[games_access] Request to all (active) members

[Brannon Zahand]

Hi Sandra,

My name is Brannon Zahand. I am a Project Lead in the Interactive Entertainment Business group at Microsoft. My day-to-day job is onboarding new technologies for the Certification Group (the team that certifies Xbox 360 titles), but in my limited spare time act as an games accessibility advocate / trainer.

One day I hope to make it my full-time job to work on accessibility and gaming at Microsoft. Until that happens, I try to drive/assist projects such as the Kinect Accessibility Roundtable, Game Accessibility Training at Microsoft Gamefest, etc. I have limited involvement on this alias due to a simple lack of time, but I try to follow discussions and pass on relevant information to interested parties at my company whenever possible.

Thanks,
Brannon



From: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Tara Tefertiller
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 8:27 AM
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
Subject: Re: [games_access] Request to all (active) members

Hello Sandra,

My name is Tara Tefertiller (soon to be Tara Voelker - I recently got engaged!).

I work a lot with Michelle actually. I used to live like across the street from her so it was super easy to do. Recently I've been working with Michelle on her non-profit organization that she founded. But really, I just do whatever she tells me to do.

With the SIG I just quietly sit back and read emails, although I was with Thomas at the round table at GDC this past year. I've only been in the SIG (or really actively working with accessibility) for about a year, so I don't really do much yet. Although I'm always willing to become more active. For me the SIG is a resource, and a place where I can get info, news and opinions.

I really just talk to developers and students about accessibility. I spoke at GDC this past year, and I also spoke at a college in International Academy of Design and Technology in Detroit. I'm also a mentor for that college. Right now I live near 2 gaming colleges and I'm slowly learning who is who and plan on muscling my way in on their classes so I can make sure they understand accessibility. i already take every chance I can to talk to the students.

I also do some work with AbleGamers. I write reviews, and when I can articles, although to be honest I've been lacking good things to write about.

I think that about covers all I do...

Sincerely,
Tara Tefertiller (soon to be Voelker!)


On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 6:46 PM, Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de<mailto:sandra_uhling at web.de>> wrote:
Hello,

I have a small but very important request. I think it would be
very good to have an update: Who is in this list and what are you doing?
And what is the status of this SIG? What is going on?

My Name is Sandra Uhling. I am a student (but not game related).
I am interested in "Games for Health" with focus on exergaming and game accessibility.

At the moment I talk with German developers how we can move Game Accessibility forward.
I get support by some people from the Games Branche. I am working on Game Accessiblity
information for Game Designer and Game Developers. The aim is to have easy to understand
information.

Best regards,
Sandra
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