games_access at igda.org
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>
>



      
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From mark at ablegamers.com  Wed Jan 20 15:13:30 2010
From: mark at ablegamers.com (Mark Barlet)
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:13:30 -0500
Subject: [games_access] Seeking GA / Health Gaming Blogs
In-Reply-To: <804865.85798.qm@web38407.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <191870b71001200926wd02a28apb97f3ff03967df6e@mail.gmail.com>
	<2d1b7eb61001200948n274c57f5u44092847235ad7ff@mail.gmail.com>
	<804865.85798.qm@web38407.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <191870b71001201213w2107e8dayd2f03b1905bc4564@mail.gmail.com>

I do not see an RSS feed for the site Sheryl. Am I missing it?

Mark

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 3:05 PM, sheryl Flynn <sherylflynn at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Mark are you willing to include Games 4 rehab news?  if so...
> www.games4rehab.com.
>
> big hug
>
> ~Sheryl Flynn PT, PhD
>
> M:  310-913-5707
> F:   310-230-5064
> Y:   sherylflynn at yahoo.com
> G:  sherylflynn at gmail.com
> Skype:  sheryl.flynn
> Aim:  sheryl flynn
> FB:  sheryl flynn
> LinkedIn: sheryl flynn
> Twitter:  sheryl flynn
>
>
> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:
>
> This e-mail communication and any attachments may contain confidential and
> privileged information for the use of the designated recipients. If you are
> not the intended recipient, (or authorized to receive for the recipient) you
> are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and
> that any review,disclosure, dissemination,distribution or copying of it or
> its contents is prohibited. If you have received this communication in
> error, please destroy all copies of this communication and any attachments
> and contact the sender by reply e-mail or telephone 310.913.5707.
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>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Nathalie Caron <nathalie at gamefwd.org>
> *To:* IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
> *Sent:* Wed, January 20, 2010 9:48:55 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [games_access] Seeking GA / Health Gaming Blogs
>
> Great idea! Thanks for including us!
>
> Good luck with this project,
> Nathalie Caron
>
> Lead Writer
> Game Forward
> http://gamefwd.org
>
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Mark Barlet <mark at ablegamers.com> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>>  I am working on a page that is a one stop shop for game accessibility and
>> health gaming.
>>
>> http://www.gameaccessibility.org/news.html
>>
>> If you would like to be included, and your site has a valid RSS feed that
>> we can pull from send me an email off list and I will see about adding your
>> feed.
>>
>> I started a section in Spanish, so other languages are okay, you just need
>> to tell me how to say "Accessible Game News in <language>" so I can put a
>> title on the section.
>>
>> Thanks everyone!
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mark C. Barlet
>> Editor-in-Chief
>> AbleGamers.com
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
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>
>


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From sandra_uhling at web.de  Fri Jan 22 04:57:43 2010
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:57:43 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Why Apple's Tablet Will Include Gaming
Message-ID: <001401ca9b49$57c50cd0$074f2670$@de>

Hello,

it looks like that the Apple Tablet will be a new "console".
I am wondering if it already has an inbuilt screenreader?

http://kotaku.com/5452728/why-apples-tablet-will-include-gaming

Best regards,
Sandra



From javier.mairena at gmail.com  Fri Jan 22 05:26:51 2010
From: javier.mairena at gmail.com (Javier)
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:26:51 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Why Apple's Tablet Will Include Gaming
In-Reply-To: <001401ca9b49$57c50cd0$074f2670$@de>
References: <001401ca9b49$57c50cd0$074f2670$@de>
Message-ID: <b900ac551001220226r6eadf43dm13912cae21fec05d@mail.gmail.com>

if it has a inbuilt screenreader will be good for use the interface by blind
people, but games have to include a blind game mode, like if you do a game
for blind for any console or PC, and that is a matter of game developers.

However is great if the entire console is accesible for blind people for the
beginning to the end, like iphone 3gs.



2010/1/22 Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de>

> Hello,
>
> it looks like that the Apple Tablet will be a new "console".
> I am wondering if it already has an inbuilt screenreader?
>
> http://kotaku.com/5452728/why-apples-tablet-will-include-gaming
>
> Best regards,
> Sandra
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
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From sandra_uhling at web.de  Fri Jan 22 05:43:54 2010
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:43:54 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Why Apple's Tablet Will Include Gaming
In-Reply-To: <b900ac551001220226r6eadf43dm13912cae21fec05d@mail.gmail.com>
References: <001401ca9b49$57c50cd0$074f2670$@de>
	<b900ac551001220226r6eadf43dm13912cae21fec05d@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <002301ca9b4f$cbaf37a0$630da6e0$@de>

Hi Javier,

but I think it will be easiert for developer.
For Windows they have to buy and install for example JAWs.

And I have the feeling that apple cares for accessibility.
I heard they have an own group that focus on it.
And they have support from the community.

