Indie Spotlight – Behind the Screen
Don't trust the talking heads behind the screen! Behind the Screen is a Taiwanese horror puzzle game set in the 1970s that centers around a boy’s life and his attempts to figure out whether his past is real or just in his head. It was developed by 18Light Games for...
Indie Spotlight – Disco Elysium
Disco Elysium is the first endeavor from studio ZA/UM. It’s an RPG set in a world known as Elysium decades after a war ravaged it. The world of Elysium is the brainchild of Estonian novelist, musician, and ZA/UM studio founder Robert Kurvitz, and it first appeared in...
Indie Spotlight – Cloudpunk
Cloudpunk is the latest game by Berlin-based developer Ion Lands. It’s a game that’s essentially Blade Runner meets The Transporter, and this is by no means a bad thing. The player assumes control of Rania, a woman starting her first shift at the eponymous parcel...
Mobile Spotlight: October 2, 2013
This week’s Mobile Spotlight highlights the next title in a long line of wildly popular mobile games. But is it accessible? Angry Birds: Star Wars II Angry Birds Star Wars II covers everything the original Angry Birds Star Wars didn’t, namely, the prequel...
Mobile Spotlight – September 19, 2013
This week’s Mobile Spotlight highlights an Android exclusive that’s older but still deserves a look because of its unusually high level of accessibility for gamers with all types of physical disabilities. It’s one of my personal favorite mobile games of all time, and...
Mobile Spotlight – September 13, 2013
Well, the sequel to the title that defined mobile gaming for many consumers is finally here—and it’s about time, literally. Thankfully, this week’s mobile spotlight highlights a highly anticipated game that anybody should be able to play, regardless of disability....
2019 Diamond Award Nominee – Gears 5
Perhaps the most surprising nominee for the 2020 DAGERSystem Diamond Award is Gears 5. When compared to our review of Gears of War 4, it almost seems like the games exist in two different universes. It’s as if The Coalition systematically addressed nearly every...
2019 Diamond Award Nominee – Borderlands 3
Usually, when we review first person shooters here at DAGERSystem, we have to look at the game in terms of what trade offs it makes in order to be accessible. Typically, FPS games can be either forgiving or flexible. Often, you have either an arcade shooter, which may...
2019 Diamond Award Nominee – Devil May Cry 5
When Devil May Cry V came out in March of 2019, many disabled gamers quickly realized it wasn't just a return to form for the series but also a game with accessibility options that fire on all cylinders. Its options menu addresses a variety of ability profiles in some...