So, we're doing it, I'm going to try returning to streaming Deltarune, starting back at Chapter 1. Normal route, no chatting Weird Route spoilers. Not my first playthrough haha Live now! www.twitch.tv/laurakbuzz

Been a while since I've made a music recommendation here, but I have been obsessed the past few days with this track. Daddy Died by Earthsignchels has this absolutely captivating flow, and some wonderful lyrical / performance exploration of grief. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZgS...

prepare to have your daughter accused of being a boy and face demands that her gentials be inspected if the dad on the other team thinks that she fouled his special snowflake too hard

Thanks to everyone's help and support I've got a temporary PC setup working again, and a more permenant solution on the way. Thanks everyone who has helped out. I'm hopping on Twitch to do a reaction stream to the Splatoon Raiders Nintendo Direct. Live now! www.twitch.tv/laurakbuzz

So, I hate to ask, but I need financial support. I need to replace some PC components or I can't continue to work, and it's pretty urgent. I hate to ask for financial support, but if you can afford to help me out, 0lease let me know. PayPal.me/laurakbuzz

Queer & Pleasant Strangers - Goblin Hoop 3D In this episode: Rhythm Heaven Groove Demo ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs Demo Cozy Game Restoration Demo Retro Space Demo and more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgNX...

Dice Funk Season 13 Character Intro Episodes Laura "LauraKBuzz" Kate Dale strikes a dastardly deal to portray The Baron, a harvestkin (goliath) barbarian. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOAr...

Laura is an excellent content creator covering disability and gaming. Consider tossing her a few bucks to keep creating in the time of ridiculously expensive computer components.

Please help Laura out if you are able. Thank you.

I'm Laura Kate Dale, and I'm available for freelance work! Reach out if you're interested in Accessibility Consulting, LGBT / Disability Representation Consultation, Sensitivity Reading, Video Game Mock Review Analysis, Freelance Game Reviews, and Freelance Event Coverage (Interviews / Previews).

So, I hate to ask, but I need financial support. I need to replace some PC components or I can't continue to work, and it's pretty urgent. I hate to ask for financial support, but if you can afford to help me out, 0lease let me know. PayPal.me/laurakbuzz

Like, sometimes the only thing that'll get people to accept that a story is a metaphor about disability or transness is for the creator to metaphorically turn to the camera and say the quiet part out loud, be than in the media itself or extenal locations.

There is something to be said for "This character is who they are, in a way that isn't going to get erased when they cast a cis actor in the role in the eventual adaptation, because it was "only ever a headcanon" or whatever".

To be clear I'm not arguing against implict representation having value or being a thing people may prefer. I am just acknowledging that broad audiences have a habit of rejecting those aspects. The number of people I've seen argue To the Moon isn't about two autistic women is WILD!

Implied vs Explicit Representation - Access-Ability Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzxE... Text: access-ability.uk/2026/06/26/i...

Good video!

great video! gives me something to really think about when it comes to my characters

Implied vs Explicit Representation - Access-Ability Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzxE... Text: access-ability.uk/2026/06/26/i...

If you're stuck for things to do in this intolerable heat, you can join Laura and I for an hour of discussion about gooey shapeshifter on shapeshifter action.

Podquisition 596: Resigning With Dignity Games we played this week include: Everything is Crab ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs The Adventures of Eliot Rhythm Heaven Groove Torment Hexus Gitaroo Man Pinkeep Fury Ball Silver Pines Devil May Cry 5 jimquisition.podbean.com/e/podquisiti...

Where Everybody Has Gone Before - Episode 9 - Deep Space 9 - The Adversary There's a shapeshifter on the ship. Can myself and @geoffreybunting.bsky.social find them? Audio: rss.com/podcasts/whe... Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaAR...

woah this is amazing. i wonder if this was spurred on in some part by this story? kotaku.com/nintendos-th...

PC titles might support PC TTS programs, but on console / directly in game TTS support is still fairly rare, and audio described visual content is rarer still. PlayStations getting decent at offering these,but few big AAA publishers.

An example of audio descriptions, into playing a minigame. Nintendo, this is pretty grerat. Not perfect in execution, but a huge step forward, and not something I anticipated seeing Nintendo attempt with this game. Huge congrats!

Oh my god, it has actual audio descriptions of the narrative visuals for the minigames, like Bits and Bops! This is a huge moment for a first party Nintendo game!

Menus are all text to speech narrated. The "Read Aloud Settings" menu only changes the amount that's read out to the player, it doesn't allow for changing TTS voice or speed.

Wait, I need to confirm, but it looks like Rhythm Heaven Groove might be Nintendo's first game with both Text to Speech AND Audio Descriptions?!

Wait, I need to confirm, but it looks like Rhythm Heaven Groove might be Nintendo's first game with both Text to Speech AND Audio Descriptions?!

These numbers are under your control, you can wishlist Torment Hexus here! store.steampowered.com/app/3238420/... The demo's still up too, go give it a shot! store.steampowered.com/app/4702330/...

