[games_access] to Michelle [SPAM]Re: NPR show on accessibility tomorrow

Fri Dec 29 14:01:47 EST 2006

Thank you for getting back to me on this sorry if I missed your other
replies about the same subject truly.  I've been having problems with my
e-mail Outlook express office hiding things and then having to find them
again.

That's great information I'll check out the story you're in.

About the documentary the meet and greet are you saying it is the same meet
and greet for all of the new members like last year's first party we went to
the director Jason LaRocca was talking at or our special interest group meet
and greet?  That sounds wonderful how did you arrange that that's really
cool.  Thank you.  Do you think people will be able to hear it is
customarily music going along with my narrative and some related information
you'll even get to see that speech I gave at the Baltimore games for health
convention the good parts of it.  I think I sent you my outline before I
don't have anything I can send you to see how it is coming along right now
the file is going to be huge to e-mail but if you need that format again I
can e-mail it to so you can see the exact format it's going to look like my
outline.

It does sound cool my hotel room level I'm glad you're up to that.  I really
would like to be at that meeting also next week you're planning.

I think it might be great if we put together a cell phone and hotel list so
we all know where to contact each other.

I hope you had a great holiday and a great new year.  Myself  it wasn't too
bad I am looking forward to a much healthier year.

Robert

www.RobertFlorio.com <http://www.robertflorio.com/>  

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From: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-bounces at igda.org]
On Behalf Of d. michelle hinn
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 11:35 AM
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
Subject: [SPAM]Re: [games_access] to Michelle [SPAM]Re: NPR show on
accessibility tomorrow

hi robert,

here's the link to the npr story:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6669943

it's about games for the blind -- the "left behind" story is actually about
a series of games based on the christian book series called "left behind."

yes, i think i've said this a couple times but meeting at your hotel for
planning for accessibility idol will be fine and it sounds fun too! :)

and yes, i am working on the guidelines and we will have a meeting next week
-- i'm travelling this week. really the main thing that the contestants need
to know and already know is that their designs have to be fun and playable
and designed assuming a gamer who is quadriplegic will be in the market
share. they won't create games -- they don't do that in the other game
challenges either because they are busy people. but they will be presenting
their design documents at the session. and we don't want to tell them too
much because (1) we want them to make errors and (2) we don't want to stifle
their creativity, as they may come up with a fantastic design that's beyond
what any of us have come up with!

yes, david perry probably won't be at GDC this year -- that's why he
couldn't be on the accessibility idol team. but he wants to be on it next
year.

the gdc has not yet given us the times and dates for the sessions so i can't
give you any idea about when/where to pass out fliers. also, i will be
announcing the other sessions in every session -- very, very briefly but
just to let them know. we'll have your documentary playing in the background
of the SIG meet and greet session. but it hasn't been scheduled yet so thus
we have no way of knowing when it will be held. there's nothing to be done
about that -- they have a lot of sessions to fit into the schedule. keep in
mind that we can show the documentary during the meet and greet informal
session but i am contractually obligated to keep things focused on getting
people information about the SIG. so we'll run the documentary but it will
be in an open area where people might just stop by really quickly to get
info about us but not have time to stay.

michelle

I'm trying to get it on in the archive link I'm assuming it's the one on
gamers left behind December 24?  I really hope I can open it having some
trouble some with RealPlayer not sure why.

I also have a question Michelle I am arriving on the third kind of asked a
couple of times about this before for GDC this year will be our planet and
so I really think we should meet at my hotel I have the upgraded level
catered all day.  Pretty cool.  Everyone else would need a pass but that's
where my room is passed to get up on that level.  Only if your rooms on that
level.

Do we have our guidelines or contestants developers to create accessible
games to follow it does not seems like we've done that yet I think we should
schedule something to get that done? 

On another note my documentary is almost halfway finished can you let me
know where it might be possible we could work together to solicit people to
come to it perhaps advertising at our accessible idol or handing out
pamphlets but I need a location and daytime.  I heard from David Perry He
wants me to send him a copy of it but he won't be there he might show up one
of the days but I don't know where he's on a conference in San Jose the same
time called TED.  Merry Christmas.

Robert

 <http://www.robertflorio.com/> www.RobertFlorio.com

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From: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-bounces at igda.org]
On Behalf Of Thomas Westin
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 2:15 PM
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
Subject: [SPAM]Re: [games_access] NPR show on accessibility tomorrow

Great!

/thomas

IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org> writes:
Hey everyone

In case you are listening to NPR tomorrow (Sunday) morning, there's a story
that I was interviewed for (with others) on Game Accessibility for Gamers
with Disabilities.

It airs on the Weekend Edition Sunday and if you are in the US, it should be
on during the second hour of their 8-10/11am show (most of the NPR stations
follow this in their own time zone). So she said it should be on around 9:20
AM in the US (9:20 am in your time zone, not eastern time or anything like
that). :)

It'll be archived here:

 <http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=10>
http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=10 (hopefully with
subtitles...if not, I'll get on the case!!!)

If you are outside of NPR range -- they also have a check system for seeing
if/when/where it airs in your area (it airs in a few non-US locations but
usually it airs later).

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