REVIEWS
Accessibility Preview: Shadow of The Tomb Raider
Shadow of The Tomb Raider is coming out next month, and I’ve been eagerly awaiting its release! I love the new rebooted series of Tomb Raider and with this latest game I expected more of Lara Croft, surviving in the jungle, and lots of exploring. What I...
Disability Game Review: God of War
Visual Barrier-Free Fine-Motor Thoroughly Accessible Auditory Barrier-Free Thoroughly Accessible Anger and rage aren’t the only tools for survival. Kratos must journey with his son Atreus to the highest peaks of the nine realms, in order to spread the...
Indie Spotlight – Fragments of Him
Visual Partially Accessible Fine-Motor Barrier-Free Auditory Barrier-Free Thoroughly Accessible Do you ever truly know someone? Fragments of Him is a narrative based game, centering on the life-and-death of a bisexual man named Will. Fragments of Him...
Accessibility Preview: Shots Fired
Visual Thoroughly Accessible Fine-Motor Partially Accessible Auditory Barrier Free Partially Accessible So I am a big fan of the John Wick movies. They’re fun, loud, and full of stylized action. However, the movies are very over-the-top and they tend to...
Disability Game Review: Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
Visual Barrier Free Fine-Motor Barrier Free Auditory Barrier Free Barrier Free Back in March, I had the opportunity to preview Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, but because of an inaccessible venue, the developers at Obsidian graciously offered to give...
Disability Game Review: Detroit: Become Human
Visual Thoroughly Accessible Fine-Motor Inaccessible Auditory Partially Accessible Partially Accessible Detroit: Become Human is the latest title from Quantic Dream which promises immersive story that will have players questioning what it...
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...
Disability Game Review: Extinction
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 fighting giant brutes across a large, yet strangely barren countryside.
Disability Game Review: Far Cry 5
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 their more linear cousins. Far Cry 5 has the bones to fulfill this prophecy, but its natural accessibility is hampered by a few...
Disability Game Review: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Full disclosure: I’m not very good at first-person shooters and I usually don’t like them because the shooting mechanics start getting repetitive fast in my experience. However, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus was an exhilarating ride and I honestly had a blast playing it.
Disability Game Review: Dragon Ball FighterZ
Fighting games can be very accessible if designed right. Dragon Ball: Fighterz is a leap in that direction, of which other fighting games should take note. The last Dragon Ball fighting game that I enjoyed was Ultimate Battle 22 for the PS1. The 3D ones made many...
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...
Disability 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...
Disability Game Review: Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Plunder the ancient temples of India with everyone’s favorite snarky treasure hunter, Chloe Frazier and her hired soldier partner Nadine Ross.
Disability Game Review: The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
Clementine is back! She has become a hardened warrior, ready to kill more zombies than ever before.
Disability Game Review: Call of Duty: WWII
I was genuinely excited for Call of Duty: WWII, as I’ve felt the franchise had lost a lot of its appeal with its emphasis on science fiction over historical accuracy. In fact, I haven’t played a Call of Duty game for any amount of time since the original Black Ops,...