REVIEWS
Accessibility Game Review – The Last of Us: Part II
Visual Barrier Free Fine-Motor Barrier Free Auditory Barrier Free Barrier Free Disclaimer: Naughty Dog provided DAGERSystem with a code to play and review The Last of Us: Part II in time for its June 19, 2020 release date. To say that The Last of Us Part II is the...
Accessibility Game Review – Doom Eternal
Visual Barrier Free Fine-Motor Inaccessible Auditory Barrier Free Partially Accessible Doom Eternal is the latest entry in the franchise that can rightly be considered the godfather of the first-person shooter genre. As a follow up to 2016’s Doom, it follows the...
Indie Spotlight – Islanders
Quarantining during COVID-19 is especially tough when it means I have limited access to my local used games store, so more and more I’ve found myself plumbing the depths of Steam looking for inexpensive accessible games that are worth playing, and I do believe I found...
Disability Game Review: Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Visual Thoroughly Accessible Fine-Motor Barrier Free Auditory Thoroughly Accessible Thoroughly AccessibleIf you have been reading this site for very long, you will notice that I tend to really enjoy tactical turn-based RPGs. This is because not only do they tend to...
Disability Game Review: Luigi’s Mansion 3
Visual Thoroughly Accessible Fine-Motor Inaccessible Auditory Partially Accessible Partially Accessible In the latest installment in the series, Luigi and his friends get a mysterious invitation to a hotel for a vacation getaway, but...
Disability 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...
Disability Game Review: Death Stranding
In this dark future our only hope remains in our connections to each other.
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Visual Partially Accessible Fine-Motor Inaccessible Auditory Thoroughly AccessiblePartially AccessibleThe team over at EA was gracious enough to send me a PS4 review code for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order as part of an accessibility study they were running. I have...
Disability Game Review: The Legend Of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
Visual Barrier Free Fine-Motor Partially Accessible Auditory Barrier Free Thoroughly AccessibleAs a company, Nintendo seems to value innovation above all, which has often meant accessibility is omitted in the development process, probably most prominently in the...
Disability Game Review: Pokemon Sword and Shield
Visual Barrier Free Fine-Motor Thoroughly Accessible Auditory Barrier Free Thoroughly Accessible It wasn’t too long ago that the future looked bleak for one of the most historically accessible franchises in video games. When Game Freak released the Let’s Go...
Disability Game Review: Oninaki
VisualBarrier Free Fine-Motor Thoroughly Accessible AuditoryBarrier FreeThoroughly Accessible The Watchers oversee lost souls and help them crossover from this life into the next. Oninaki is an action role-playing game developed by Tokyo RPG Factory and published by...
Disability Game Review: Greedfall
VisualInaccessible Fine-MotorBarrier Free AuditoryBarrier FreeTHOROUGHLY ACCESSIBLEGreedfall is the most recent title from Paris-based developer Spiders, the development team behind 2014's Technomancer and 2016's Bound by Flame, Greedfall is the most ambitious title...
Disability Game Review: Borderlands 3
VisualBarrier Free Fine-MotorBarrier Free AuditoryBarrier FreeBarrier FreeThe more things change, the more they stay the same. This was my predominant feeling at the end of my time playing Borderlands 3. Developer Gear Box seems to have gone with the “if it ain’t...
Disability Game Review: A Plague Tale: Innocence
Orphans Amicia and her little brother Hugo, must travel through 14th century France and escape the plague ridden villages they encounter. All they have is each other in this story about grief, family, and survival.
Disability Game Review: Gears 5
Visual Barrier Free Fine-Motor Barrier Free Auditory Barrier Free Barrier Free In preparation for this, I reread our review of Gears of War 4, which was the first time developer The Coalition worked on Microsoft’s storied third person shooter franchise. When...
Indie Spotlight – Burly Men At Sea
Three bearded fishermen decide to leave their life behind, and search for adventure on the open sea. Loosely based on Scandinavian folklore, Burly Men At Sea is an adventure game by indie studio Brain&Brain. Despite the name...
Disability Review: Metro Exodus
Visual Inaccessible Fine-Motor Partially Accessible Auditory Barrier Free Partially Accessible Metro Exodus is the latest offering from Ukrainian-Maltese developer 4A Games. It is the third installment in the studio's flagship franchise, and continues...
Disability Game Review: Devil May Cry V
Visual Barrier Free Fine-Motor Barrier Free Auditory Barrier Free Barrier Free Nero and the legendary half-demon Dante are finally back to save the world from demonic invaders yet again! Devil May Cry V is a hack and slash adventure game developed and...