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/
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