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…
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Pittsburgh Penguins Donate $25,000 to AbleGamers Charity
For years, both professional sports and gaming have continued to move toward the same destination, sometimes butting heads over what is and what isn’t a sport, but ultimately settling into a place of widespread mutual respect. Earlier this year, the…
#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…
Piercing The Vale: A Look Inside the Audio-based Action-RPG From Falling Squirrel
The agonizing sound of screams. Horses stampeding. Arrows whizzing past your ears as your semi-conscious brain attempts to make sense of what’s happening around you. Where is Uncle? The sky is now a dark void where it had once been…
Never Knew This Was A Feeling
One of the best feelings that you can get as an AbleGamers volunteer is seeing the excitement and surprise on people’s faces when they learn that there are devices that they can utilize and become part of the gaming community.…
Bringing Accessible Play to Pittsburgh
As an organization, Ablegamers continues to push forward and strive to make the notion that games are for everyone a reality. We took few more steps toward that realization in September with the University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) becoming…
Unlocktober: Unlocking Opportunities and Enabling Play for People with Disabilities
As October approaches, the gaming community is playing new releases and looking forward to games coming soon. From the AbleGamers side of things, we are already trying to accommodate the rise in Peer-Counseling Requests and Grant requests that come from…
The Unseen Emotional & Mental Struggles
Coming home after receiving a heartbreaking diagnosis from your doctor’s visit. Waking up with no voice, unable to hear. Losing a limb from a tragic accident. These are just some moments that can change a life in an instant. Where…