Best regards,
Sandra

> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-
> bounces at igda.org] Im Auftrag von Javier
> Gesendet: Freitag, 22. Januar 2010 11:27
> An: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
> Betreff: Re: [games_access] Why Apple's Tablet Will Include Gaming
> 
> if it has a inbuilt screenreader will be good for use the interface by
> blind people, but games have to include a blind game mode, like if you
> do a game for blind for any console or PC, and that is a matter of game
> developers.
> 
> However is great if the entire console is accesible for blind people
> for the beginning to the end, like iphone 3gs.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 2010/1/22 Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de>
> 
> 
> 	Hello,
> 
> 	it looks like that the Apple Tablet will be a new "console".
> 	I am wondering if it already has an inbuilt screenreader?
> 
> 	http://kotaku.com/5452728/why-apples-tablet-will-include-gaming
> 
> 	Best regards,
> 	Sandra
> 
> 	_______________________________________________
> 	games_access mailing list
> 	games_access at igda.org
> 	http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
> 
> 




From javier.mairena at gmail.com  Fri Jan 22 05:51:46 2010
From: javier.mairena at gmail.com (Javier)
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:51:46 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Why Apple's Tablet Will Include Gaming
In-Reply-To: <002301ca9b4f$cbaf37a0$630da6e0$@de>
References: <001401ca9b49$57c50cd0$074f2670$@de>
	<b900ac551001220226r6eadf43dm13912cae21fec05d@mail.gmail.com>
	<002301ca9b4f$cbaf37a0$630da6e0$@de>
Message-ID: <b900ac551001220251i18cafa80v4e527795d4f0d457@mail.gmail.com>

yes, but that i wanted to say is that a screenreader only give you access to
the system interface, not the game. Unless the game is a form game.


2010/1/22 Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de>

> Hi Javier,
>
> but I think it will be easiert for developer.
> For Windows they have to buy and install for example JAWs.
>
> And I have the feeling that apple cares for accessibility.
> I heard they have an own group that focus on it.
> And they have support from the community.
>
> Best regards,
> Sandra
>
> > -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-
> > bounces at igda.org] Im Auftrag von Javier
> > Gesendet: Freitag, 22. Januar 2010 11:27
> > An: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
> > Betreff: Re: [games_access] Why Apple's Tablet Will Include Gaming
> >
> > if it has a inbuilt screenreader will be good for use the interface by
> > blind people, but games have to include a blind game mode, like if you
> > do a game for blind for any console or PC, and that is a matter of game
> > developers.
> >
> > However is great if the entire console is accesible for blind people
> > for the beginning to the end, like iphone 3gs.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 2010/1/22 Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de>
> >
> >
> >       Hello,
> >
> >       it looks like that the Apple Tablet will be a new "console".
> >       I am wondering if it already has an inbuilt screenreader?
> >
> >       http://kotaku.com/5452728/why-apples-tablet-will-include-gaming
> >
> >       Best regards,
> >       Sandra
> >
> >       _______________________________________________
> >       games_access mailing list
> >       games_access at igda.org
> >       http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
> >
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
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From sandra_uhling at web.de  Fri Jan 22 08:54:50 2010
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:54:50 +0100
Subject: [games_access] hardware limitation and Kindle
Message-ID: <003001ca9b6a$784a62e0$68df28a0$@de>

Hi,

some games will be adapted for the (Amazon) Kindle.
Here the developer have to think about games
that can only be played with different grey colors.




"Noch bevor Apple sein Tablet-PC vorgestellt hat, macht Amazon dem
Computerhersteller Konkurrenz. In K?rze werden sich Softwareentwickler
weltweit das Kindle Development Kit herunterladen k?nnen. Die
Entwicklungsumgebung erm?glicht die Produktion von Anwendungen und Spielen
f?r den Amazon-E-Book-Reader. Mit an Bord ist bereits Electronic Arts.
"Gemeinsam mit Amazon werden wir einige der weltweit popul?rsten Gamesmarken
auf die Kindle-Plattform bringen", k?ndigte Adam Sussman, Vice President of
Worldwide Publishing bei EA Mobile, an.

Die aktuellen Modelle Kindle 2 und Kindle DX verf?gen ?ber eine
Bildschirmdiagonale von sechs bzw. 9,7 Zoll. Beide Ger?te k?nnen einzig
Graustufen darstellen, die maximale Aufl?sung liegt bei 800 mal 600 (Kindle
2) bzw. 1200 mal 824 Pixel (Kindle DX). Das kleinere Ger?t kann auf zwei
Gigabyte Speicher zur?ckgreifen, das Kindle DX hat die doppelte
Speicherkapazit?t. Bislang ist Kindle ausschlie?lich ?ber Amazon zu
beziehen."
Source: www.gamesmarkt.de

Best regards,
Sandra





From mark at ablegamers.com  Fri Jan 22 09:17:36 2010
From: mark at ablegamers.com (Mark Barlet)
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:17:36 -0500
Subject: [games_access] Why Apple's Tablet Will Include Gaming
In-Reply-To: <b900ac551001220251i18cafa80v4e527795d4f0d457@mail.gmail.com>
References: <001401ca9b49$57c50cd0$074f2670$@de>
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Um, I am guessing that both you have not played with the latest iPhone?

The 3Gs as it is called here in the States is a HUGE improvement over the
prior model, with low-vision (high contrast), zoom mode, t2s, and many more
really cool thing. There are countless sites that have accessibility
breakdowns on the iPhone. Also Apple has loads of docs if you are part of
the dev community on how to use the new features.

