Chief of Staff @ Halo Studios / she/her / 🌈/ opinions are my own!
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Applause broke out in Senate chamber as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first Black woman ever confirmed to sit on the nation’s highest court.
Read more on the historic confirmation: abcn.ws/3uflaj4
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When everybody plays, we all win.
Learn more about how the Forza team worked with the deaf and hard of hearing community to bring American and British Sign Language to @ForzaHorizon 5: xbx.lv/3spacGJ
ALT A Man wearing a red sweatshirt, next to a yellow car that is elevated in space. Text reads, "Forza Horizon 5 Sign Language"
Melissa Boone 🦄 retweeted
Hi! Are you a disabled player who uses, or conversely, struggles to use VR because of your disability? I'm writing a story for WIRED and would love to hear from you! RTs appreciated!
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Recently we've been exploring how to make Dead Cells as accessible as possible.
We're doing our own research, but the best way to figure out what we're missing is an open dialogue with the players.
If you have any thoughts then please leave a reply and we'll see what we can do!
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We’re happy to announce that we have also made some accessibility improvements on Xbox Series X|S and PC to help more people experience Senua’s journey. These include:
•Full controller remapping
•Subtitle customisation
•Mono sound option
•Colour blindness settings
ALT Screenshot of the new accessibility menu in Hellblade, showing the various options available.
Melissa Boone 🦄 retweeted
Do you want to help us start a movement and be part of the Beyond Diversity book launch? As part our launch we're recruiting a small number of passionate students to join our DEI Internship Program.
Learn more & apply here: nonobviousdiversity.com/inte…
@Non_Obvious @rohitbhargava
Melissa Boone 🦄 retweeted
Amazing cosplay! Love these! #StarTrekUnitedGives
I love Star Trek ❤️ Here is some of my Star Trek cosplay! And more soon to come 👀🥰 🖖🏿 #StarTrekDay
ALT Woman with green body painted skin, long dark curly hair, wearing a gold sequined bra top with sheer purple fabric detached sleeves and a sheer purple fabric open skirted waistband & gold slippers. She is cosplaying an Orion from Star Trek Enterprise.
Melissa Boone 🦄 retweeted
Hello #Accessibility & #a11y friends! I’m hiring an #InclusiveDesign lead to head up our #AccessibleByDesign ambitions for all of @Microsoft.
The JD is now live. Can be remote, working from anywhere so please take a look and SHARE with your networks!
careers.microsoft.com/us/en/… – at Seattle, WA
Melissa Boone 🦄 retweeted
As we enter #Pride Month, let us remember to honor and celebrate our LGBTQIA+ trailblazers, whose bravery and sacrifice made such a month possible!
"You never completely have your rights, one person, until you all have your rights." - Marsha P. Johnson
Melissa Boone 🦄 retweeted
Introducing the Xbox Accessibility Insider League! It’s designed to help players and content developers who want to improve #accessibility by providing a platform to share feedback. news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/05/… #GAAD
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Logitech G Teams Up With Notable Companies to Form Adaptive Esports Tournament
caniplaythat.com/2021/05/20/…
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Hey accessibilibuddies! There are a TON of great accessibility things happening today, so many that it's easy to miss out. So here's a handy cheat-sheet, I'll be keeping this list updated throughout the day.
ian-hamilton.com/games-indus…
#gamedev #indiedev #gaad
Melissa Boone 🦄 retweeted
A new article is up! Game Subscription services like @XboxGamePass and PS Now are great for delivering a bevy of content, but they also provide an immense feeling of independence for disabled people. Check out my first byline in @WIRED!
wired.com/story/game-subscri…
Melissa Boone 🦄 retweeted
May 20th is @gbla11yday! #GAAD is a great excuse for raising awareness about accessibility internally and with the public. Could be a talk, event, announcement, stream, blog post, jam, tweet, even finally having that chat you've been meaning to with that colleague. #gamedev #a11y
ALT GAAD: global accessibility awareness day
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Little reminder that @CanIPlayThat is available to help make your social media content accessible!
It's important to include ALL players in your communications so we can all be a part of the hype around your game 🥰
caniplaythat.com/accessible-…
I must say, it's very sad to see a game trailer without captions in 2021😞 We would love to help your teams make your content accessible at @CanIPlayThat, not just for your d/Deaf and hard of hearing players but for everyone else too! 💕DMs are open @Hood_OW @SumoDigitalLtd
Melissa Boone 🦄 retweeted
As a long-standing and strong supporter of grad students’ right to organize on campus:
I stand with the UAW graduate workers of @GWCUAW who are striking to fight for a fair labor contract.
This union deserves recognition and a fair contract. TODAY.