[games_access] GA-SIG DVD 2008 (was ...CD)
d. michelle hinn
hinn at uiuc.edu
Sun Jan 6 19:32:28 EST 2008
So basically here's how things will work with the DVD
purchasing/burning -- we present a receipt to the IGDA for
reimbursement. They don't usually pay ahead of time, as it's easier
for them just to know the exact final amount of money and write a
reimbursement check for that.
Reid -- any ideas of price breaks for burning the DVDs? I guess we
need to make this decision now: How many should we burn? There will
be an estimated 18,000 people at this year's GDC but there are only
about six of us attending this year, including those who paid for
their own passes. Numbers of GA session attendees have historically
been low -- as we well know -- but I suspect that most of the DVDs we
pass out will be distributed throughout the GDC week by SIG members
outside of the sessions we are doing.
Also, we need to make some decisions about fliers ASAP. We can pass
out SIG business cards but a half page flier would be nice to attach
to the business cards and the DVDs. On the flier we can have our
session times and locations (which are still TBA when I last checked)
or it can be just something that introduced GA and the SIG (that kind
of sounds like a band name...). My hesitation about putting session
times and locations are that it makes the fliers non-reusable and
things change (such as our booth number at E for All that we didn't
learn about until the day it started and it was too late to change --
luckily our old booth number didn't even exist so we didn't have
people going to the anti-game accessibility booth instead ;) )
We need something eye-catching and we cannot use the Pac Man
ghosts...we had a nice (really) guy from Namco who told me that he
thought the flier was awesome but if their legal department saw it,
we'd get a nasty "cease and desist" order unless they approved it
(and he said that their lawyers are like sharks when it comes to
Namco's IP). Fair enough. So I took that as a friendly warning from
an insider that we need to run that by their lawyers before we use it
again. They may not have a big issue with it but we can't afford to
get entangled in any legal mess -- I'm trying to get in contact with
them to get their OK but we might not (read: probably will not) get a
thumb's up to use it in time for GDC. I'm trying to see if we can get
their permission to use it in the book, though -- would be very cool
to have on the cover!
Michelle
>Hello
>
>Yes that's great;
>
>another thing:
>
>the headline for this -email was GA-SIG CD 2008, but I mentioned a
>DVD in the mail text
>-previously we have made CDs but last years version was really
>packed and to get more content in, we need a DVD
>
>So Michelle when you talk to the IGDA folks about getting some
>sponsoring for this thing, please ask for DVDs!
>
>/Thomas
>
>On 6 jan 2008, at 21.47, John Bannick wrote:
>
>>Folks,
>>
>>Great!
>>
>>We just verified that the new code works and are madly working on
>>the content.
>>
>>I'll try to upload it to Thomas' FTP no later than Mon 14 Jan.
>>If that fails, then I'll ask Reid for his mailing address.
>>
>>Thanks all,
>>
>>John
>>
>>At 03:28 PM 1/6/2008, you wrote:
>>>I agree, I think it'd be a great addition. Can you upload it to
>>>Thomas' FTP? If not, I'll give you my mailing address in another
>>>email. I've agreed to help print the DVDs since I'm in the same city
>>>as the conference.
>>>
>>>-Reid
>>>
>>>On Jan 6, 2008 11:49 AM, <hinn at uiuc.edu> wrote:
>>>> Hi John --
>>>>
>>>> I think that it would be great to have your game book on the
>>>>DVD. I think Thomas would agree that there are no issues against
>>>>it -- we open up the CD/DVD each year to everyone who has
>>>>examples they would like to include.
>>>>
>>>> Wow. GDC is just a little over one month away!?! It's crazy
>>>>early this year!
>>>>
>>>> Michelle
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---- Original message ----
>>>> >Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:57:30 -0500
>>>> >From: John Bannick <jbannick at 7128.com>
>>>> >Subject: Re: [games_access] GA-SIG CD 2008
>>>> >To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
>>>> >
>>> > >Thomas,
>>>> >
>>>> >Would it be possible to include our "Developer Reference
>>>>Example" Game Book
>>>> >on your GDC DVD?
>>>> >
>>>> >This Game Book contains a set of accessible games.
>>>> >
>>>> >Each game is prefaced with a description of how each
>>>>accessibility modality
>>>> >is addressed in that game.
>>>> >When you start each game, its Accessibilty Preface is displayed.
>>>> >
>>>> >For example, a BL rated game such as Inspector Cyndi in Newport includes
>>>> >self-voicing and JAWS compatibility.
>>>> >That same game is VI rated and includes Big Type Windows High Contrast
>>>> >compatibility, and ZoomText magnification compatibility.
>>>> >That same game is MI rated and includes single-keystroke controls,
>>>> >mouseless control, Dragon compatibility, and big buttons.
>>>> >That same game is DF rated and includes subtitles for the
>>>>videos (sorry, no
>>>> >CC yet)
>>>> >
>>>> >Similarly, a game like Tyler Raindrops (like Tetris) is rated
>>>>MI because it
>>>> >has a Game Throttle that can slow it down.
>>>> >
>>>> >This demonstrates to a developer how a game can be made accessible.
>>>> >Our message is "Hey, if a tiny company can do this profitably, why can't
>>>> >you big guys do the same?"
>>>> >
>>>> >The Game Book file is 50 Mb and runs on Windows 98 / XP / and Vista.
>>>> >It contains its own Java runtime, which does not interfere with
>>>>any JRE the
>>>> >user may have.
>>>> >
>>>> >Please let me know if this might be acceptable on your DVD.
>>>> >I could get it to you by Mon, 14 January.
>>>> >
>>>> >Thanks,
>>>> >
>>>> >John
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >At 04:42 PM 12/25/2007, you wrote:
>>>> >>Hello
>>>> >>
>>>> >>I'm setting up a FTP account on our blade server with 80 GB storage
>>>> >>space available
>>>> >>
>>>> >>Those of you who want to contribute content to this year's GA-SIG DVD
>>>> >>at Game Developers Conference 2008, please drop me an e-mail off list
>>>> >>with "GA-SIG CD" as subject so I easily spot it.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>If you know people off list that would like to contribute too, please
>>>> >>forward this e-mail.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>It can be games, videos, papers, code, tools or something else
>>>> >>relevant for game accessibility.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>Please note the time frame; the GDC 08 takes place Feb 18, and before
>>>> >>that I need to arrange the production of DVDs. I've not decided a
>>>> >>deadline yet but somewhere by the end of January / early February is a
>>>> >>realistic guess.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>Thanks,
>>>> >>
>>>> >>/Thomas
>>>> >>
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