As for the rest of this, total speculation because the new device (if there
is one) may be a beefed-up iPhone OS, or a mac OS. We will have to wait and
see. I suspect it will be a iphone os, and if that is the case it should get
all of the great features already found in the latest Iphone.

Coincidentally, AbleGamers went live with a story on this very subject this
morning... starting to think that my inbox is being hacked (kidding).

http://www.ablegamers.com/hardware-news/tablet-gaming-a-nightmare-for-the-motor-impaired.html


Go and have a read and enjoy.

Mark

On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 5:51 AM, Javier <javier.mairena at gmail.com> wrote:

> yes, but that i wanted to say is that a screenreader only give you access
> to the system interface, not the game. Unless the game is a form game.
>
>
>
> 2010/1/22 Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de>
>
>> Hi Javier,
>>
>> but I think it will be easiert for developer.
>> For Windows they have to buy and install for example JAWs.
>>
>> And I have the feeling that apple cares for accessibility.
>> I heard they have an own group that focus on it.
>> And they have support from the community.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Sandra
>>
>> > -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
>> > Von: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-
>> > bounces at igda.org] Im Auftrag von Javier
>> > Gesendet: Freitag, 22. Januar 2010 11:27
>> > An: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
>> > Betreff: Re: [games_access] Why Apple's Tablet Will Include Gaming
>> >
>> > if it has a inbuilt screenreader will be good for use the interface by
>> > blind people, but games have to include a blind game mode, like if you
>> > do a game for blind for any console or PC, and that is a matter of game
>> > developers.
>> >
>> > However is great if the entire console is accesible for blind people
>> > for the beginning to the end, like iphone 3gs.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 2010/1/22 Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de>
>> >
>> >
>> >       Hello,
>> >
>> >       it looks like that the Apple Tablet will be a new "console".
>> >       I am wondering if it already has an inbuilt screenreader?
>> >
>> >       http://kotaku.com/5452728/why-apples-tablet-will-include-gaming
>> >
>> >       Best regards,
>> >       Sandra
>> >
>> >       _______________________________________________
>> >       games_access mailing list
>> >       games_access at igda.org
>> >       http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>
>


-- 
Mark C. Barlet
Editor-in-Chief
AbleGamers.com
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From javier.mairena at gmail.com  Fri Jan 22 09:58:52 2010
From: javier.mairena at gmail.com (Javier)
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:58:52 +0100
Subject: [games_access] hardware limitation and Kindle
In-Reply-To: <003001ca9b6a$784a62e0$68df28a0$@de>
References: <003001ca9b6a$784a62e0$68df28a0$@de>
Message-ID: <b900ac551001220658m6d7ef96cx62c987bb90cdc14b@mail.gmail.com>

cool!  xD
maybe this way will be more games with high contrast mode :)

2010/1/22 Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de>

> Hi,
>
> some games will be adapted for the (Amazon) Kindle.
> Here the developer have to think about games
> that can only be played with different grey colors.
>
>
>
>
> "Noch bevor Apple sein Tablet-PC vorgestellt hat, macht Amazon dem
> Computerhersteller Konkurrenz. In K?rze werden sich Softwareentwickler
> weltweit das Kindle Development Kit herunterladen k?nnen. Die
> Entwicklungsumgebung erm?glicht die Produktion von Anwendungen und Spielen
> f?r den Amazon-E-Book-Reader. Mit an Bord ist bereits Electronic Arts.
> "Gemeinsam mit Amazon werden wir einige der weltweit popul?rsten
> Gamesmarken
> auf die Kindle-Plattform bringen", k?ndigte Adam Sussman, Vice President of
> Worldwide Publishing bei EA Mobile, an.
>
> Die aktuellen Modelle Kindle 2 und Kindle DX verf?gen ?ber eine
> Bildschirmdiagonale von sechs bzw. 9,7 Zoll. Beide Ger?te k?nnen einzig
> Graustufen darstellen, die maximale Aufl?sung liegt bei 800 mal 600 (Kindle
> 2) bzw. 1200 mal 824 Pixel (Kindle DX). Das kleinere Ger?t kann auf zwei
> Gigabyte Speicher zur?ckgreifen, das Kindle DX hat die doppelte
> Speicherkapazit?t. Bislang ist Kindle ausschlie?lich ?ber Amazon zu
> beziehen."
> Source: www.gamesmarkt.de
>
> Best regards,
> Sandra
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
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From tara.tefertiller at gmail.com  Fri Jan 22 11:38:16 2010
From: tara.tefertiller at gmail.com (Tara Tefertiller)
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:38:16 -0600
Subject: [games_access] Why Apple's Tablet Will Include Gaming
In-Reply-To: <191870b71001220617u5cb7f631h583180449164b414@mail.gmail.com>
References: <001401ca9b49$57c50cd0$074f2670$@de>
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Message-ID: <fb9d5a031001220838j452bdee1tf0b67a824d49ad8d@mail.gmail.com>

Haha, Mark mentions that his email is getting hacked... and right after this
email thread I get an email from Apple. I was very amused.

