Games Accessibility From The Players Standpoint

Slide 1: GAMES ACCESSIBILITY FROM THE PLAYERS STANDPOINT

Slide 2: Games for Health ‘08 WHO ARE YOU AND WHY SHOULD WE CARE? o li e. C

Slide 3: Games for Health ‘08 <INSERT SHAMELESS PLUG FOR ABLEGAMERS.COM HERE>

Slide 4: What is an AbleGamer? • An AbleGamer is a guild mate, clan buddy, or forum friend that, due to a disability, must approach a game with a different toolset than the average player.

Slide 5: Every AbleGamer is different. • Physical • Sight Disabilities – Total Blindness – Spinal Cord – Partial Blindness Injury – Color Blindness – Autoimmune • Hearing Disorders – Degrees of – Amputations Deafness – Brain Injury – Many more…

Slide 6: So what am I going to talk about. Physical Disabilities Games on the PC MMORPG’s

Slide 7: TO SOME, A GAME IS A GAME, TO OTHER IT IS A WINDOW TO THE WORLD

Slide 8: Stephanie Walker (aka Camilya) • Multiple Sclerosis • Plays EQ2 / Conan • Games let her connect with far away friends. • She can “not be disabled” for a while • No one has to know she has a medical issue unless she chooses to let you know. • She can run, anywhere she wants.

Slide 9: How does Stephanie Play

Slide 10: Tim Donaghy (aka Akrin) • Quadriplegic from a boating accident. • Plays WOW • Likes to connect with people without being looked after. • Can do something without the need for help.

Slide 11: How does Tim Play

Slide 12: Trends • Gone are the keyboard and mouse setups. • Hardware makers are seeing that gamers are the next big thing.

Slide 13: Trends The old way New Gaming Rigs CPU CPU CPU RAM RAM Disk Disk Disk

Slide 14: Some observations on AbleGamers

Slide 15: Mark Barlet THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

Slide 16: I forgot business cards, sorry MARK BARLET IOO@ABLEGAMERS.COM 202.258.1937