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Play-Ability Cognitive Expert. Accessibility (LiS: Double Exposure) / Cultural Consultant (Dragon Age: The Veilguard). Podquisition. Access-Ability. Author. 2024 Journalism Impact Winner. 2024 GA Conf Best PR / Comms Winner. LauraKBuzzOfficial@Gmail.Com

Trans joy is Resistance sign
Access-Ability summer Showcase sponsored by Many Cats Studios and TechRaptor.
Access-Ability Summer Showcase Sponsored By Many Cats Studios and TechRaptor.
Access-Ability Summer Showcase Sponsored by Many Cats Studios and TechRaptor.
Access-Ability Summer Showcase. Sponsored by Many Cats Studios and TechRaptor. An accessibility stick figure in a circle. The ends trail off and become controller cables to a standard video game controller, and a modular controller inspired by the Xbox Adaptive Controller silhouette.
Tortoiseshell cat curled up, sleeping, light snoring.
A 15 year old tortoiseshell cat.
The Steam Controller outer box. Plain brown cardboard, with a black ink image of the controller front face.
Accessibility ​ The build of 007 First Light we went hands-on with recently in London was a near-final build of the game, and as such, had access to the game’s accessibility settings menus. I’m delighted to be able to share that, compared to Hitman, First Light has made really positive strides forward in accessibility for an IOI title. ​ In the Gameplay menu, players can toggle on “snap aim” to help with gun pointer aiming, reduce the strength of screen shake effects, which may cause motion sickness, automate agility actions (jump, vault, climb, etc.) while sprinting, and set hazards in levels to glow when the player is aiming. ​ In controls, players can switch between control presets or fully remap their inputs, automate camera reorientation to behind Bond, set previous button holds (such as sprint, weapon aim, Q Lens, and Interact) to toggles, and disable PS5 controller Adaptive Trigger features and rumble. ​ In graphics, players can reduce motion blur, radial blur, wobble distortion, film grain, and chromatic aberration - screen effects that all play roles in motion sickness mitigation. Players can also reduce the brightness of light effects and set flashbang grenades to turn the screen briefly black rather than bright white.
Laura Kate Dale. Accessibility Critic, Consultant, Speaker, Author, Mock Reviewer. Women in Games Award Journalism Impact Winner 2024. About Me: Laura Kate Dale She Her is a Disabled Game Critic abnd Accessibility Educator in the UK. She has a Decade of experience ranging from writing freelance game reviews for Polygon, to working as a news editor, performing mock reviews for major publishers, and consulting on representation and accessibility for AAA games. Available for Solo Speaker / Panelist, Game Accessibility Reviews, LGBT Representation Consultation, Accessibility Consultation, Mock Reviews, Freelance Event Reporter. Noteworthy Projects: Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Life is Strange: Double Exposure, Access-Ability Summer Showcase, GA Conf Awards winner, Ctrl Alt Access. Mock Review Clients include EA, Xbox, Hexworks, 2K. LauraKBuzzOfficial@Gmail.com
the PS5 home screen, showing Saros as the most recently played game. A man with a gun stands in front of an eclipse, and a monster with many arms.
3 Win Streak, LauraKBuzz, Master Ball Rank 4.
Four voice chat screens. Top left has glasses and purple hair. Top right has a cat ear red hat. Bottom left has dark hair and vilitigo. Bottom right has short grey hair.
The front cover of boxed Switch 2 Pokemon Pokopia.
Another screenshot of High on Life 2 accessibility settings. Options described in post text.
A screenshot of the High on Life 2 accessibility menu page 1. Included settings are described in post text.
A Rog Ally on the left playing Train Sim. On the right Laura uses a train controller. The window shows the train Laura rides on is moving.
Constant max HP and MP, Limit gague always full, ATB guage always full, constant max damage, 2x exp, 3x AP, easy weapon ability aquisition, constant max gil, constant max recovery items, max materia levels.
14 large cardboard boxes, 2 stacks of 7, full of books.
Right joycon moves Samus pointer
Metroid Prine 4 button remapping screen
Brightness, graphics mode, subtitles toggle, tutorials toggle. Volume sliders.
Dual Stick Fusion and Pointer Fusion control schemes both directly reference using the Right Joy-Con for mouse pointer control.
Samus image behind red plastic, and red cartridge with game name logo.
A boxed Switch 2 copy 9f Metroid Prime 4 Beyond
A Last of Us 2 PS5 box mockup, with an accessibility features section on the centre left of the lack of the box, advertising Accessibility Features Clear text, Large text, Colour Alternatives, High Contrast Visuals, Visual Comfort, Audio Cue Alternatives, Directional Audio Indicators, Volume Controls, Mono Audio, 3D Audio, Screen Reader, Visual Cue Alternatives, Clear and Large Subtitles, Controller Remapping, Stick Sensitivity / Inversion, Playable Without Rapid Button Presses, Playable Without Simultanious Presses, Playable without Touch / Motion Controls, Playable Without Controler Vibration, Adjustable Difficulty, Skippable Puzzles, Game Speed, Control Reminders, Tutorial Reminders, Game Pausing.
Not only does advertising your game as “Accessible to Everyone” lead to the possibility of making a promise to a disabled user that you cannot fulfill, but perhaps worse it sends the message to certain groups of disabled users that you failed to consider them and their needs as valid when promising universal accessibility. You risk the perception that you, for example, don’t consider gaze tracker users as part of “everyone”. You risk making a sightless player with moderate hearing loss feel like you don’t consider them as someone who is worth consideration. Whether you forgot a group of disabled users, failed to consider their existence, or thought of them and disregarded them as unimportant to support, a failed promise of universal accessibility is going to sting all the same to those users.
GA Conf IDGA-GASIG Awards 2025 Finalist - Vote at GAConf.com - Photo of laura smiling, with bright blue hair, wearing a black dress.
Laura Kate Dale. 2025 Trans Book Fest. 6th December 2025. 11am-6pm. The Common Press, 118 Bethnal Green Road, London, E2 6DG.
2025 Indie Game Awards Nominees - Achievement in Accessibility. Abiotic Factor, Calm the Storm, Peak, Spray Paint Simulator, Squeakross, Barista. Recognising a game that prioritises inclusivity by offering extensive adjustments and thoughtful design options, ensuring an equitable and enjoyable experience for all players regardless of their abilities.
Black fur poodle Pokémon styled as follows - Unstyled, heart pattern, star pattern, diamond pattern, Yellow with black hat, pink with sports cap, green with fancy hat, blue with long hairstyle, orange with long hairstyle.
Visual Intensity Limiter presets, including medium and strong, tweak values in field of view, sensitivity, rotation speed, shake, tilt, grid, focal lines, border and more automatically.
Kirby on a star rider. Red squares and lines are around the edges of the screen, with a Kirby icon in the middle for a centre screen reticle.
The visual settings in the Kirby Air Riders accessibility menu.
An accessibility settings menu in Kirby Air Riders with an accessibility stick figure icon.
Pokémon Legends Z-A research level 50 complete, shiny charm unlocked.
Slowbro, Charizard, Pidgeot and A rank "top of 26 ranks".
Switch 2 Pokemon Legends Z-A box uk
A woman's long hair is a purple blue mix.
A woman with orange red long hair, slightly metallic.
Tasks include catching creatures of specific types, surveying zones, and evolving pokemon in vaious ways.
Standing on a roof the Pokémon trainer sees a pink shiny Mareep, asleep.
PS5 home screen showing the menu icon for Ghost of Yotei.
Boundless publishing group limited ceased trading with immidiate effect on 1 August 2025.