Good morning! Let’s chat and then play more Final Fantasy VII! twitch.tv/stevesaylor

Watching the gutting of id Software is so hard on my soul. I only worked with them for a short time, but they truly cared about what they were doing. I learned so much about Game Design from them. I loved brainstorming new ideas with them. They deserve better than this.

“This is some of the best pirate media we’ve EVER gotten.” Join @marceldee.bsky.social @svegvari.bsky.social @stevesaylor.net @erencaboose.bsky.social as they break down their experience with Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced youtu.be/iaCMZau7ByM @assassinscreed.ubisoft.com #AssassinsCreed

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is the Black Flag I’ve wanted for 10+ years: remade with accessibility options like subtitle/caption controls, remapping, and blind navigation tools. Some clunk remains, but it’s a strong step forward. Full review: youtu.be/_cvjOQAz4Go

Good morning! My review will be posted at Noon EST today! Stay tuned!

I love @momoxmia.bsky.social so much lol But also isn't this the way the industry is right now? lol

This is really bad. If you don't know id developed an engine called idTech that was used for, obviously DOOM, but also QUAKE, Wolfenstein and 2024's Indiana Jones. Veteran coders are the ones who help you iterate and build solid games. If that knowledge goes, so does the stability of future games.

I stand by this statement 100%. If you're looking for a GREAT User Researching and someone who helped make Bethesda games more accessible the past few years this is your next hire!

"While we’ve made changes across the team, creating more accessible gaming experiences for players has not changed.” Xbox statement on accessibility folks being laid off. You definitely have a funny way to show it! www.gamespot.com/articles/xbo...

I can announce this right now: I am reviewing Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced for accessibility. Stay tuned for my review soon!

Accessibility has been heavily gutted at Xbox. I am so mad right now. This is beyond atrocious. During Disability Pride month no less!

Good morning. Lots to talk about. twitch.tv/stevesaylor

This is also what I'm worried about. Yes the studios won't close, but a lot of good folks that are behind the scenes will have their lives ruined today. My sad fear is that accessibility teams are one of those invisible teams often times and they could all be downsized more than they already were.

In a world where everything sucks, this is less sucky than it could've been. Laying off 3200 people is still extremely sucky no matter how much silver lining there is.

I just woke up from a dream where I was about to get on a plane and I went to the attendants at the gate to see about changing my seat to an aisle because my seat was pre assigned due to my disability. While I was explaining this to the attendant I didn’t see the plane had taken off without me.

I want to go swim in a pool so bad right now.

Been seeing a lot of friends travelling lately, and I'm like Chandler looking through the window lol. I want to travel outside of North America so bad haha.

There is something to be said for having a permanent content-creation setup in my home. I hate having to set up all the equipment to record something because I lose motivation to do it afterwards. Just now I had an idea for a video and within seconds I had my camera, lights, mic on and ready to go.

Oh I would know...that I'm watching Lord of the Rings. Extended, with the behind the scenes documentaries. What else could it be?

Well, this is a MAJOR blow to accessibility. Fortnite has nerfed the Visual Audio wheel, which was designed for deaf and hard-of-hearing players. It makes the game almost unplayable for those players. Plus it helped a ton of other disabled players, including myself www.linkedin.com/posts/cdspow...

Not a great start to my morning. My coffee maker broke. Saw more bad news about the industry and had a rough time getting up and going today. So, for the sake of my mental health, I'm not going to stream today either. I hate doing that, but I need to take a bit of a break. I'll be back Monday.

This seems relevant to reshare today re: Obsidian. youtu.be/TMrLAzQ6dYY

I just don't get it anymore. Once again another studio that had great accessibility. My favourite accessibility story where they saw feedback about text size was too small in Outer Worlds so they then spent a few months after launch adding a text size slider. But that doesn't matter anymore does it?

Didn’t think this was going to get any rarer after today but here we are. 😂

Twitch is celebrating Disabled Talent in July, and I get to officially announce that I'll be doing a D&D One-Shot inspired by Legends Of The Hidden Temple! Date: July 30th @ 4 pm EST / 1 pm PST Players: @3llebelle.bsky.social @ashlinaa.bsky.social @thormungandr.com @darettiirl.bsky.social

PlayStation says new physical game discs end Jan 2028. For disabled gamers, that removes a key way to avoid the “disability tax” when a game isn’t accessible. PR/marketing/comms folks: please share; this needs to be seen.