On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Mark Barlet <mark at ablegamers.com> wrote:

> Um, I am guessing that both you have not played with the latest iPhone?
>
> The 3Gs as it is called here in the States is a HUGE improvement over the
> prior model, with low-vision (high contrast), zoom mode, t2s, and many more
> really cool thing. There are countless sites that have accessibility
> breakdowns on the iPhone. Also Apple has loads of docs if you are part of
> the dev community on how to use the new features.
>
> As for the rest of this, total speculation because the new device (if there
> is one) may be a beefed-up iPhone OS, or a mac OS. We will have to wait and
> see. I suspect it will be a iphone os, and if that is the case it should get
> all of the great features already found in the latest Iphone.
>
> Coincidentally, AbleGamers went live with a story on this very subject this
> morning... starting to think that my inbox is being hacked (kidding).
>
>
> http://www.ablegamers.com/hardware-news/tablet-gaming-a-nightmare-for-the-motor-impaired.html
>
>
> Go and have a read and enjoy.
>
> Mark
>
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 5:51 AM, Javier <javier.mairena at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> yes, but that i wanted to say is that a screenreader only give you access
>> to the system interface, not the game. Unless the game is a form game.
>>
>>
>>
>> 2010/1/22 Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de>
>>
>>> Hi Javier,
>>>
>>> but I think it will be easiert for developer.
>>> For Windows they have to buy and install for example JAWs.
>>>
>>> And I have the feeling that apple cares for accessibility.
>>> I heard they have an own group that focus on it.
>>> And they have support from the community.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Sandra
>>>
>>> > -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
>>> > Von: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-
>>> > bounces at igda.org] Im Auftrag von Javier
>>> > Gesendet: Freitag, 22. Januar 2010 11:27
>>> > An: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
>>> > Betreff: Re: [games_access] Why Apple's Tablet Will Include Gaming
>>> >
>>> > if it has a inbuilt screenreader will be good for use the interface by
>>> > blind people, but games have to include a blind game mode, like if you
>>> > do a game for blind for any console or PC, and that is a matter of game
>>> > developers.
>>> >
>>> > However is great if the entire console is accesible for blind people
>>> > for the beginning to the end, like iphone 3gs.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > 2010/1/22 Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >       Hello,
>>> >
>>> >       it looks like that the Apple Tablet will be a new "console".
>>> >       I am wondering if it already has an inbuilt screenreader?
>>> >
>>> >       http://kotaku.com/5452728/why-apples-tablet-will-include-gaming
>>> >
>>> >       Best regards,
>>> >       Sandra
>>> >
>>> >       _______________________________________________
>>> >       games_access mailing list
>>> >       games_access at igda.org
>>> >       http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> games_access mailing list
>>> games_access at igda.org
>>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Mark C. Barlet
> Editor-in-Chief
> AbleGamers.com
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
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From javier.mairena at gmail.com  Fri Jan 22 13:07:17 2010
From: javier.mairena at gmail.com (Javier)
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:07:17 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Why Apple's Tablet Will Include Gaming
In-Reply-To: <fb9d5a031001220838j452bdee1tf0b67a824d49ad8d@mail.gmail.com>
References: <001401ca9b49$57c50cd0$074f2670$@de>
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	<002301ca9b4f$cbaf37a0$630da6e0$@de>
	<b900ac551001220251i18cafa80v4e527795d4f0d457@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <b900ac551001221007w6b0f8cbp9944d054a5152126@mail.gmail.com>

ohh, i hope Mark still have his email.

I have played in a old iPhone, and try the voiceover in a new iPhone, but I
have not played in a new iPhone  xD
In Spain the new iPhone is really expensive.

Anyway... you can use the high contrast and zoom inside a normal iphone
game?


2010/1/22 Tara Tefertiller <tara.tefertiller at gmail.com>

> Haha, Mark mentions that his email is getting hacked... and right after
> this email thread I get an email from Apple. I was very amused.
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Mark Barlet <mark at ablegamers.com> wrote:
>
>> Um, I am guessing that both you have not played with the latest iPhone?
>>
>> The 3Gs as it is called here in the States is a HUGE improvement over the
>> prior model, with low-vision (high contrast), zoom mode, t2s, and many more
>> really cool thing. There are countless sites that have accessibility
>> breakdowns on the iPhone. Also Apple has loads of docs if you are part of
>> the dev community on how to use the new features.
>>
>> As for the rest of this, total speculation because the new device (if
>> there is one) may be a beefed-up iPhone OS, or a mac OS. We will have to
>> wait and see. I suspect it will be a iphone os, and if that is the case it
>> should get all of the great features already found in the latest Iphone.
>>
>> Coincidentally, AbleGamers went live with a story on this very subject
>> this morning... starting to think that my inbox is being hacked (kidding).
>>
>>
>> http://www.ablegamers.com/hardware-news/tablet-gaming-a-nightmare-for-the-motor-impaired.html
>>
>>
>> Go and have a read and enjoy.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 5:51 AM, Javier <javier.mairena at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> yes, but that i wanted to say is that a screenreader only give you access
>>> to the system interface, not the game. Unless the game is a form game.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2010/1/22 Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de>
>>>
>>>> Hi Javier,
>>>>
>>>> but I think it will be easiert for developer.
>>>> For Windows they have to buy and install for example JAWs.
>>>>
>>>> And I have the feeling that apple cares for accessibility.
>>>> I heard they have an own group that focus on it.
>>>> And they have support from the community.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Sandra
>>>>
>>>> > -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
>>>> > Von: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-
>>>> > bounces at igda.org] Im Auftrag von Javier
>>>> > Gesendet: Freitag, 22. Januar 2010 11:27
>>>> > An: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
>>>> > Betreff: Re: [games_access] Why Apple's Tablet Will Include Gaming
>>>> >
>>>> > if it has a inbuilt screenreader will be good for use the interface by
>>>> > blind people, but games have to include a blind game mode, like if you
>>>> > do a game for blind for any console or PC, and that is a matter of
>>>> game
>>>> > developers.
>>>> >
>>>> > However is great if the entire console is accesible for blind people
>>>> > for the beginning to the end, like iphone 3gs.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > 2010/1/22 Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de>
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >       Hello,
>>>> >
>>>> >       it looks like that the Apple Tablet will be a new "console".
>>>> >       I am wondering if it already has an inbuilt screenreader?
>>>> >
>>>> >       http://kotaku.com/5452728/why-apples-tablet-will-include-gaming
>>>> >
>>>> >       Best regards,
>>>> >       Sandra
>>>> >
>>>> >       _______________________________________________
>>>> >       games_access mailing list
>>>> >       games_access at igda.org
>>>> >       http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> games_access mailing list
>>>> games_access at igda.org
>>>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> games_access mailing list
>>> games_access at igda.org
>>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mark C. Barlet
>> Editor-in-Chief
>> AbleGamers.com
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
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From sandra_uhling at web.de  Sun Jan 24 07:20:16 2010
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:20:16 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Linux KDE4.3, One Button Game
Message-ID: <000401ca9cef$96b8a300$c429e900$@de>

