October 10, 2010 Leave a comment
I recently prepared a presentation for work about how the Wii could be used to complement learning within a special educational needs setting. It was meant as showing that IT for leisure activities doesn’t purely revolve around. Here is a piece that has sort of spun from that presentation. Read more of this post
September 11, 2010 Leave a comment
The clever folk over at Waterloo Labs have devised a way to control Mario using your eyes! Yep you heard right eyes, but also you’ll have read the title and know it obviously doesn’t end well. Read more of this post
July 28, 2010 Leave a comment
Ok so here is a very opinionated post and a slight depature from trying to inform and provide advice to pondering on why making games more accessible to all does not appear to be the pressing matter you might believe it to be. Read more of this post
July 27, 2010 Leave a comment
Subject: Guitar Hero Accessible for ALL! Game controllers are always getting more and more complicated and with new games often comes new controllers as is the way with the Guitar Hero series which has guitar and drum controllers that may not be useful to people with physical difficulties. However a company known as Enabling Devices has come up with this solution:
The device itself can be bought here: http://enablingdevices.com/catalog/toys_for_disabled_children/adapted-games/g…
July 16, 2010 Leave a comment
I’m writing an article at the moment where I explain my methods using games as a learning tool. In the mean time why not read this?
http://www.bitmob.com/articles/demons-souls-is-teaching-me-job-skills
July 14, 2010 1 Comment
When I ventured back home a couple weekends ago for my mother’s birthday, I realized two things. One, I’m pretty sure my mom needs a Web site to start selling her magical barbeque. Two, I was completely taken aback at my sister’s Wii Sports Resort skills. Read more of this post
June 1, 2010 Leave a comment
However in the mean time why not check out this article over on OneSwitch.org about how Xbox 360 shooter Shoot 1up has been updated to include a wealth of accessibility options such as:
A high-contrast option, to aid with tracking the on-screen action.
A choice of difficulty modes.
Speed control.
A full one-switch mode.
Auto-fire mode.
Reconfigurable controls.
Quick start option.
These are just the sort of updates that more games should be looking at doing and show how easily it can be done. So a big pat on the back to all those involved.
http://switchgaming.blogspot.com/2010/05/shoot-1up-xbox-360-updated-for-disabled.html
