ablegamers Archives - AbleGamers https://ablegamers.org/tag/ablegamers/ The Worlds Largest Charity for Gamers with Disabilities. Thu, 27 Oct 2022 16:00:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/ablegamers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AbleGamers-Total-Logo-HD-Black-2.png?fit=27%2C32&ssl=1 ablegamers Archives - AbleGamers https://ablegamers.org/tag/ablegamers/ 32 32 193769491 AbleGamers wins The*gameHERs Logitech G Top Charity of the Year Award https://ablegamers.org/ablegamers-wins-thegamehers-logitech-g-top-charity-of-the-year-award/ Fri, 19 Nov 2021 16:56:44 +0000 https://ablegamers.org/?p=6693   We are so very honored to have been awarded the Logitech G Charity of the Year Award! Thank you for nominating the AbleGamers Charity, for voting for us, and for believing in our mission to create opportunities that enable…
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]]> 6693 The Potency of Unity: An Open Letter from A Black Gamer https://ablegamers.org/the-potency-of-unity-an-open-letter-from-a-black-gamer/ Thu, 04 Jun 2020 12:00:28 +0000 https://ablegamers.g5u2p0ll-liquidwebsites.com/?p=3502 Author’s Note, Updated 6/4/2020: I wrote this open letter about a year and a half ago. Today, I circle back to this letter, in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, continuing a tradition infused in the DNA of…
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]]> 3502 Composing Music for Sensory Processing Disorder https://ablegamers.org/composing-music-for-sensory-processing-disorder/ Tue, 21 May 2019 12:00:33 +0000 https://ablegamers.g5u2p0ll-liquidwebsites.com/?p=3756 Many people like to enjoy different kinds of music. You might like the deep rumbling beats of a drum and bass song bumping through your whole body. Perhaps you’re more into the complex twangs of a single guitar. What about…
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]]> 3756 What AbleGamers Has Been Up To For May 2019 https://ablegamers.org/whataghasbeenupto2019/ Tue, 21 May 2019 12:00:32 +0000 https://ablegamers.g5u2p0ll-liquidwebsites.com/?p=3715   [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BMmzHIXjOA[/embedyt]   AbleGamers has had another busy month! Besides the wonderful work with developers all across the industry to help push accessibility, all of the grants sent out to get people into gaming, we’ve also made a few…
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]]> 3715 Accessible Technology Day at MIT and Helping to Break Social Isolation https://ablegamers.org/accessibletechnologymit/ Tue, 21 May 2019 12:00:29 +0000 https://ablegamers.g5u2p0ll-liquidwebsites.com/?p=3713 Teachers, students, and families were able to get a glimpse of accessible technology during the Cambridge Science Festival. Partners from different areas of inclusive design came together for MIT Museum’s Accessible Technology Day to showcase what’s out there today and…
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]]> 3713 Sekiro: Disabled and Not Alone https://ablegamers.org/sekiro-disabled-and-not-alone/ Tue, 21 May 2019 12:00:11 +0000 https://ablegamers.g5u2p0ll-liquidwebsites.com/?p=3733 Wolf being an amputee in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice isn’t special. Punished Snake in Metal Gear Solid V and Nero in the Devil May Cry series also have arms replaced by special prosthetics. This disability is usually an excuse for…
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]]> 3733 Sekiro and the “Git Gud” Debate https://ablegamers.org/sekiro-and-the-git-gud-debate/ Wed, 17 Apr 2019 12:00:50 +0000 https://ablegamers.g5u2p0ll-liquidwebsites.com/?p=3656 Submitted by Kevin Casper We’ve all seen the hysteria on Twitter. But isn’t that the problem; the fact that there’s hysteria in the first place? Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is the latest game by the critically-acclaimed developer From Software, the…
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]]> 3656 Bloodborne: At Home in an Ugly World https://ablegamers.org/bloodborne-at-home-in-an-ugly-world/ Wed, 17 Apr 2019 12:00:41 +0000 https://ablegamers.g5u2p0ll-liquidwebsites.com/?p=3669 Submitted by John Wiswell It’s early in Bloodborne and your Hunter is exploring one of the first houses in the game. There are a few hidden enemies lurking, but you already know how to spot and dispatch them. You come…
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]]> 3669 What Has AbleGamers Been Up To? https://ablegamers.org/what-has-ablegamers-been-up-to/ Wed, 17 Apr 2019 12:00:24 +0000 https://ablegamers.g5u2p0ll-liquidwebsites.com/?p=3664 A look inside AbleGamers: April 2019 This month, AbleGamers has been very busy sharing information about game accessibility all across the games industry! With speaking engagements at GAConf, GDC, and PAX East, the AbleGamers staff crossed the United States and…
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]]> 3664 I’m Legally Blind and I Love My PSVR https://ablegamers.org/im-legally-blind-and-i-love-my-psvr/ Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:00:58 +0000 https://ablegamers.g5u2p0ll-liquidwebsites.com/?p=3542   As a low vision gamer, I didn’t know quite what to expect when I purchased Sony’s PSVR (PlayStation VR).   The headset had knocked down one of two significant barriers for me to jump into the VR scene —…
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