Disability Game Reviews
Disability Game Review: Far Cry 5
Visual Partially Accessible Fine-Motor Partially Accessible Auditory Partially Accessible Partially Accessible I have often said that in a vacuum, open world games such as Ubisoft’s latest entry in the Far Cry series are more accessible than...
Disability Game Review: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Visual Thoroughly Accessible Fine-Motor Barrier-Free Auditory Thoroughly Accessible Thoroughly Accessible Full disclosure: I’m not very good at first-person shooters and I usually don’t like them because the shooting mechanics start getting...
Disability Game Review: Dragon Ball FighterZ
Visual Thoroughly Accessible Fine-Motor Barrier-Free Auditory Thoroughly Accessible Thoroughly Accessible Fighting games can be very accessible if designed right. Dragon Ball: Fighterz is a leap in that direction, of which other fighting...
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Disability Game Review: Extinction
Visual Partially Accessible Fine-Motor Inaccessible Auditory Inaccessible Inaccessible Extinction will have you sprinting up walls, grappling through the air, and using mystical energy to defeat these not-so-jolly green giants. In Extinction, you’ll be...
GDC 2018 Rundown
Later in March, I had the opportunity to attend the 2018 Game Developers Conference. While video game accessibility is still largely unexplored by many developers, I was impressed by the level of accessibility exhibited by some smaller companies whose games I had the...
Announcing: The 2017 DAGERS Diamond Award Winner
It’s that time of year again! Time to praise what last year had to offer us with accessibility in gaming. 2017 turned out to be a pretty good year for disabled gamers. More and more big-name developers listened to feedback and started implementing more accessibility...
Announcing: DAGERS Barrier Breaker Award
Every year since 2012, DAGERS has awarded its annual Diamond Award. This award has served as our game of the year recognition that salutes the highest standards of accessibility and gameplay, but as the profile and interest in Game Accessibility has exploded over the...
Accessibility Preview: Warhammer: Vermintide 2
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is a game I didn’t know I needed in my life. I have never played a Warhammer game up until this point, but this is a 4-player team up shooter that I can get behind. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is published and developed by the Swedish development...
Indie Spotlight: Bomber Crew
As a history buff, I often lament the fact that there aren’t very many unique World War II based games out there. However, this week I picked up Bomber Crew by Curve Digital and was impressed by not only how fun it was, but also how accessible it was. Longtime readers...
Indie Spotlight – Lili: Child of Geos
Explore the mysterious island of Geos and meet the colorful characters that are the Tree Constructs! Lili: Child of Geos is an adventure RPG made by the small indie developer BitMonster. Inspired by retro games like Zelda, Lili tries to capture the nostalgia of the...
Why I can’t review Star Wars Battlefront 2
Many of my readers will remember that the original reboot of Star Wars Battlefront was a DAGERS Diamond Award nominee. Its relatively straightforward premise and forgiving and flexible gameplay offered players with disabilities a relatively accessible Star Wars...
Across Generations in Console Accessibility: Introducing Sam Schaffel
I am a console gamer. I grew up in the 16-bit era. The games were fun, but many were unforgiving, even on easy (if they had a difficulty setting). When a game was not accessible, that was it. I could try and try, but the only things I could do was enable cheats (where...