Hi,

the KDE4.3 has a one Button Game: "Bomber".
There is a plane that goes down and the player has 
To click the space bar or the left mouse button
To drop a bomp. The bomp destroys barriers at the bottom.

The menu is a "one button start" menu.

Source: VDVC.de Forum

Best regards,
Sandra



From oneswitch at googlemail.com  Sun Jan 24 09:44:27 2010
From: oneswitch at googlemail.com (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:44:27 -0000
Subject: [games_access] Linux KDE4.3, One Button Game
In-Reply-To: <000401ca9cef$96b8a300$c429e900$@de>
References: <000401ca9cef$96b8a300$c429e900$@de>
Message-ID: <ED5D815D778D4BB980CD8FAD8D03F499@OneSwitchPC>

Sounds like "Air Attack" for the Commodore Pet: 
http://switchgaming.blogspot.com/2007/10/1979-air-attack.html which was 
inspired by Atari's 1978 Canyon Bomber (one-switch games have been going a 
long-time in one guise or another).

Do you have the direct link, Sandra? Not that I'll be able to play it if 
it's Linux.

Barrie

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From: "Sandra Uhling" <sandra_uhling at web.de>
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 12:20 PM
To: "'IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List'" <games_access at igda.org>
Subject: [games_access] Linux KDE4.3, One Button Game

> Hi,
>
> the KDE4.3 has a one Button Game: "Bomber".
> There is a plane that goes down and the player has
> To click the space bar or the left mouse button
> To drop a bomp. The bomp destroys barriers at the bottom.
>
> The menu is a "one button start" menu.
>
> Source: VDVC.de Forum
>
> Best regards,
> Sandra
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access 



From sandra_uhling at web.de  Sun Jan 24 10:13:23 2010
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:13:23 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Linux KDE4.3, One Button Game
In-Reply-To: <ED5D815D778D4BB980CD8FAD8D03F499@OneSwitchPC>
References: <000401ca9cef$96b8a300$c429e900$@de>
	<ED5D815D778D4BB980CD8FAD8D03F499@OneSwitchPC>
Message-ID: <002101ca9d07$c5e93f50$51bbbdf0$@de>

Hi,

This ?
http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/KDE/kdegames/bomber/

Best regards,
Sandra

> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-
> bounces at igda.org] Im Auftrag von Barrie Ellis
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 24. Januar 2010 15:44
> An: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
> Betreff: Re: [games_access] Linux KDE4.3, One Button Game
> 
> Sounds like "Air Attack" for the Commodore Pet:
> http://switchgaming.blogspot.com/2007/10/1979-air-attack.html which was
> inspired by Atari's 1978 Canyon Bomber (one-switch games have been
> going a long-time in one guise or another).
> 
> Do you have the direct link, Sandra? Not that I'll be able to play it
> if it's Linux.
> 
> Barrie
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Sandra Uhling" <sandra_uhling at web.de>
> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 12:20 PM
> To: "'IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List'"
> <games_access at igda.org>
> Subject: [games_access] Linux KDE4.3, One Button Game
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > the KDE4.3 has a one Button Game: "Bomber".
> > There is a plane that goes down and the player has To click the space
> > bar or the left mouse button To drop a bomp. The bomp destroys
> > barriers at the bottom.
> >
> > The menu is a "one button start" menu.
> >
> > Source: VDVC.de Forum
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Sandra
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > games_access mailing list
> > games_access at igda.org
> > http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
> 
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access



From arthit73 at cablespeed.com  Sun Jan 24 14:16:47 2010
From: arthit73 at cablespeed.com (Robert Florio)
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:16:47 -0500
Subject: [games_access] Robert Florio's first illustrated book.
In-Reply-To: <000401ca9cef$96b8a300$c429e900$@de>
References: <000401ca9cef$96b8a300$c429e900$@de>
Message-ID: <3BD0FD79F1744052A5B2CBE54177DCE2@florio57914627>

Hello everyone.

