[games_access] Announcing Includification - Game AccessibilityGuidelines for Disabled Gamers by Disabled Gamers

Thu Oct 25 21:13:40 EDT 2012

Working for me as well on McAffe

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Barrie Ellis <oneswitch at gmail.com> wrote:
> Okay on Norton.
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> From: Lynsey Graham
> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 12:13 PM
> To: 'IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [games_access] Announcing Includification - Game
> AccessibilityGuidelines for Disabled Gamers by Disabled Gamers
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> I’ve just tried to access the Includification site, but neither Chrome or
> Firefox will open it, as my antivirus (ESET NOD32) is saying that it
> contains ‘Potentially dangerous content’.  Is anyone else having problems?
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> From: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-bounces at igda.org]
> On Behalf Of Steve Spohn
> Sent: 12 September 2012 22:34
> To: Barrie Ellis; IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [games_access] Announcing Includification - Game
> AccessibilityGuidelines for Disabled Gamers by Disabled Gamers
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> The letters ended up looking amazing. Loved yours
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> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Barrie Ellis <oneswitch at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Very impressive!! Will read through it properly at my first opportunity, and
> looking forward to it very much.
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> From: Thomas Westin
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> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 7:19 PM
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> To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
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> Subject: Re: [games_access] Announcing Includification - Game
> AccessibilityGuidelines for Disabled Gamers by Disabled Gamers
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> looks great!
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> On 12Sep 2012, at 3:55 PM, Steve Spohn wrote:
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> Greetings All,
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> The AbleGamers Foundation is proud to announce Includification, of 46 page,
> fully illustrated guide to accessibility by disabled gamers for disabled
> gamers. This project includes the hard work of a lot of people over the last
> year, including letters from members of this SIG. I hope you all enjoy the
> document and it serves you well.
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> http://www.ablegamers.com/Disabled-Gamers-General-News/announcing-includification-game-accessibility-guidelines.html
> for More details or you can go directly to www.includification.com
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> Contact: Steve Spohn
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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> Telephone: (703) 891-9017 ext: 102
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> Email:  Press at AbleGamers.com
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> Disability Non-profit Releases In-depth How-to Document for Video Game
> Developers
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> The AbleGamers Foundation launches fully illustrated guide to designing
> games for the disabled community.
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> Harpers Ferry, WV –September 12, 2012– The AbleGamers Foundation is pleased
> to announce the unveiling of Includification—a 46 page, fully illustrated
> how-to guide for videogame developers and publishers road-mapping the exact
> solutions needed to design an accessible game.
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> “For nearly a decade, our organization has been reaching out to developers
> convincing them they need to include accessibility for gamers with
> disabilities,” said Mark Barlet, President and Founder of the AbleGamers
> Foundation. “As that message has been increasingly accepted in the video
> game industry, the question has slowly turned into “Okay, we need to make
> our games accessible, but how?””
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> “We believe this document and its companion website www.includification.com
> will serve to answer any questions a developer might have about the exact
> solutions needed to make their games accessible to the disability
> community,” continued Mr. Barlet. “What thrills me the most is that our
> recommendations can be updated via the website as new technology and
> information arises.  The videogame industry is a living breathing entity and
> we need to treat it as such by updating information as it comes in.”
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> “Words cannot express how extremely proud I am of this document, this
> organization and everyone who helped bring this together.  This is the
> culmination of the hard work and dedication everyone at our nonprofit has
> put in over the last 8 years,” said Steve Spohn, Editor-in-Chief of
> AbleGamers.com. “It is my sincerest wish that a copy of this document sits
> on the desk of every developer, in the resource area of every library and
> with every major publisher across the world. It's time game accessibility
> leaped to the next level and these guidelines show developers exactly how to
> enable gamers with disabilities in the easiest, most efficient and
> cost-effective manner possible.”
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> The AbleGamers publication, Includification, includes numerous detailed
> explanations of common problems for gamers with disabilities, solutions for
> those problems, printable checklists, developer exercises and personal
> letters from industry insiders to the game industry.  You can download
> Includification for free at http://www.includification.com/guide. The
> companion website with easy-to-read references can be found at
> www.includification.com.  A physical print copy is available at-cost from
> www.includification.com/print.
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> About The AbleGamers Foundation
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> The AbleGamers Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity that runs
> AbleGamers.com, which provides news and reviews on the accessibility of
> mainstream video game titles, as well as consultation on assistive
> technology.  As an alternative to Serious Gaming, mainstream video games
> supply many disabled individuals and veterans with rehabilitation as well as
> social stimulation in situations where they may be otherwise shut out of
> society's idea of normal everyday life.
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> For more information about this topic, the AbleGamers Foundation,
> AbleGamers.com, or to schedule an interview with Mark Barlet, President of
> AbleGamers, call Steve Spohn at (703) 891-9017 ext:102 or email
> press at AbleGamers.com.
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