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Gamer Musings: Accessibility in Gaming

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...

Gamer Musings: How to Make Visual Novels Accessible for Blind / Visually Impaired Players and Screen Reader Users

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!...

Gamer Musings: Top Ten Games I Played in 2020

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...