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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: DAGERS Diamond Award 2018
The DAGERS Diamond Award was always intended to be given to the game that best represents the DAGERS core belief that an accessible game can be a good game for everyone, and Super Smash Bros is a perfect example of that.Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has been...
Editor’s Choice: Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Looking back on this past year, I want to give a shout out to a game that I believe made some big strides in accessibility. 2018 was a great year for game accessibility in general. I saw that Sony had continued to push for their exclusives to incorporate...
Editor’s Choice: For The King
At GDC in 2018, one of the games that I had the privilege of previewing was For The King by IronOak Games. I knew then that I was looking at one of the most accessible indie games that would be released in the coming months. What was unclear at...
Editor’s Choice: God of War
When it came time to make a recommendation for DAGERS Editors' choice, I was faced with a decision that was more difficult than that which I'm accustomed to when choosing a game. This is simply because more emphasis was placed on accessibility...
Announcing the nominees for the 2018 DAGERS Diamond Award!
For the King – IronOak Games Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Nintendo Pillars of Eternity II – Obsidian Entertainment Octopath Traveler – Square Enix We hope you will join us on Friday as we reveal this years winner. Thank you to the many...
Disability Game Review: Spyro: The Reignited Trilogy
Visual Partially Accessible Fine-Motor Thoroughly Accessible Auditory Inaccessible Partially Accessible The feisty purple dragon is back to save the day again! I'll be honest, nostalgia played a huge part in why I was so excited to play this remaster of...
Game Awards 2018 Breakdown
The 2018 Game Awards passed as quickly as they arrived. 2018 was such a great year for gaming that it's almost impossible to Choose a clear winner. At DAGERS, accessibility is our game, so I’ll only briefly touch on the winners and focus on upcoming...
Disability Game Review: Pokemon Let’s Go!
Visual Partially Accessible Fine-Motor Inaccessible Auditory Barrier Free Partially Accessible It would not be an overstatement to say historically that Nintendo’s core Pokémon franchise is probably the most consistently accessible franchise in gaming...
Disability Game Review: Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
Visual Partially Accessible Fine-Motor Partially Accessible Auditory Barrier Free Partially Accessible Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey is the latest game in the long-running Action-Adventure Stealth franchise that was reinvigorated with last year’s...
Disability Game Review: Octopath Traveler
Visual Barrier Free Fine-Motor Barrier Free Auditory Barrier Free Barrier Free Usually at DAGERS the intention when we review a game is to immerse ourselves thoroughly in the experience so that if there are hidden barriers, they become apparent through...
Accessibility Preview: Scorn
Scorn is an upcoming first-person shooter horror game, inspired by the macabre works of the legendary H.R. Giger. This game takes place in a disturbing world made of flesh and metal. Scorn is being developed by the Serbian indie game studio Ebb Software....
Disability Game Review: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Visual Partially Accessible Fine-Motor Barrier Free Auditory Thoroughly Accessible Thoroughly Accessible If you are at all familiar with DAGERS, you know that turn based strategy games typically receive high ratings, this is due in large part to the...
Disability Game Review: Super Smash Bros Ultimate
Visual Barrier Free Fine-Motor Barrier Free Auditory Barrier Free Barrier Free The accessibility of Super Smash Bros Ultimate has challenged my bias that the Switch is an inherently less-accessible system. Simply put, Super Smash Bros Ultimate will be...
Disability Game Review: Mario Tennis Aces
Visual Barrier Free Fine-Motor Partially Accessible Auditory Barrier Free Thoroughly Accessible Faithful DAGERS readers will know, that for the past year, there has been a significant hole in our coverage. This is because when the Nintendo Switch first...
Disability Game Review: Red Dead Redemption II
Visual Thoroughly Accessible Fine-Motor Partially Accessible Auditory Barrier Free Thoroughly Accessible Red Dead Redemption II is a game that, for many including myself is a prime example of a Game of the Year contender. It is Rockstar Games'...
GIC 2018 Rundown
GIC 2018 Rundown So I had an amazing experience going to Poland and getting to speak at the GIC conference! GIC is one of the largest videogame expos in Europe. There were over 400 game Studios in attendance, not just from Poland, but from all over the...
Disability Game Review: For the King
Visual Barrier Free Fine-Motor Barrier Free Auditory Barrier Free Barrier Free Not every game that I have the privilege of demoing at GDC is able to be reviewed on this site. For the King looks like an impressive title, but I never got around to...
Disability Game Review: Spider-Man
Visual Partially Accessible Fine-Motor Partially Accessible Auditory Barrier Free Partially Accessible It was my express privilege to partner with Insomniac to bring accessibility features to Spider-Man for the PS4. Normally at DAGERS, staff members who...