Soundbyte, Episode 2 - Accessibility in games

In this episode, we’ll take a look at accessibili…

An episode of the Electronic Wireless Show podcast, hosted by Rock Paper Shotgun, titled "Soundbyte, Episode 2 - Accessibility in games" was published on January 22, 2019 and runs 11 minutes.

January 22, 2019 ·11m · Electronic Wireless Show

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Summary

In this episode, we’ll take a look at accessibility in gaming. We talk to the studios making specialist hardware, the people that use it, and the activists and advocates who are trying to do even more to bring gaming to those who aren't able to put two hands on a keyboard or a gamepad. To read a transcript of this episode, please go here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/141PFfT-DInmZGn4NxIcjEtWG-9x2QZIqdbpv9f0UWqo/edit?usp=sharing Links: Rocky Stoutenburgh's Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/rockynohands The Quadstick is a controller for quadriplegic gamers: http://www.quadstick.com/ Zoran's Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/kurirko402 The Xbox Adaptive Controller is a controller for those with limited mobility: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/05/17/microsoft-xbox-adaptive-controller-windows-10/ Microsoft want it to come to PS4 and Switch but that's unconfirmed: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-2018-microsoft-wants-xboxs-adaptive-controller-/1100-6459637/ Ablegamers charity: https://ablegamers.org/ Mark Brown's video series on designing for disability: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufe0i26DGiA&list=PLc38fcMFcV_vvWOhMDriBlVocTZ8mKQzR LEPMIS is an independent UK company that makes bespoke controllers: http://www.lepmis.co.uk/ The Gaming Accessibility Conference: https://www.gaconf.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices