accessibility
How 'Grindstone,' a Game About Matching Colors, Solved Its Colorblind Issue
Even problems that seem ingrained into the design of a video game have solutions.
Live Music Should Be More Accessible For Disabled Fans
Disabled and high-risk people want transparency, safety, and an option for livestreams when concerts come back.
People With Disabilities Say This AI Tool Is Making the Web Worse for Them
AccessiBe aims to make the internet fully accessible to the visually impaired by 2025—but activists say the company's AI is making things worse.
Narrators Are Falling Asleep Making Audiobooks For The Visually Impaired
An investigation in Sweden discovered low-quality audiobooks where narrators can be heard falling asleep and entire chapters of books are missing.
Why COVID-19 Convinced a Developer to Make Their Game More Accessible
Studio Pixel Punk spent 2020 making a hard action game, while spending their own time with games like Animal Crossing. It gave them pause.
Inaccessibility Is Still Leaving Some Color Blind Gamers in the Dark
Frustration is a solid reason to quit a game, and it’s a decision color blind gamers have to face every time they pick up a new one.
It's Not Just Cyberpunk, Video Games Need to Take Epilepsy More Seriously
What happened with 'Cyberpunk 2077' was probably not malice, but it also revealed how much the industry has to learn about a serious condition.
'Cyberpunk 2077' Triggered Game Reviewer to Have Epileptic Seizure
One of the biggest game of the year gave at least one reviewer a grand mal seizure.
'Avengers' Shows How Subtitles Are More Complicated Than Just Text
A transcript doesn't communicate tone of voice, from what direction someone is speaking, or other sound cues being used by the developers. This is changing.
Spiders Are a Popular Video Game Monster. They're Also an Accessibility Problem
The developers of 'Grounded' made spiders the big enemy of their new game, then suddenly realized a bunch of people were too scared to play it. They decided to find a real solution.
DIY Dentistry Is the Risky, Inevitable Result of For-Profit Healthcare
Dental health is expensive to maintain. But that doesn't mean you should try this at home.
Quarantine Is a Nightmare for People With Disabilities
'We’re overlooked until it comes time to decide who is going to die.'