Follow us on YouTube and help us reach 10,000 subscribers! We’ll be starting to stream on YouTube in earnest from 2026 and would love to have you there! www.youtube.com/gameonforeve...

Wait wait wait. It's 2025 and you can't extract links from cells in Google Sheets?

For GameAccess we recently took a look at Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, that launched on mobile platforms following a PC and console release in 2024, which features a wide range of accessibility options! Take a look at our breakdown of the controls here: gameaccess.info/prince-of-pe...

An app is trying to force me into a "free trial" with no mechanism to opt out. I can't complete the desired journey as a result. I do pay for use of the app already. Does anyone know where to report this kind of thing?

Meaningful conversation? Nah

There is something about the empty sincerity of "You're absolutely right!" from LLM's that is really starting to bug me...

Everyone loves mansplaining until customer support actively seeks it out

Finally gave up and decided to play the worlds most boring single player online only action rpg and after already updating Gb on Tuesday... 1.02Gb update.

Whoever wrote the invisble conversion from Maven to Gradle when pasting dependency references in @intellijidea.com - sersiously thank you so much

Something wicked this way comes... and we need your help! 👻 Calling all streamers and creators. We need you to take on horror games, scary games and everything a little ghoulish during our upcoming event, SpecialEffect SCREAM Team! When: Oct 27th - Oct 31st Where: tiltify.com/specialeffec...

Happy new iPhone day, too all those who celebrate

It's-a me! A new game access post on Mario Kart World! Check out our latest video all about the in-game assists and controls available in games! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWTI...

So, let's see what we've learned so far. "A.I." coding assistants produce better results ("value earned/tokens burned") when you: * prompt with tests * work in small feedback cycles with continuous testing, code review, refactoring and integration * cleanly separate concerns in your code LOL

What gif comes up when you type in your name?

We’re teaming up with CBC for #a11yTOConf 2025 — happening Oct 16–17 at 250 Front St W in downtown Toronto! Just steps from the CN Tower, it’s set to be an impactful event. 🎟️ Grab your tickets: tickets.a11yto.com/e/31/a11yto-... #Accessibility #Toronto

We are now officially a UK charity. Our focus is now 100% on building socioeconomic diversity in the UK games sector, and we couldn't be more ready. We are actively looking for new UK-based Trustees - if this mission aligns with you, please take a look at our Trustee pack - lnkd.in/eGCETDyA

I contributed some thoughts to Broken Frontier's series on Comics and Generative AI (spoiler: we all hate it). If you have things to say, especially fellow comic creators, get in touch with Andy!

With v1.0.4 the Android Ally hits a new milestone: Community contributions! Thank you to Karol Wrotniak for making the plugin more keyboard accessible! The Android Ally is a plugin for Android studio to help developers get into Android Accessibility plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/23902...

On the third day of #DisabilityPrideMonth, we’re honoured to share George’s story, bringing together all of SpecialEffect’s main projects and showing just why we exist as a charity! Share and help us bring more light and laughter to lives like George’s: www.specialeffect.org.uk/news/bringin...

For screen readers to recognize headings, heading text can't just be body text or normal text that's been made to look bigger and bolder. It must be formatted as a heading. In Microsoft Word and Google Docs, this can be done in the styles box. In HTML, use the tags h1 through h6.

Did you know we have an entire website dedicated to looking at accessibility offerings in games, checking out new accessible gaming accessories and tutorials on setting up your kit? Check it out today and share with your friends: gameaccess.info

I see a lot of A.I. hype, but you know what I don't see? Functional U.I. Maybe if your buttons worked I'd think you were capable of doing the big kid work

Weekly Schedule - 19/05/25 It's a short personal stream week as I'll be helping run @uksgmarathon.bsky.social first 4 day event starting this Thursday! Mix of Sonic, a Mario Party, 2 great indie games and a sponsored stream with @nikoheart.com on Friday night!

Big News! 📰 Accessibility app Snowball is here to revolutionise travel in London for people with disabilities! 📱 Download the free Snowball Community app now: • Apple: apps.apple.com/gb/app/snowb... • Android: play.google.com/store/search... It works on London Underground, Overground and Trams.

I know of a handful of accessibility specialists who were impacted by yesterday’s RIF at Microsoft. If you’re looking for amazing accessibility talent (PMs and Engineering Managers), please reach out.

Help SpecialEffect to put fun and inclusion back into the lives of physically disabled people across the world like Samuel, who we’ve helped to access his favourite games like Forza, by sharing this post! www.specialeffect.org.uk/news/its-fan...

