I didn't do one of these posts last year because I didn't play enough games, but I played a lot this year, and so many of them were fantastic! There were even more great games that didn't make my list, but I managed to make myself stop at ten. So in no particular order, except the last two, here they...
I didn't have a post planned for today and didn't feel up to doing a lot of work, and I've been obsessed with Project Zomboid lately, so this seemed the perfect solution! If you're not familiar with Project Zomboid, it's basically The Sims with zombies. Your character (I never know what to call them) has needs, there are survival elements, there's lots of crafting, and there are zombies trying...
I talk about accessibility in gaming (making computer/video games so that more people, especially disabled people, can play) a lot around Twitter, and I include a section to mention it in my reviews for games. I've also written a blog post about making games for screen reader users. But I've never talked broadly about what sort of things might make a game accessible and why these things are...
I love visual novels and dating sims. I'm also a sighted person who uses a screen reader sometimes because of a problem with my eyes/head that is aggravated by looking at computer screens, especially to read a bunch of text. VNs are a type of game that could be totally accessible to anyone who uses a screen reader (which includes blind and visually impaired players) because they're text-based!...
Don't make fun of my category name, I couldn't think of anything better. Am I even a gamer? Do the types of games I play count as being a "gamer"?? Anyway, games! I played more games this year than I ever have before, which is surprising considering the head nerve problem I developed last year that gives me headaches to look at electronic screens. But many of these games were entirely or...
