This past weekend was Dexcon, one of the Double Exposure cons. I’d told Shoshana Kessock of Phoenix Outlaw games that I would come play her game Dresden Lives, to let her know how it played for someone with a disability like mine. So I decided that since LARP isn’t my usual form of gaming, I should step out of my… Read more →
I hear a lot of people talking about inclusivity in games – but that inclusivity is always about race or gender. I suppose that’s fair in some ways, because when we talk about diversity in real life, the disabled often aren’t included in that tally either. But the fact that we should be included should still stand. I’m a blind… Read more →
Diablo 1 & 2 were the first video games I ever owned (along with Starcraft.) They were my introduction to the world of clicking and murdering demons. My husband got me Diablo III for my birthday this year, knowing that I wanted to review it for Blind Lady Versus. It wasn’t so much a livetweet, because with games like this… Read more →
WARNING: This game review will not be spoiler free. I can’t remember when I started playing Borderlands 2, but I know it was at least in October, if not in September. A few months ago, I didn’t think I would be able to complete the game. I finished the game last night. (well, not REALLY because there are still side… Read more →
WARNING. This post will contain spoilers for the Mass Effect series. If this is a problem, please feel free to bookmark it and come back after you’ve finished playing through! Previous posts in Andrea Plays Mass Effect: Intro and Some Thoughts on Community The Joker Problem, Part One So, Joker. In part one I discussed the problematic way Bioware addressed… Read more →
Warning: This piece may contain spoilers for Mass Effect 1, 2, and/or 3. Read at your own risk. Alternatively, please feel free to bookmark the post and come back to check it out after you finish your playthrough! The first post in my “Andrea Plays Mass Effect” series is right over here: Intro and Some Thoughts on Community. I have… Read more →
So while Elsa is off having fun in Seattle at Geek Girl Con, I thought I’d pause to write about geekery for a moment, or at least about a video game. I have three posts in mind on the Mass Effect trilogy, of which this is the first. WARNING: THIS SERIES OF POSTS (although not actually this particular post) WILL… Read more →
Today I played “Gone Home” the player directed investigative game by the Fullbright Company. Before I started playing, I had no idea if it would be accessible to me. I had no idea what the plot was like, if it was a horror game or something else. I knew nothing except that everyone I trust seems to fucking love it…. Read more →
A couple weeks ago I decided to play the new Tomb Raider game and live tweet the experience. As a result of the livetweets, I’m definitely going to go play more games and livetweet them from a visually impaired perspective. Because you all seem to find it interesting. Obviously – a spoiler warning is HERE if you don’t want to… Read more →
