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Game Accessibility - Why Bother?


Submitted by thankeeka on April 24, 2007 - 11:11am. General News

Never really thought much about the matter, because I thought all games were accessible by everyone. However, apparently I'm just one of the lucky ones, because there seems to be games out there that aren't, and one such game was made to get that point across. Now I know...and knowing the rest of that quote means you're as much a nerd as me.

From the article:

In this opinion piece, game academic Dr. Dimitris Grammenos, co-creator of the polarizing 'universally inaccessible' game Game Over!, explains the point he made with the game, and why video game designers should make games accessible to all players, no matter what their disability.

Game Over!, which was recently covered in a weblog post by sister weblog GameSetWatch, is a game "...that can be played by no one. But why was such a game created? Well, the goal of Game Over! is to be used as an educational tool for disseminating, understanding and consolidating game accessibility guidelines."

Read the full article over at gamasutra.com


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