Access Granted - A Video Game Accessibility Podcast

In this BONUS episode of Access Granted. Cherry Thompson, Grant Stoner, John Phipps and myself sit down to discuss a Kotaku article that was recently posted about Final Fantasy 7's Remake's Easy mode and it was too easy and was a joke. We discuss accessibility, difficulty modes, and so much more!

In this episode of Access Granted, I talk to Ian Hamilton. Ian is the one most well known in the accessibility community as one of the few specialists who has been working in gaming accessibility for over 12 years. We chat about his work, his project gameaccessibilityguidelines.com, the subject of text size in games and the future of accessibility in gaming in 2020 and beyond.

In this episode of Access Granted, I welcome my friend and mentor Cherry Thompson. Cherry is an accessibility specialist who has worked on making games accessible for studios like Guerilla Games, Bungie, Media Molecule, Ubisoft and many more.

In this episode of Access Granted, I welcome my guest Bryce Johnson. Bryce works as the Inclusive Lead at Microsoft. He is also the co-inventor of the Xbox Adaptive Controller and is an ambassador for Accessibility within Microsoft and Xbox.

In this episode of Access Granted, I welcome my guest Steve Spohn. Steve is the COO of Able Gamers. He's the recipient of the Global Gaming Citizen Award at The Gamer Awards in 2018, has helped collaborate on the Xbox Adaptive Controller and so much more.

Welcome to Access Granted. The podcast of conversations about accessibility in Video Games. Brand new episode launches 02/24/20!

Hi, I'm Steve Saylor. I am blind and I play video games. In today's podcast episode I do a Spoilercast of the game Red Dead Redemption 2. I talk about my thoughts on the accessibility of the game. Why I came back to this game over a year later. Also, my thoughts on the story and did Arthur Morgan receive the redemption he was seeking.

Hi, I'm Steve Saylor. I'm blind and in today's podcast episode it's the last day of the 2010's and I wanted to reflect on the past decade of my life. Where I've started and where I'm going. As one chapter of my life that filled the entire decade is closing another one is just beginning in 2020.

Have a Happy New Year and I will see you soon.

Hi, I'm Steve Saylor. I'm blind and today I'm reviewing STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order from an accessibility standpoint. I focus mostly on the Low Vision accessibility of the game and give my general thoughts on accessibility for the game.

Today's episode is more of a off the cuff type chat about what I've been playing, cool accessibility features I've been experimenting with and also reflecting on Accessibility for Global Accessibility Awareness Day!