Queer & Pleasant Strangers - Enough Dopamine Where In this episode: Cozy Game Restoration Demo Choo Choo Defenders Demo Iron Heart Backrooms and more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yliB...

Really glad to see that Torment Hexus saw a good spike of wishlists from the AA Summer Showcase this year. From a rough estimate of line lengths looks to be over 2K wishlists over around 4 days. Accessibility focused marketing can get meaningful numbers of people to wishlist your game :D !

Just wanted to say it’s been awesome seeing such a positive response to this piece. Love to watch the notifications roll in while doing some Black Gaming on my handhelds

TADC finale spoilers... That sure was I Saw The TV Glow style horror, through a less "palettable" lens. A story about the horrors of resisting gender transition, where the horror is less "I'll be miserable forever" and more "in my attempt not to hurt myself or others ill ultimately still do so"

Gaming With a Sleep Condition - Access-Ability An episode I've been resisting working on. Publishing it the day I take a literal "let's diagnose your fucked up sleep" medical test felt appropriate. Text: access-ability.uk/2026/06/19/g... Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQAk...

Podquisition 595: On Strike! Games we played this week include: Am I Nima Truck-Kun is Supporting Me From Another World Xenoblade Chronicles Scritchy Scratchy Choo-Choo Defenders Slay the Spire 2 Cozy Game Restoration Bulbo's Belief System jimquisition.podbean.com/e/podquisiti...

Gaming With a Sleep Condition - Access-Ability An episode I've been resisting working on. Publishing it the day I take a literal "let's diagnose your fucked up sleep" medical test felt appropriate. Text: access-ability.uk/2026/06/19/g... Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQAk...

Ep 45: We're Drowning in Video Games!!!!! - Ctrl, Alt, Access Top 3 SGF Games Access-Ability Summer Showcase Super Market Simulator You Know The Drill inKONBINI Cozy Game Restoration Marvel’s Wolverine Accessibility PlayStation FlexStrike Blind Gamers Jam July www.youtube.com/watch?v=mghc...

New Pokémon and items have been added to Pokémon Champions today, as part of the new competetive season. Join me as I hop on stream, climb back to Master Ball rank, and test some new teams. Live now! www.twitch.tv/laurakbuzz

ARGH I FORGOT THE BOOK ITSELF IT IS SO GOOD GO ACQUIRE IT AND READ IT

YO THIS WAS AN AWESOME READ I WILL BE REAL IN THE MIDST OF MY CRISIS LAST MONTH I HAD SOME HARSH FEELINGS ABOUT MY OWN AUTISM READING THIS ON THE TRAIN PROVED REAFFIRMING AND DELIGHTFUL THANK YOU TO @laurakbuzz.bsky.social AND ALL THE OTHER WRITERS

Hopping on Twitch to stream some Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. It's chill and experimental. I'm more into it than anticipated. Live now! www.twitch.tv/laurakbuzz

Queer & Pleasant Strangers - Underground Pegging Fun In this episode: Trading Card Inspector Backrooms You Know The Drill Lots of Demos and more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvEb...

Found my fave Podquisition fanart again, but it had Steph's deadname and pronouns, so I fixed those up. :) Credit to Dotrook(?) for the original, and thanks to @commandersterling.bsky.social, @laurakbuzz.bsky.social, @conradzimmerman.bsky.social, and @miracleofsound.bsky.social for a great show!

(With a hello to my close personal friend, Jeffrey Combs) Laura and I dip into his first appearance as Weyoun in my ongoing quest — abetted by rank luck of the draw — to convince Laura that Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is the best Star Trek.

Podquisition 594: Drowning in Demos Games we played this week include: You Know the Drill! Warhammer Survivors Everything is Crab Dodo Duckie Trading Card Inspector Dwarrf SlayBlade MÖRK BORG Heresy Supreme Shroom and Gloom Yoshi and the Mysterious Book jimquisition.podbean.com/e/podquisiti...

Hear ye, hear ye! It is time for the long-awaited standalone spooky season of Dice Funk—an unhinged comedy improv actual play D&D podcast. This season has two sides: 🌝 Dynias (fear) ruled by a cheeky Moon (main) 🌞 New Leon (courage) powered by the Sun (one-shots) Listen where you find podcasts!

Where Everybody Has Gone Before - Episode 8 - Deep Space 9 - To the Death Audio: rss.com/podcasts/whe... Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q69p...

I consider myself a consummate professional, but if you tell me you’re laying off employees under embargo, I would feel morally obligated to break that embargo as soon as possible so that employees could make arrangements. I’ve been in the mad-rush mode following a surprise layoff. It’s awful.

Ubisoft EMBARGOED news to outlets about the layoffs and studio closures, FYI. Employees were told this morning. And then many reached out to us. Companies trying to embargo layoffs and closures might be the most embarrassing thing I've ever seen in my 16 years.

There's a 50+ minute Nintendo Direct starting shortly, followed by 90+ mins of gameplay streams. Come hang out early as we do prediction Bingo, then watch the final game trailers showcase of Summer Games Fest week. Live now! www.twitch.tv/laurakbuzz