[games_access] games_access Digest, Vol 113, Issue 8

Tue May 21 03:23:04 EDT 2013

I had a chat with someone recently who had developed a highly accessible twine game and was planning in releasing what he had produced as free plugins to try to build a bit of a community effort around it, I'll see if I can dig it out

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Today's Topics:

   1. Big red barrel gaming for good series (Ian Hamilton)
   2. Re: Big red barrel gaming for good series (Michelle Hinn)
   3. Re: Big red barrel gaming for good series (Barrie Ellis)
   4. Re: Big red barrel gaming for good series (Michelle Hinn)

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From: Ian Hamilton <i_h at hotmail.com>
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Nice angle on the benefits of gaming from someone with social anxiety. First in a series of articles too, others to include Ablegamers and SpecialEffect:

http://www.bigredbarrel.com/blog/2013/05/gaming-for-good-you-and-me/

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Terrific article and I look forward to the future articles in the series
covering AbleGamers and SpecialEffect!

Interesting to read about the author's social anxiety and gaming. I must
say that I am still trying to find that game that will match up with my
anxiety and depression that is engaging when I am struggling rather than
ending up making me feel like all I have done is mark time. A very tough
thing to crack open and potentially very individualistic. I'm wondering if
the type and severity of these things lend themselves for certain games but
not others. I imagine that some of the social causes of these also play a
great role in what will work for some but not for others.

Michelle

On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 2:31 AM, Ian Hamilton <i_h at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Nice angle on the benefits of gaming from someone with social anxiety.
> First in a series of articles too, others to include Ablegamers and
> SpecialEffect:
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> http://www.bigredbarrel.com/blog/2013/05/gaming-for-good-you-and-me/
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Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 08:10:17 +0100
From: "Barrie Ellis" <oneswitch at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [games_access] Big red barrel gaming for good series
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Maybe it's time to make that elusive game? http://www.auntiepixelante.com/twine/ - And that process in itself may be the engaging game, and do more than just mark time? I'm tempted (plus to make a two-switch accessible Twine game using TAB and RETURN, and accessibility guidance).

On a different note, I liked this unusual game featuring a paralysed man: http://switchgaming.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/the-world-is-in-your-hands.html.

Barrie

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Terrific article and I look forward to the future articles in the series covering AbleGamers and SpecialEffect!

Interesting to read about the author's social anxiety and gaming. I must say that I am still trying to find that game that will match up with my anxiety and depression that is engaging when I am struggling rather than ending up making me feel like all I have done is mark time. A very tough thing to crack open and potentially very individualistic. I'm wondering if the type and severity of these things lend themselves for certain games but not others. I imagine that some of the social causes of these also play a great role in what will work for some but not for others.

Michelle

On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 2:31 AM, Ian Hamilton <i_h at hotmail.com> wrote:

  Nice angle on the benefits of gaming from someone with social anxiety. First in a series of articles too, others to include Ablegamers and SpecialEffect:

  http://www.bigredbarrel.com/blog/2013/05/gaming-for-good-you-and-me/

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Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 03:15:39 -0400
From: Michelle Hinn <michellehinn at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [games_access] Big red barrel gaming for good series
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Perhaps you are right Barrie...perhaps it is time! Where should we start?

On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 3:10 AM, Barrie Ellis <oneswitch at gmail.com> wrote:

> **
> Maybe it's time to make that elusive game?
> http://www.auntiepixelante.com/twine/ - And that process in itself may be
> the engaging game, and do more than just mark time? I'm tempted (plus to
> make a two-switch accessible Twine game using TAB and RETURN, and
> accessibility guidance).
>
> On a different note, I liked this unusual game featuring a paralysed man:
> http://switchgaming.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/the-world-is-in-your-hands.html
> .
>
> Barrie
>
>
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>
>  *From:* Michelle Hinn <michellehinn at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 21, 2013 8:04 AM
> *To:* IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [games_access] Big red barrel gaming for good series
>
> Terrific article and I look forward to the future articles in the series
> covering AbleGamers and SpecialEffect!
>
> Interesting to read about the author's social anxiety and gaming. I must
> say that I am still trying to find that game that will match up with my
> anxiety and depression that is engaging when I am struggling rather than
> ending up making me feel like all I have done is mark time. A very tough
> thing to crack open and potentially very individualistic. I'm wondering if
> the type and severity of these things lend themselves for certain games but
> not others. I imagine that some of the social causes of these also play a
> great role in what will work for some but not for others.
>
> Michelle
>
>
> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 2:31 AM, Ian Hamilton <i_h at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Nice angle on the benefits of gaming from someone with social anxiety.
>> First in a series of articles too, others to include Ablegamers and
>> SpecialEffect:
>>
>>
>> http://www.bigredbarrel.com/blog/2013/05/gaming-for-good-you-and-me/
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
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