[games_access] BETA Accessible Gaming Ratings System

[Tim Holt]

Barrie this is really great.  Much appreciated.

I could really see this also serving as a framework for some best practices
guidelines - i.e., these are things you can do to meet these needs.

The tricky area for this I'm thinking are the more "sliding scale" issues,
especially in the cognitive area.  It's easy to say, "yes this program uses
colors correctly to not cause issues with red-green color blindness"  But a
lot harder to deal with say a cognitive issue such as reading ability, as
there's a pretty broad range of levels from severe Intellectual
Developmental Disability (IDD) to mild Learning Disability (LD).

Tim Holt, Product Technology Architect
PCI Education
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On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Michelle Hinn <hinn at uiuc.edu> wrote:

> This is great, Barrie! I'm swamped today but I will look at it as soon as
> possible to give you my thoughts and ideas for growing it!
>
> Michelle
>
> PS -- I'm glad that the SIG list has resulted in your creating a great (and
> very ambitious) project. It's always good to hear that the collective
> knowledge of everyone on the list has been useful. :)
>
> On May 4, 2011, at 11:33 AM, Barrie Ellis wrote:
>
>  The SpecialEffect Accessible Gaming Ratings System is starting to take
> shape here:
>
> Introduction to the system in the works:
> http://www.gamebase.info/magazine/read/specialeffect-game-accessibility-rating-system-beta_530.html
>
> SpecialEffect Wish List for Accessible Game Design:
> http://www.gamebase.info/magazine/read/wish-list-for-accessible-game-design_531.html
>
> More to follow, but thoughts and suggestions would be happily received.
> It's BETA.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Barrie
>
> p.s. - love, like or loathe the system - it sits on top of so much
> knowledge that I've learnt from being on this list. So thank you!!
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