[games_access] Accessibility 4 Gamers website

[d. michelle hinn]

Cool about GA.com, Richard -- thanks for the update!

I emailed the Accessibility4Gamers admin to ask if he/she would add 
in something to the article text that makes it more obvious that it 
is directly from a source separate from the site. Hopefully they will 
be cool with that so that GA.com get's properly cited/quoted. It's 
Richard and Sander's text -- not mine. Like I said, it bugs me when I 
see things like that -- even if it's not my material. :)

Michelle
Justice League for the Protection of Text Everywhere ;)

>Hi,
>
>Working on GA.com - unfortunately it is indeed floating somewhere 
>towards neverneverland but some possibly interesting developments 
>have arisen on the horizon... more news later when I know more...
>
>And for those on LinkedIn: I recently created a Linked In group to 
>create a network of people interested in game accessibility. Check 
>out my profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardvantol and view my 
>groups, then click to join.
>
>Greets,
>
>Richard
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "d. michelle hinn" <hinn at uiuc.edu>
>To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
>Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 2:00 AM
>Subject: Re: [games_access] Accessibility 4 Gamers website
>
>>One quick thing (albeit not a tiny concern): Note how their main 
>>disability content is taken from game-accessibility.com...WITHOUT 
>>QUOTES -- at least they linked to the source but they don't make it 
>>very evident that it is not their content to someone who might not 
>>know any better.
>>
>>Sorry...whether they meant to do that or not, improper citations 
>>really get under my skin! The SIG Whitepaper is an example of 
>>something that's been wholesale taken and put out there under a 
>>different organization's name so things like this bug me. Reid -- 
>>any idea who is running this site so that we can ask them to quote 
>>these things better? Also, a lot of their links take me to some 
>>"illegal activity" message (ie, the links in the bottom right hand 
>>of the page). Not sure if anyone else is getting that --  probably 
>>just a bug in their system.
>>
>>Of course with game-accessibility.com floating out there for the 
>>time being...we really need to figure out what needs to be done so 
>>that it's not just sitting there getting moldy. Richard? Any news 
>>on that? Let me know if there's someone I should be emailing about 
>>it!
>>
>>Michelle
>>
>>>http://www.accessibility4gamers.com/
>>>
>>>Just got this link from a friend. Looks like they are just starting
>>>up. Very similar to AbleGamers.com
>>>
>>>"Accessibility 4 Gamers is a website designed to inform gamers with
>>>disabilities about the availability of accessible games, software and
>>>equipment out there to help make gaming easier and have an equal play
>>>for online gaming."
>>>
>>>-Reid
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