<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Nice to hear, and while I haven’t had the chance to try it yet (I only have a PS4 at work) it looks very impressive indeed. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class="">Thomas<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 16Jul 2020, at 23:48, Ian Hamilton <<a href="mailto:i_h@hotmail.com" class="">i_h@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">Definitely worth having a play Thomas, there's some similar stuff in there to in Terraformers 🙂<br class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">And yep they worked with one 100% blind consultant and two legally blind consultants, and did user research with a bunch more VI folk.<br class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">It isn't perfect by any means but it's a huge step forwards for AAA<span id="ms-outlook-android-cursor" class=""></span></div><hr tabindex="-1" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; width: 715.390625px;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class=""></span><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Berg, James <<a href="mailto:jamesberg@ea.com" class="">jamesberg@ea.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, July 16, 2020 10:22:52 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thomas Westin <<a href="mailto:thomas@westin.nu" class="">thomas@westin.nu</a>>; Ian Hamilton <<a href="mailto:i_h@hotmail.com" class="">i_h@hotmail.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:games_access@lists.igda.org" class="">games_access@lists.igda.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:games_access@lists.igda.org" class="">games_access@lists.igda.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [games_access] The Last Of Us 2</font><div class=""> </div></div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Ian compiled a lot of the responses:<br class=""><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamasutra.com%2Fblogs%2FIanHamilton%2F20200714%2F366315%2FGamer_response_to_TLOU2s_accessibility.php&data=02%7C01%7C%7C46775971e4064ae1a08908d829ce670a%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637305313748650010&sdata=j3nPGDkTsNNiZEErr%2BZUa4RcqPX3I9g%2FI0mqhmoYoag%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/IanHamilton/20200714/366315/Gamer_response_to_TLOU2s_accessibility.php" shash="xIIp9bO8d1lzpf4YWy7XzVIMhtInRMMmCcqD4pkwrqbmpk851Q/GbL96LfQxoGFS30f5nKuhakhaCKf5GeJjlPNbA+YPslnnejyvxIwnCBXO8Jcu1ITul7YD42aQe1M9KM6IpVLabwbCNbNO6MaNtr1esqNVkjNdFsYe7rLUph0=" class="">https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/IanHamilton/20200714/366315/Gamer_response_to_TLOU2s_accessibility.php</a><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="x_Signature" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: start; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Cambria Math", serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Cheers!</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: start; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Cambria Math", serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">James Berg <span class=""> </span></span></b><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Cambria Math", serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">(he/him)</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Cambria Math", serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: start; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Cambria Math", serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Senior UX Researcher</span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><font size="2" face="Tahoma" class=""></font></div></div></div></div><div id="x_appendonsend" class=""></div><hr tabindex="-1" style="display: inline-block; width: 715.390625px;" class=""><div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>games_access <<a href="mailto:games_access-bounces@lists.igda.org" class="">games_access-bounces@lists.igda.org</a>> on behalf of Thomas Westin <<a href="mailto:thomas@westin.nu" class="">thomas@westin.nu</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, June 11, 2020 12:14 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Ian Hamilton <<a href="mailto:i_h@hotmail.com" class="">i_h@hotmail.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:games_access@lists.igda.org" class="">games_access@lists.igda.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:games_access@lists.igda.org" class="">games_access@lists.igda.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [games_access] The Last Of Us 2</font><div class=""> </div></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; line-break: after-white-space;">Very cool. I would like to know what the blind gaming community thinks of it; <div class="">I suppose some blind gamers have been involved in the design process?<div class="">/thomas<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 9Jun 2020, at 23:38, Ian Hamilton <<a href="mailto:i_h@hotmail.com" class="">i_h@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="x_x_Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This is a biggie! Tons of accessibility accommodations, info on all of them shared before launch, including some video overviews.</div><div class="" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The features include it being fully accessible to blind gamers through audio/haptic cues and text to speech, which I believe is a first for a AAA. </div><div class="" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; 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