My first illustrated children's novel is now published and ready to be
purchased online.

=93The Mysterious Adventures of Team Express=94

I hope you'll check it out and pass along if you have any kids or = children
or know anyone with little people.

It is a very good read and a lot of very good and when telling the = story.
I illustrated in my mouth.  It's part of a new career for me.

Thanks I appreciate the support.

Here's the link.

https://www.createspace.com/3413262 

=20

Robert





From javier.mairena at gmail.com  Tue Jan 26 04:59:36 2010
From: javier.mairena at gmail.com (Javier)
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:59:36 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Color Add.Code
Message-ID: <b900ac551001260159i1b35084cq387c3b8da7f498f1@mail.gmail.com>

anyone knew this code for colors?
I think is great, but I don't know if people know it.

http://coloradd.net/codigo%20EN.htm
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From richard at audiogames.net  Tue Jan 26 14:00:54 2010
From: richard at audiogames.net (AudioGames.net)
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:00:54 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Color Add.Code
References: <b900ac551001260159i1b35084cq387c3b8da7f498f1@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <50C7FCCC2BAE4304A84D82F34C3DA58A@Delletje>

Wow, interesting... !

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Javier 
  To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 10:59 AM
  Subject: [games_access] Color Add.Code


  anyone knew this code for colors?
  I think is great, but I don't know if people know it.

  http://coloradd.net/codigo%20EN.htm



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From oneswitch at googlemail.com  Tue Jan 26 14:26:13 2010
From: oneswitch at googlemail.com (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:26:13 -0000
Subject: [games_access] Robert Florio's first illustrated book.
In-Reply-To: <3BD0FD79F1744052A5B2CBE54177DCE2@florio57914627>
References: <000401ca9cef$96b8a300$c429e900$@de>
	<3BD0FD79F1744052A5B2CBE54177DCE2@florio57914627>
Message-ID: <9153655768FF4AF3ADDB70DF2ACD630F@OneSwitchPC>

Best wishes with it, Robert. I wish you all success.

Barrie


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From: "Robert Florio" <arthit73 at cablespeed.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 7:16 PM
To: "'IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List'" <games_access at igda.org>
Subject: Re: [games_access] Robert Florio's first illustrated book.

> Hello everyone.
>
> My first illustrated children's novel is now published and ready to be
> purchased online.
>
> =93The Mysterious Adventures of Team Express=94
>
> I hope you'll check it out and pass along if you have any kids or = 
> children
> or know anyone with little people.
>
> It is a very good read and a lot of very good and when telling the = 
> story.
> I illustrated in my mouth.  It's part of a new career for me.
>
> Thanks I appreciate the support.
>
> Here's the link.
>
> https://www.createspace.com/3413262
>
> =20
>
> Robert
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access 



From sandra_uhling at web.de  Tue Jan 26 16:25:27 2010
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:25:27 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Silver Gaming Conference (DE)
Message-ID: <1114855908@web.de>

Hi,

I was on a silver gaming conference. It was great. 
(Silver gaming, audience 50+)

This game is amazing: http://www.world-of-genesis.org/
They have very interesting one to five button modes.
And a nice modular button keyboard.
I will send more information soon.

Best regards,
Sandra
______________________________________________________
GRATIS f?r alle WEB.DE-Nutzer: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT!
Jetzt freischalten unter http://movieflat.web.de



From oneswitch at googlemail.com  Wed Jan 27 04:17:15 2010
From: oneswitch at googlemail.com (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:17:15 -0000
Subject: [games_access] Gamebase Game Accessibility videos
Message-ID: <30390C9EFB0B4A28A02039C06334C382@OneSwitchPC>

Bill Donegan of SpecialEffect has posted some fantastic game accessibility videos over at Gamebase (have you joined yet? If not, why not?!):

http://www.gamebase.info/videos/view/impulse-switch_308.html - Impulse switch being used to play two one-switch playable games.

http://www.gamebase.info/videos.html - Loads more.

Barrie
www.OneSwitch.org.uk

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From oneswitch at googlemail.com  Wed Jan 27 05:14:16 2010
From: oneswitch at googlemail.com (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:14:16 -0000
Subject: [games_access] Silver Gaming Conference (DE)
In-Reply-To: <1114855908@web.de>
References: <1114855908@web.de>
Message-ID: <856AE4A7C4BA4B92B68C3886773CAC0B@OneSwitchPC>

Always fascinating to see accessible gaming from other countries, thanks 
Sandra. The free trial link seems to be broken, plus the video. Did you find 
this too?

