Accessibility Game Review – The Outer Worlds
Visual Barrier Free Fine-Motor Barrier Free Auditory Barrier Free Barrier Free The Outer Worlds is the latest offering from California-based developer Obsidian Entertainment. This company is best known for its work on role-playing games like Pillars...
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...
Accessibility 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...
Accessibility Game Review – Marvel’s 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...
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 Game Review – Assassin’s Creed Origins
Long time readers of DAGERS will know that Assassin’s Creed is among my favorite franchises in games today. I have often touted the games historical setting as an example of how video games can provide much needed escape for disabled players. This perspective has too...
Editor’s Choice – The Last of Us Part II
With each release, Naughty Dog and Neil Druckmann have consistently proven why they are some of the most talented minds in the business. Releasing last summer to near universal critical acclaim, The Last of Us Part II is all the practices the studio has learned and...
Editor’s Choice – Street Cleaner: The Video Game
The past year has seen a few remarkably accessible games, but none were more impressive to me than Street Cleaner: The Video Game. As a 2D side-scrolling action platformer, the developers at Creaky Lantern Games had their work cut out for them, as it's a genre that...
Editor’s Choice – Ghost of Tsushima
2020 was a banner year for accessibility. We not only saw the release of a new console generation with more baked-in accessibility than ever before, but developers like Insomniac and Naughty Dog used the last year to reaffirm their commitment to accessible design by...