As with every other medium under the sun, it can be said that cinema has often failed to do right by people with disabilities. Though characters with disabilities have often been at the center of award-winning, critically acclaimed films such…
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Logitech’s Increased Inclusion Through New Hardware Releases
Logitech G has recently launched two products with the idea of accessibility and continues to push the boundaries of improved gear and game integration in the world of gaming. AbleGamers and Logitech share similar goals to better the greater gaming…
Accessing a Colorful Dystopia
You know what’s great about inclusive design? It doesn’t have to make a big spectacle of itself in order for you to recognize it, enjoy it, and utilize it. A solid character creator means the player can express attributes they…
The Spirit of Giving: AbleGamers’ 2019 Efforts
As 2019 comes to an end, we celebrate this amazing year in accessibility. We’ve seen the continued progress for accessibility within the video game industry and it’s all because of you! You spoke up and voiced the need to invest…
The Sims 4 Needs Representation: Interview with Elisa
I was just browsing on twitter, and ran across an interesting title of an article. This article talked about the possibility of disability representation in The Sims, one of my favorite games. Elisa wrote an article that I found. I…
The Games Festival Is The Future Of Accessibility In Video Games
Last week, The Game Awards hosted its fifth annual show, unveiling a look at the next generation of the Xbox, some game announcements (sequels for Hellblade, Bravely Default), and giving awards to the best of 2019’s games. However, preceding the…
Monocular Characters: Strength in Representation
Golden light flooded the screen and cabaret music played in the background, I was three chapters into Yakuza 0 from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios. After traveling through the streets of fictional Tokyo as Kazuma Kiryu I was having a fairly…
#Unlocktober 2019
AbleGamers does yearly fundraising events that pull the gaming community together towards a common goal. This past month we launched the event Unlocktober that resulted in our best October yet! The gaming community did an amazing job fundraising with totals…
Tyrande Whisperwind & Anxiety
I set out to find a World of Warcraft character that resembled my personal mental disabilities. There was one character who seemed to stand out the most, a character appearing to embody Chronic Anxiety. That character is Tyrande Whisperwind. As…
The Axiom of Accessibility
The games industry is fueled by passion. The fans are passionate, the business managers are passionate, and the developers are passionate. Thomas Happ is an indie developer who honed that passion into his hit, award-winning Metroidvania game Axiom Verge, originally…