Barrie


--------------------------------------------------
From: "Sandra Uhling" <sandra_uhling at web.de>
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 9:25 PM
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
Subject: [games_access] Silver Gaming Conference (DE)

> Hi,
>
> I was on a silver gaming conference. It was great.
> (Silver gaming, audience 50+)
>
> This game is amazing: http://www.world-of-genesis.org/
> They have very interesting one to five button modes.
> And a nice modular button keyboard.
> I will send more information soon.
>
> Best regards,
> Sandra
> ______________________________________________________
> GRATIS f?r alle WEB.DE-Nutzer: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT!
> Jetzt freischalten unter http://movieflat.web.de
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access 



From sandra_uhling at web.de  Wed Jan 27 06:50:00 2010
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:50:00 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Silver Gaming Conference (DE)
Message-ID: <1115671876@web.de>

Hi,

I will send all information related to this next week.
I am busy this week ;-)

Best regards,
Sandra
________________________________________________________________
Nur noch bis 31.01.2010: DSL Komplettpaket f?r 16,99 Euro/mtl.!*
http://produkte.web.de/go/02/



From steve at ablegamers.com  Thu Jan 28 19:59:12 2010
From: steve at ablegamers.com (Steven Spohn)
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:59:12 -0500
Subject: [games_access] AbleGamers Called Out on Apple.com
Message-ID: <016e01caa07e$45fb48e0$d1f1daa0$@com>

Hello fellow SIG members,

 

I'm writing you today to let you know about a very cool article that was
published on Apple.com.  In their review of Dragon age online, Apple placed
a box in the top right-hand corner titled "Accessible Adventures."

 

"AbleGamers named Dragon Age: Origins its 2009 Accessible Game of the Year,
noting: "What makes this title so exceptional is the level of options given
to the gamer to choose their level of accessibility."'

 

To see the article check out
http://www.apple.com/games/articles/2010/01/dragonage/

 

This is a wonderful achievement for the accessible gaming movement!  We were
so enamored to see such a mainstream institution recognized the importance
of accessibility in gaming. I'm personally thrilled to have the
accessibility award even mentioned by Apple, let alone to call out
accessibility so prominently, makes me proud to do what we do.  

 

Thank you for your time,

 

Steve Spohn

Associate Editor

www.AbleGamers.com 

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From oneswitch at googlemail.com  Thu Jan 28 20:51:47 2010
From: oneswitch at googlemail.com (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:51:47 -0000
Subject: [games_access] Lucky-dip of Accessibility Links
In-Reply-To: <016e01caa07e$45fb48e0$d1f1daa0$@com>
References: <016e01caa07e$45fb48e0$d1f1daa0$@com>
Message-ID: <955AF8A40B224DB39C8BBFE6EB3C4940@OneSwitchPC>

That's great news, Steve! Good work getting Apple to take some notice. 

Here's a little lucky-dip of accessibility links for everyone...

http://www.gamebase.info/videos/view/impulse-switch_308.html - Nice video from SpecialEffect's Gamebase of a muscle switch being used with one-switch games.

http://gameaccessibility.blogspot.com/2010/01/handheld-audiogame-bandai-mousou.html - Bandai handheld audiogames (remakes of Xevious, Street Fighter II and a baseball game).

http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?board=32.0 - Over 20 games announced for the Gamma IV one-button competition. Some fantastic looking efforts in there.

Barrie
www.OneSwitch.org.uk





From: Steven Spohn 
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 12:59 AM
To: 'IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List' 
Subject: [games_access] AbleGamers Called Out on Apple.com


Hello fellow SIG members,

 

I'm writing you today to let you know about a very cool article that was published on Apple.com.  In their review of Dragon age online, Apple placed a box in the top right-hand corner titled "Accessible Adventures."

 

"AbleGamers named Dragon Age: Origins its 2009 Accessible Game of the Year, noting: "What makes this title so exceptional is the level of options given to the gamer to choose their level of accessibility."'

 

To see the article check out http://www.apple.com/games/articles/2010/01/dragonage/

 

This is a wonderful achievement for the accessible gaming movement!  We were so enamored to see such a mainstream institution recognized the importance of accessibility in gaming. I'm personally thrilled to have the accessibility award even mentioned by Apple, let alone to call out accessibility so prominently, makes me proud to do what we do.  

 

Thank you for your time,

 

Steve Spohn

Associate Editor

www.AbleGamers.com 



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From mark at ablegamers.com  Thu Jan 28 21:04:44 2010
From: mark at ablegamers.com (Mark Barlet)
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:04:44 -0500
Subject: [games_access] AbleGamers Called Out on Apple.com
In-Reply-To: <016e01caa07e$45fb48e0$d1f1daa0$@com>
References: <016e01caa07e$45fb48e0$d1f1daa0$@com>
Message-ID: <191870b71001281804r3c4f79bv2babbadece0bb738@mail.gmail.com>

It is great news Steve, I am happy to see that it has such a star place on
the page. This is icing on the cake for the coverage. It has been covered by
The Escapist, Yahoo! Tech, Ars Technica and more, Even Dragon Ages own site
posted about it. It is really nice to see this topic finding it's way to
more mainstream outlets, and not the same usual suspects.

We hope to make some more news soon.

Also, still looking for more blogs to add to
http://gameaccessibility.org/news.html

Thanks all for the ongoing support.

