Video Games
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.
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.
What draws you to play a video game?
I have pretty weird tastes in video games, I suspect.
Lord of the Rings Online is celebrating its 15th anniversary by making more of the game free to play
Lord of the Rings Online may have launched in 2007, but it's still going strong.
Why do you play video games?
As discussion topics go, a question as broad as Why do you play video games feels like it has an almost unlimited array of answers — but I think there's value in an open ended question.
What’s your favorite gaming-related April Fool’s joke?
I'm really not a fan of April Fool's Day, or frankly pranks of any sort -- all too often it's at someone's expense, or to make people feel gullible, or sometimes to actually hurt someone.
What would your dream remaster or remake be?
For a lot of people, the announcement of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake was their dream -- the old classic getting a graphical update and a story that feels fresh but still contains all the elements they expected from their childhood crush all grown up and dressed sharp.
