Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Enhanced accessibility at Gamecritics.com
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Hey hey. I just posted this over at @Gamecritics, but I figured it was worth a crosspost over here at Coffeecola too. We're doing what we can, but if any of you have feedback or ideas on how to improve this, let me know!
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We at Gamecritics.com are supporters of
accessibility in gaming. We love to play videogames, and we think everyone else
should be able to enjoy that love too, no matter what their situation might be.
In order to give helpful information to
those who might need it, we've been posting addendums to our reviews for
several years -- we started with content guidance for parents, but we soon
began including audio information for those with hearing impairments. If a
player needs audio cues to be successful, we felt that was something that
someone should be aware of before putting their hard-earned money down.
Recently, it was brought to our
attention that the option to re-map controls (or the lack of that
option) would be of great interest to gamers that require alternate
configurations or special setups. It took us about two seconds to see the value
in this, and we will now be adding this info to all of our reviews.
Along the same lines, we've been seeing
a number of developers include ‘colorblind' modes as a way of making their work
playable to that segment of the audience. We decided to not wait for someone to
make the request, so we're also adding this to our reviews, too.
Starting today, February 16, 2016,
every review that runs at Gamecritics from this point forward will feature:
- Information for
parents
- Information for
hearing impaired players
- Information on
controls
- Information on
colorblind modes
We believe in and support accessibility
and diversity in gaming, and we hope that these additions to our coverage will
benefit players of all kinds.
Thank you for supporting
Gamecritics.com!
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Thanks for the post. Button mapping is a big concern of mine due to RSI symptoms after playing Dark Souls - 'run' is mapped to a button (B) opposed to the left thumb stick (press down and forward). It's little things like this that developers really need to think more about, because it seems like a no-brainer when you have unused controller functions and buttons that have more than one mapped function.
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