Mark Barlet

On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Steven Spohn <steve at ablegamers.com> wrote:

>  Hello fellow SIG members,
>
>
>
> I'm writing you today to let you know about a very cool article that was
> published on Apple.com.  In their review of Dragon age online, Apple placed
> a box in the top right-hand corner titled ?Accessible Adventures.?
>
>
>
> ?AbleGamers named Dragon Age: Origins its 2009 Accessible Game of the Year,
> noting: ?What makes this title so exceptional is the level of options given
> to the gamer to choose their level of accessibility.??
>
>
>
> To see the article check out
> http://www.apple.com/games/articles/2010/01/dragonage/
>
>
>
> This is a wonderful achievement for the accessible gaming movement!  We
> were so enamored to see such a mainstream institution recognized the
> importance of accessibility in gaming. I'm personally thrilled to have the
> accessibility award even mentioned by Apple, let alone to call out
> accessibility so prominently, makes me proud to do what we do.
>
>
>
> Thank you for your time,
>
>
>
> Steve Spohn
>
> Associate Editor
>
> www.AbleGamers.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>
>


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From oneswitch at googlemail.com  Sat Jan 30 04:51:08 2010
From: oneswitch at googlemail.com (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:51:08 -0000
Subject: [games_access] Handheld Bandai Audiogames
Message-ID: <4E665290B28043DEB1CEE7D30D6F7C4F@OneSwitchPC>

Fantastic detailed blog post by Javier on the new Bandai handheld audiogames: 

http://www.videojuegosaccesibles.es/2010/01/audiojuegos-portatiles.html (original Spanish)

or

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.videojuegosaccesibles.es%2F2010%2F01%2Faudiojuegos-portatiles.html&sl=es&tl=en (Google translation into English)

I didn't realise what an excellent Audio-games site Javier is also running: http://www.audiojuegos.net/

Fine work! 

Barrie

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From steve at ablegamers.com  Sat Jan 30 06:37:50 2010
From: steve at ablegamers.com (Steven Spohn)
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:37:50 -0500
Subject: [games_access] Handheld Bandai Audiogames
In-Reply-To: <4E665290B28043DEB1CEE7D30D6F7C4F@OneSwitchPC>
References: <4E665290B28043DEB1CEE7D30D6F7C4F@OneSwitchPC>
Message-ID: <001c01caa1a0$a8001f20$f8005d60$@com>

Indeed,

 

Jav has become a good friend of mine the last few months, his articles are
often featured on AbleGamers, sometimes even before his own blogs ;)

 

Great job Jav keep up the good work!

 

Steve Spohn

Associate Editor

www.AbleGamers.com

 

From: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-bounces at igda.org]
On Behalf Of Barrie Ellis
Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 4:51 AM
To: games_access at igda.org
Subject: [games_access] Handheld Bandai Audiogames

 

Fantastic detailed blog post by Javier on the new Bandai handheld
audiogames: 

 

http://www.videojuegosaccesibles.es/2010/01/audiojuegos-portatiles.html
(original Spanish)

 

or

 

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y
<http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&
eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.videojuegosaccesibles.es%2F2010%2F01%2Faudiojuegos
-portatiles.html&sl=es&tl=en>
&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.videojuegosaccesi
bles.es%2F2010%2F01%2Faudiojuegos-portatiles.html&sl=es&tl=en (Google
translation into English)

 

I didn't realise what an excellent Audio-games site Javier is also running:
http://www.audiojuegos.net/

 

Fine work! 

 

Barrie

 

 

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From javier.mairena at gmail.com  Sat Jan 30 10:59:12 2010
From: javier.mairena at gmail.com (Javier)
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:59:12 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Handheld Bandai Audiogames
In-Reply-To: <001c01caa1a0$a8001f20$f8005d60$@com>
References: <4E665290B28043DEB1CEE7D30D6F7C4F@OneSwitchPC>
	<001c01caa1a0$a8001f20$f8005d60$@com>
Message-ID: <b900ac551001300759j88744f8sdbf590664a856413@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks!

Barrie, thanks to you, you give me the new  ;)

Steven, I like a lot to write to AbleGamers but only when I do a own article
or review, because AbleGamers has more own articles, not based in another
new like I have done with this.

google translator works very fine!!  xD

2010/1/30 Steven Spohn <steve at ablegamers.com>

>  Indeed,
>
>
>
> Jav has become a good friend of mine the last few months, his articles are
> often featured on AbleGamers, sometimes even before his own blogs ;)
>
>
>
> Great job Jav keep up the good work!
>
>
>
> Steve Spohn
>
> Associate Editor
>
> www.AbleGamers.com
>
>
>
> *From:* games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:
> games_access-bounces at igda.org] *On Behalf Of *Barrie Ellis
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 30, 2010 4:51 AM
> *To:* games_access at igda.org
> *Subject:* [games_access] Handheld Bandai Audiogames
>
>
>
> Fantastic detailed blog post by Javier on the new Bandai handheld
> audiogames:
>
>
>
> http://www.videojuegosaccesibles.es/2010/01/audiojuegos-portatiles.html (original
> Spanish)
>
>
>
> or
>
>
>
>
> http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.videojuegosaccesibles.es%2F2010%2F01%2Faudiojuegos-portatiles.html&sl=es&tl=en (Google
> translation into English)
>
>
>
> I didn't realise what an excellent Audio-games site Javier is also running:
> http://www.audiojuegos.net/
>
>
>
> Fine work!
>
>
>
> Barrie
>
>
>
>
>
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
> Version: 8.5.432 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2655 - Release Date: 01/29/10
> 09:08:00
>
> _______________________________________________
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