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What accessibility improvements would you make to your favorite video games?
World of Warcraft has added quite a few accessibility options over the years, from improved color blind modes to click and mouseover casting -- but that doesn't mean I can't think of a few additional changes that would be very helpful.
God of War Ragnarok adds a host of accessibility options that I hope will become industry standards
Video games and accessibility have been at the front of my mind for the past few years.
WRUP: A change of a change of plans plus a weekend D&D session headline this week’s Team Blizzard Watch happenings
I'm not sure I'd say this was a long week, but it definitely had its moments.
Enjoy these otter-ly sweet videos of sea critters holding hands
Fun fact: Otters actually hold hands to make sure they don't float away from each other while they're sleeping.
Three more Nebula-nominated TTRPGs for you to try out with your gaming group
Coyote & Crow wasn't the only TTRPG nominated for a Nebula award -- an award recognizing excellence in Sci-Fi and Fantasy -- this year.
Marvel Snap is the first game announced by Second Dinner, a studio founded by ex-Blizzard devs
Second Dinner is a company started back in 2018 by various ex-Hearthstone alums including Ben Brode, who left Blizzard to found the company and previously was essentially the public face as well as Game Director of the popular Warcraft themed computer card game.
Cerebral Puzzle Showcase highlights Steam’s best game genre: puzzles
There are a lot of really engaging and fun puzzlers, ranging from quirky indie hits to lavish fusions of genres and styles, available within the puzzle game subgenre, and coming up from May 19 to May 23, we'll all have a chance to check out Steam's best offerings with the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase.
How does music affect a game for you?
To this day, when I hear the original theme that plays behind the World of Warcraft login screen -- you know the one -- I am immediately drawn back to December of 2004, when I would log on to my Human Warrior Marketh (later deleted and rerolled as my Human Warrior Scythos because I didn't like the name Marketh anymore) and run around the Wetlands trying to get to the boat to Kalimdor.
Should you journey beyond the prime material plane and buy Mordenkainen’s Monsters of the Multiverse D&D sourcebook? Available now!
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse is an odd addition to the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition library, and for multiple reasons.
What draws you to play a video game?
I have pretty weird tastes in video games, I suspect.
