[games_access] Game Accessibility not taken seriously enough?

[BlazeEagle]

Well, Game companies & game peripheral makers should combine their resources 
to create a game accessibility consultation company. Once created, This 
company could help take some of the burden off of game companies & game 
peripheral makers.

Game companies & game peripheral makers would consult with this consultation 
company before each game title & peripheral is developed to ensure their 
products are reasonably accessible.

Being physically disabled myself, I DO understand that there are limits to 
how accessible electronic games can be made. Each game genre offers 
different types of challenges & that makes accessibility a cantankerous 
issue to solve.

Sadly, It all boils down to money.

I hope I made some sense!

- BlazeEagle -
http://blazeeagle.blogspot.com/

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> Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 20:11:29 +0100
> From: "Sandra Uhling" <sandra_uhling at web.de>
> Subject: [games_access] Serious Games Conference (DE)
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> Hello,
>
> I am very very very sad, angry .... and-what-ever  ....
>
> I have the feeling that "Game Accessibility" is completely ignored.
> They are all very proud about the games and use the term "accessible",
> but in another way as we do :-(
>
> I wrote the organizer two years ago, that game accessibility is very!
> Important. But they do ignore it. (Or was someone asked to present
> something?)
>
> Serious Games are serious and I think they have a very high responsible.
> Special when they make games for schools. They say that the government has
> To support more projects. But they first should look at themselves.
>
> In Germany all kids are now allowed to go to a normal/regular school.
> And this will have also impact on media used in schools.
> When games are not accessible they cannot used in schools or it would be
> unfair...
>
>
> Microsoft has a new Project "IT Fitness" (is not exergaming :-) )
> It means that they would like to have more people who can use a computer 
> and
> Know what they can do with it.
>
> They can do big wonder like Natal, but they cannot make a user 
> configurable
> control?
> The commercial says windows 7 is great, but they cannot built in a
> Screenreader?
>
> Sandra,  *very frustrated*
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 23:57:18 +0100
> From: "Sandra Uhling" <sandra_uhling at web.de>
> Subject: [games_access] how to get the basis version of genesis
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> Hello,
>
> here is a short information how to download the basis version of genesis.
>
> @ Barrie, sorry that it took a little bit time.
>
>
> 1: Register:
> http://World-of-genesis.org -> Registrierung
> or
> http://world-of-genesis.org/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=registers&
> Itemid=31
>
> Name, Last Name, Email, User name, password, password, job, company,
> address, post code, town, phone, fax, website,
> And where did you hear from this project. Click on "hier registrieren".
>
> 2. Click on the link in the email you get. (it is the link in the middle)
>
> 3. You get an email
>
> 4. Go tot he website http://www.world-of-genesis.org/ -> Login/Logoff
> Type in Benutzername (your user name) and your password
> -> Go to Download / Bestellung and click on "kostenlose
> genesis-Basisversion"
> (free basic version)
>
> (this I did not try out yet)
> 5. Install it. During installation you will need your registration data
> You can find it, when you loged in and go to this site:
> http://www.world-of-genesis.org/index.php?option=com_genesisuser&view=userde
> tails&Itemid=65
>
> Click on "Aktivierung f?r registrierungs- und kostenpflichtige Spiele".
>
> Best regards,
> Sandra
>
>
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