AbleGamers Blog Archives

Making Way For Accessibility

2019 seems like a year where more and more talks of accessibility are happening. Companies from different industries have been putting more research and development in this sector to improve the lives of people with disabilities. Microsoft has taken a…

Quest to Game: Renato

Renato has been gaming for many years, starting when the SNES was in its prime. Now, he’s getting his game on with the PC and Xbox One. It hasn’t been the easiest, though, as Renato lives with muscular dystrophy –…

AbleGamer’s Twitch Channel: For Disabled Gamers, By Disabled Gamers

Always striving to discover new ways to push game accessibility forward, AbleGamers accepted a fundraiser looking to do something different for charities. The fundraiser involved three people playing video games live on the internet for an extended period of time.…

That Hoodie With the Corgi – AbleGamers’ 2018 Fundraising Hoodie

In other exciting AbleGamers news, we shipped out our 2018 fundraising hoodies to fundraisers who raised over $500 in support of our mission between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2018. Each year our hoodie will feature a new design…

AbleGamers On (Almost) Every Continent!

What can I say? AbleGamers get around. If you didn’t already see it on Twitter, we shipped the controller setup for our first Peer Support case to Africa, meaning we’ve delivered support to every continent on Earth. Except Antarctica, FOR…

The Struggle To Spread Happiness

Last month, I covered the work of music and sound designer Marc Straight and how he’s composing an accessible soundtrack. The feedback to that piece brought up an idea on continuing to find more developers who directly support and live…

The Cost Of Immersion In Games

I’ve been playing the AC games since 2012, when I started PC gaming after I got a new desktop in grad school. The Assassin’s Creed games were hard for me, but when I finished them, the experience was deeply satisfying.…

Composing Music for Sensory Processing Disorder

Many people like to enjoy different kinds of music. You might like the deep rumbling beats of a drum and bass song bumping through your whole body. Perhaps you’re more into the complex twangs of a single guitar. What about…

What AbleGamers Has Been Up To For May 2019

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BMmzHIXjOA[/embedyt] AbleGamers has had another busy month! Besides the wonderful work with developers all across the industry to help push accessibility, all of the grants sent out to get people into gaming, we’ve also made a few…

Accessible Technology Day at MIT and Helping to Break Social Isolation

Teachers, students, and families were able to get a glimpse of accessible technology during the Cambridge Science Festival. Partners from different areas of inclusive design came together for MIT Museum’s Accessible Technology Day to showcase what’s out there today and…