When you think of an athlete, you probably think about traditional sports images: highly competitive men and women with gifted physical traits, competing at the highest levels for fame and fortune. In eSports, the idea of an “athlete” changes —…
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Quest to Game: Giddeon
We met our friend Giddeon at the AbleGamers Accessibility Arcade in Atlantic City, New Jersey. When he first sat down with the AbleGamers crew, Giddeon didn’t want to play any games. He told us that with his disability, gaming…
Quest to Game: Joel
Quest to Game: Alec
Halo 5, Trails Fusion, Dark Souls, Overwatch, Rocket League. This is just a small list of the games that Alec can now play thanks to his grant from AbleGamers. Alec worked with our accessibility experts to figure out the perfect…
Quest to Game: Steven
All it takes is one bad day to have your life changed forever. In Steven Paschall’s case, a stroke on the morning of February 14th, 2016 took his control of his left arm and hand away from him. Steven’s life…
Saving Lives with Videogames
There are 149 bumps in the timeworn paint on the popcorn ceiling– the same as yesterday morning. An east facing window lets the early morning sun creep into the room at dawn. It’s the only non-fluorescent light that ever shines…
Quest to Game: Zane
In the summer of 2016, through the Make-A-Wish foundation, AbleGamers received word of a Pennsylvania teenager with severely limited movement who hadn’t been able to play video games, but desperately wanted to experience Assassin’s Creed. We met with Zane at…