[games_access] Whinge and whine

[John R. Porter]

To be fair, I think we need to draw a distinction between the
existence of *resources
for accessible gaming* and *infrastructures to support the community of
disabled gamers*.if I don't think anyone would argue that the former didn't
exist prior to 2004, but these sites (such as the specific sites you
reference, Barrie) very much focused on providing solutions to gamers more
than opening a dialogue, not to mention the fact that they tend to be
rather sharply fragmented along the lines of certain impairments or certain
types of adaptations.

So while AbleGamers obviously didn't start the entire movement, I think it *is
*probably fair to say that they were the first to do what they do: serve as
a hub for gamers, developers, and others to come together in a single,
coherent community setting to engage in discussions related to issues of
game accessibility. When I watched the video, this was the message I took
away from it. Perhaps the specific framing of the comment wasn't the best
and may have underplayed the prevalence of these smaller, specialized
sites, but then again I think we all know how easily this sort of thing can
be lost in the editing process (especially when you aren't actually in
charge of the video).

-John

On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Richard (AudioGames.net) <
richard at audiogames.net> wrote:

>  Yes... well... ditto that... maybe Mark would like to elaborate on that
> (if you're still here?)?
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> I can imagine that this is just "one of those phrases" to spice up the
> documentary. Sander and I used a sort of similar quote in our Gamasutra
> article on game audio frameworks* : "surprisingly little has been written
> in the field of ludology about the structure and composition of game audio.
> " - which unfortunately hurt some fellow game audio researchers in maybe a
> similar fashion. Even though I still believe it is factually true, I would
> now have used a lot more nuance.
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> At the end of the day, the IGDA-SIG was the first real organized attempt
> at tackling game accessibility issues. Proof:
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_accessibility
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> (BIG WINK)
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> Greets,
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> Richard!
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> http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3509/ieza_a_framework_for_game_audio.php
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> On 26-3-2012 16:38, Barrie Ellis wrote:
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> Forgive me for a public whinge - but seeing this latest AbleGamers video
> did get my goat a little: http://youtu.be/BM8iNa87-Po at 1:17 minutes in.
> Really?
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> I remember prior to AbleGamers c.2004, and it wasn't too hard to
> find sites dedicated to accessible gaming (e.g. QuadControl,
> AudioGames.net, PCSgamer, PDG accessible controllers, DeafGamers,
> OneSwitch and more besides). It's possible Mark really couldn't find them,
> it just comes across in the video like AbleGamers started the
> GameAccessibility movement.
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> Whinge over.
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> Barrie
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