This means there will be zero refunds if you purchased a game digitally. PlayStation currently has a policy that if you download the game you are inelligible for a refund. Nintendo is worse, it's after you purchased a game. Xbox you have to give a legit reason. Steam is with after 2 hours of play.

I'm going to have to cancel the stream today. Something came up last minute that I need to prioritize first. Everything's all good. Just need a bit more time to finish a project. I'll be back on Thursday with more Final Fantasy 7!

Good morning! Let's chat and then play some Magic with my new Marvel Super Heroes Avengers Assemble Commander Deck with the Mana Budz prez Tee Morris and @Daretti_IRL! twitch.tv/stevesaylor

Studios taking their first real swing at accessibility deserve some credit, even when they don’t nail it. In my 007 First Light review, I break down what works, what still needs improvement, and why the effort matters. Full disclosure: I’m in the credits. youtu.be/EKsr_IE9Wxk @ioi.dk

People have been wanting simpler tech, especially older tech, in the past few years. I think the chip shortages will make this trend stronger, leading people to prefer good enough tech that works.

I want to comment on this being a complete missed opportunity to pull a MacBook Neo (before price increase today, obviously) and circumvent the whole gaming industry by being the cheapest and maybe best value on the market. But I know the trolls would come to bait me sooo...I'll comment anyway lol

Our games industry is people. Our studios are people. Our teams people, our games by people for people. Our games are made by people, in groups of people, in teams of people, making people things for people. The magic is people, and the people deserve so much better than all this. I am so sorry.

Good morning! ☕️ Let’s chat and then go back into my first playthrough of FINAL FANTASY VII! twitch.tv/stevesaylor

You thought $80 was bad? I raise you the Canadian price. 🤦🏼

I had a podcast about SWG during this time and it was fascinating to us this whole debate of should it be hard to becoming a Jedi or easier? I was for the former. But never realized until watching this how hard it was to implement and the marketing push of “We need our first Jedi by Christmas.”

Boy do I wish smart glasses could be in my prescription. Almost all of them right now go as low as -6. My vision is -17

Want to know what the first 2 hours were like for me playing Final Fantasy 7 for the FIRST TIME?

Good morning! I'm LIVE to chat for a bit and then jump into playing Final Fantasy 7 for the FIRST TIME! twitch.tv/stevesaylor

This is a really great interview. This just makes me excited MORE excited for Laufey!

Our interview with the #ILL developers is out now!! Watch or listen on your fave platform: ▶️ youtu.be/6U9IU9Iddqk #ILLGame #TeamCloutStudio @marceldee.bsky.social @svegvari.bsky.social

Re: the Steam Machine: If you wanted a Steam Console this is really expensive. However, as an entry-level PC that can play games at Console-level performance, the $ seems about right. But that's at US prices. In Canada it's $1,509 for the 512 model. That's just out of reach for an entry gaming PC.

Good morning! In preparation for tomorrow’s Final Fantasy VII Remake stream we’re gonna be playing some Magic The Gathering with Final Fantasy Cloud Commander Deck! twitch.tv/stevesaylor

What if I played Final Fantasy VII for the first time? Yeah, that sounds like fun! Tuesday, June 23rd @ 10:30 am EST twitch.tv/stevesaylor

Sometimes when you start a new content creation project, you need to be SUPER organized lol.

Getting back into the swing of things for reviewing games for accessibility. Currently on the list are 007 First Light, LEGO Batman, and potentially Mina the Hollower. Any other games you'd like me to talk about in terms of their accessibility or lack thereof?

This may be such a very niche thing, but does anyone subscribe to a Snail Mail Club? I've been getting videos about them in my algorithm and I'm kinda in love with them lol. Even thought about making my own haha.

Normalize having disabled creators in your preview events. If a game has at least some accessibility, disabled players deserve to know about it early.

Sorry, ya'll, I'm going to have to cancel the stream today. For a good reason, though, I'm spending the day planning out more content on stream. I haven't been as intentional with streams as I like as of late and I want to improve that. I'll be back on Monday with a better plan!

Going to use this clip from now on whenever a game doesn't have basic accessibility options.