The LauraKBuzz Podcast

As a neurodiverse Shiny hunter, my minor addiction keeps me safe from more predatorry game mechanics.

Much as subtitles and closed captions make audio accessible, voice acting and text to speech make text more accessible.

Eventually, most of us will need a little help to keep playing video games.

Oh hey, we're making this a thing... sporadically. Laura Kate Dale (LauraKBuzz) and Casey Explosion sit down to talk about anything and everything horror media they've been experiencing recently. Chill vibes, and spooktacular recomendations. In this episode: Cube, Within the Wires, Incryption, Jennifer's Body, Poltergay, Munduan, In the Tall Grass, Dusk.

When your short term memory is spotty, gaming can present some barriers we will all have to eventually deal with.

A game whose most interesting accessibility feature isn't ready for launch.

Visual novels take reading, and make it more accessible to some disabled users.

In a world where video games often don't explain their accessibility settings up front, Game Pass is an appealing option for players.

Last summer, a lot of gaming websites promised Tetris could treat PTSD. Let's dig into what the study actually said, and the pros and cons of what they learned. Thank you to Quinn Clark for their help consulting on this video's script.

Metroid Dread lacks many standard accessibility features, but the one setting it does have is fascinating

Laura Kate Dale (LauraKBuzz) and Casey Explosion sit down to talk about anything and everything horror media they've been experiencing recently. Chill vibes, and spooktacular recomendations. In this pilot episode: Alien Isolation, Metroid Dread, Us, The Magnus Archives, Darkwood, Blood Quantum, Midnight Mass, and World of Horror.

You can now check Xbox game accessibility features from the console's own store, a feature more consoles need to adopt as a standard. Xbox announcement link: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/10/01/Xbox-announces-accessibility-updates/ Preorder Who Hunts The Whale? - https://unbound.com/books/whale/ Edited by Jane Aerith Magnet "Wholesome" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

Sony's tech is fantastic, but has untapped potential.

Standards for accessibility are a vital next step forward for our industry.

Handheld consoles are great if you want to multitask, or travel, but not so great for some disabled gamers.

A delightful bisexual feelings adventure, with a few small accessibility quibbles.

Is this a good, or a bad, thing for the industry? I'm leaning towards positive, but time will tell.

Social deduction games require lying, and being lied to. Here's how to make that accessible with your friend group.

From condensed visual novel storytelling to refusing text messages from Mom, Boyfriend Dungeon features some really interesting little accessibility features.

This mod's incorporation of automation and pathfinding make it a step above the competition.

I'm deeply dissapointed in the moetisation of Pokémon Unite. Let's get into the specifics of why.

Painting colour into the world is a really chill experience.

Not everyone can read in game text, due to factors like age, disability, and primary language. Today on Access-Ability, we look at how games could be made more accessible to players who struggle, for whatever reason, to read on screen text.

It's Body Swap with a twist, The Trolley Problem with ressurection, and possibly the most morally complicated episode of Star Trek. Let's dig into Tuvix, Possibly my favourite episode of Voyager.

Doki Doki Literature Club Plus aims to stand toe to toe with Ikenfell's execution of Content Warnings, but at launch it fails in some very fundamental ways.

Checkpoints outside boss doors and a lack of losing souls on death? That sure seems like it'll make tough fights more accessible to many.

As many problems as I have with Ubisoft, their accessibility setting support is not one of them.

Video game press events, like many industries this past year, have become more accessible through necessity. Let's not roll that back, please.

Another Robustly Accessible Sony First Party Title. Not perfect, but better than most.

What accessibility settings will be available day one in Psychonauts 2? Let's find out together.

New difficulty modes and a fully 3D camera, Supermassive's new game makes some accessibility changes.

Microsoft is expanding on Voice Chat options to make gaming more accessible.

Chase me chase me! But also please add accessibility settings so more people can be chased by you too.

Enjoy the Robot Voice whenever I forget this video game's actual name. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart has a bunch of interesting accessibility settings, but also delivered that info to players in a less than ideal fashion. Let's talk about that.

It's not enough to just be accessible, players need to know before release day if your game is accessible or not.

Following a hoax regarding Path of Exile, this week Access-Ability is going to talk about the importance of Macros for disabled players.

As great as Simulators have been for my obsessive special interest fixations, their pricing model is a risk waiting to happen.

Priced considerably higher than the Xbox Adaptive Controller, is there any reason to instead buy the Hori Flex?

A lot of disabled gamers can play your challenging game just fine, they just need occassional breaks.

Regular checkpoints, any time saves, and the ability to create save states all make games more accessible. This doesn't feel like it should be a controvertial episode haha

Motion sickness is one of the most common afflictions that can impact a person's ability to play video games. Let's talk about how our industry can fix this problem.

Video game microtransactions take advantage of compulsive spenders and obsessive tendancies to drive purchases beyond players means. We need to face this problem directly.

A couple of weeks ago, Street Fighter V recieved an update which turned all game audio to Mono, making the game unplayable by Blind players. This week on Access-Ability we talk about how sightless players can enjoy Street Fighter V, and how other developers can avoid repeating this issue.

Skyward Sword HD is coming to Switch this summer, and bring with it a way to play the game without motion. This week, we discuss our hopes and fears for that mode regarding accessibility, plus the state of left handed motion support for the game.

Nintendo can't help falling into the same accessibility failings it seems to perpetuate every game it releases.

Many people who play video games struggle with an inability to recognise or remember faces, even with prolonged exposure. Today, we talk about how we can help those gamers keep playing video games.

This week's episode of Access-Ability is all about what it's like to play video games as a person with ADHD. My good friend Jim Sterling joins us this week to discuss what gaming is like for them, and what would help them game better with the condition.

Video games regularly see updates post launch to fix bugs, balance issues, and missing features. We should expect to also see accessibility improved in games after launch day.

For gamers like myself with aphantasia, a lack of visual imagination, games like Carrion that rely on building a mental picture of the map can get pretty difficult to play.

2020 was a big year for video game accessibility. Join me, as we try and summarise the whole year in a single video.