GAAD is an opportunity to spark conversations, share best practices, and take meaningful action toward digital and physical accessibility around the world. Submit GAAD events and activities here: https://f.mtr.cool/uajqjsxqkl #GAAD #IAAP #A11Y

Join the SpecialEffect Discord! A community for all supporters of SpecialEffect, physically disabled folk, and those wanting to learn about game accessibility, join the SpecialEffect Discord here: discord.com/invite/69dQE...

I am thrilled to announce I'll be introducing Ally Keys, one of my long-lived pet projects at the 10th Accessibility Camp Bay Area on May 30! A few folks have already been using Ally Keys in their development cycles! Ally Keys: ally-keys.com A11y Camp Bay: www.accessibilitycampbay.org

🕹️ Accessibility is personal for us at Shishi Studios! As a developer with muscular dystrophy, Frederic, our CEO, believes no player should be left out of the magic of gaming. Let's normalize accessibility in all games! #DisabilityInGaming

Weekly schedule! 05/05/25 Messing around with IRONRING challenge and the magic box's 999 / 9999 ring modes. Plenty of new indie games to check out and speedrun practice / learning. More importantly. Only one month left till SWITCH 2! 😃

Here's a handy infographic generated by ChatGPT/DALL-E to help you understand this current hype cycle.

Raising Rings 2025 is now over and I want to thank each and everyone of you for making this possible! In total we raised £10,842.88! That is $14,392.84 USD in support of @specialeffect.org.uk This is the power of the Sonic Community! 💙 tiltify.com/@sam-procras...

This weekend our streams are gonna be participating in Raising Rings! We love @sonic-official.bsky.social & @specialeffect.org.uk. It's perfect for us.

Thanks @argick.bsky.social and @huds601.co.uk for the amazing Sonic official trading card collection! Excited to take part in more charity events from @specialeffect.org.uk

The Android Ally 1.0.3-22 is out What's new? "If I have one device connected, I shouldn't have to select it." Thanks to my developer friends for the feedback, and apologies that it took so long! Download the Android Ally, or find out more at the plugin page: plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/23902...

One of the things I miss most from my time at Spotify is having long, insightful conversations about accessibility with my friend @quintinb.bsky.social. That's why this new Focus Trap episode is such a treat! Absolutely recommend giving it a listen! focusring.io/podcast-focu... #Accessibility

If you pair light colors (yellow text on white background) or dark colors (dark blue text on black background), users will struggle to read your content. Understanding color contrast will help you better serve all users, especially those with low vision. webaim.org/articles/con...

Celebrating over 2000 downloads of the Android Ally #AndroidStudio #Accessibility #Plugin! If you want an Android Studio plugin to help make your apps more accessible, visit the Jetbrains marketplace! plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/23902...

It is our actions, and not our intentions, that determine our impact. #actions #intentions #impact #humansaregreaterthanmoney

Updated the Accessibility Actions technique to also include single tap button alternatives to swipe to delete and long press gestures. This is needed to meet WCAG Pointer Gestures success criterion and #A11y Actions only work with iOS a11y features. apps.apple.com/app/accessib...

A new guide called "Using GitHub Repositories with a Screen Reader" has just launched 🚀 This guide provides step-by-step instructions to help screen reader users navigate and interact with repos efficiently 💖 Check it out and share with your network 🤩 accessibility.github.com/documentatio...

The reading from our wedding I remember most clearly is a passage from Kahlil Gibran's beautiful book, The Prophet. We were drawn to it then, and I still am now. The end of the passage offers one of the most beautiful, uplifting, and—at the time—surprising perspectives on marriage.

Why #UserResearch matters: Today, within seconds, I fixed a customer issue because there was an extra 'v' that we stopped using in our versioning names for dependecies. Originally I struggled for hours when doing my service safari. But instead of the customer being frustrated, they just got moving

Choosing to take money from disabled benefit claimants rather than levy a wealth tax is simply immoral 👇

For people who don't use screen readers, it can be difficult to understand how screen readers work. If you're interested in learning how people use screen readers, check out this demo from Marc Sutton and The University of California San Francisco. youtu.be/dEbl5jvLKGQ

You can show a man accessible code, but you can't make good architecture decisions for him

Is it possible to have something that is accessible to Full Keyboard Access in an iOS App but NOT accessible to Switch Control? #iOSdev #a11y #SwiftUI

Class action lawsuit filed against Userway by a florist who was using their accessibility overlay and got sued anyway. This is the second lawsuit of this sort - AccessiBe is also being sued by business owners. #a11y #accessibility