Allies for Accessibility - GoGCast 205

Games are for everyone yet not everyone can play the games they would like to play. Accessibility, easy modes and Sekiro Shadows Die Twice have been all over our feeds lately, and unfortunately, the conversation wasn’t always civil nor empathetic. Riffing off last week’s interview with accessibility advocate Steve Saylor, we dissect the conversation around difficulty settings in games, accessibility features and what it means to the industry and gamers everywhere. Plus, we react to the Star Wars Jedi: The Fallen Order trailer reveal.

 

What’s Everyone Playing? (00:06:25)

This Week in News (00:27:20)

• PSN ID changes are here but with a few caveats (00:27:20)
• EA announces Star Wars Jedi: The Fallen Order single player game coming this fall (00:33:45)
• Kojima and Reedus to present Death Stranding’s story at Tribeca (00:48:53)

Topic: Allies for Accessibility (00:59:00)

• Steve Saylor’s video on this topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-11LhWC19TU
• Steve Spohn of Able Gamers: https://twitter.com/stevenspohn/status/1114950742329233408
• ‘Video Game Difficulty is an Accessibility Issue’ https://junkee.com/sekiro-game-difficulty/200666
• Game Accessibility Guidelines: http://gameaccessibilityguidelines.com/
• Can I Play That? http://www.caniplaythat.com/
• Able Gamers https://ablegamers.org/

Outro and Wrap-up (01:28:42)

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