Wolf being an amputee in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice isn’t special. Punished Snake in Metal Gear Solid V and Nero in the Devil May Cry series also have arms replaced by special prosthetics. This disability is usually an excuse for…
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Sekiro and the “Git Gud” Debate
Submitted by Kevin Casper We’ve all seen the hysteria on Twitter. But isn’t that the problem; the fact that there’s hysteria in the first place? Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is the latest game by the critically-acclaimed developer From Software, the…
Bloodborne: At Home in an Ugly World
Submitted by John Wiswell It’s early in Bloodborne and your Hunter is exploring one of the first houses in the game. There are a few hidden enemies lurking, but you already know how to spot and dispatch them. You come…
What Has AbleGamers Been Up To?
A look inside AbleGamers: April 2019 This month, AbleGamers has been very busy sharing information about game accessibility all across the games industry! With speaking engagements at GAConf, GDC, and PAX East, the AbleGamers staff crossed the United States and…
I’m Legally Blind and I Love My PSVR
As a low vision gamer, I didn’t know quite what to expect when I purchased Sony’s PSVR (PlayStation VR).  The headset had knocked down one of two significant barriers for me to jump into the VR scene —…
The Problem and Joys of Thane from Mass Effect
Submitted by Elizabeth Rogers “If Thane is going to be the only scraps that I get, I’ll take it.” “I’m dying,” is one of the first things Thane Krios says to you in the video game Mass Effect 2. It’s…
The Super Bowl Ad That Spoke for Millions
If you ask anyone who watched the Super Bowl what their top moment was, many would say the ad for the Xbox Adaptive Controller (XAC). It was certainly mine. Seeing kids with physical disabilities enjoying games with their friends —…
Finding Games That Fit
In this day and age, you’d think your friends could play any of the most popular video games out there; sometimes, that’s far from reality. There’s been plenty of times where my friends and I get hyped for a game…
Why the Xbox Adaptive Controller Super Bowl Ad Meant So Much For AbleGamers
Did you see it?! The Xbox Adaptive Controller was featured in a Super Bowl LIII commercial thanks to our friends at Microsoft! If you didn’t already know, the Xbox Adaptive Controller (XAC) developed in partnership with the Xbox Accessibility…
AbleGamers Launches Accessible.Games Website to Connect Disabled Gamers and Developers
In the process of pushing accessibility practices further, AbleGamers began a new program to bring people with disabilities and game developers closer than ever before. AbleGamers revealed their new site Accessible.Games to give developers multiple resources for creating more accessible…