Games For Accessibility | Can I Play That's Courtney Craven

When Can I Play That Co-Founder Courtney Craven's partner, Susan, passed away, Courtney had a difficult decision to make - call it quits on the progress they have made with their  videogame accessibility site, or take the lead on driving the site forward. Hear how Courtney used games to help her through the grieving process, and how she ultimately took on the responsibility to try and emulate what Susan always was - a force for good. For all things games and health, subscribe to Digital Doc Games! YouTube.com/DigitalDocGames

00:00:00 - Start
00:01:59 - Housekeeping
00:02:28 - What is Can I Play That? 
00:04:03 - What led you to want to co-found Can I Play That? 
00:07:07 - How receptive are developers/publishers to including accessibility features into their games?
00:08:16 - Why is accessibility so important? 
00:10:28 - What can developers do right now to make sure their games are accessible? What is the goal? 
00:14:07 - How do you balance making games accessible, but still maintaining the competition and skill based aspects of games? (Dark Souls)
00:17:18 - "Grief Gaming: Exploring Fallout 4 Through my Partner's Eyes"
00:22:48 - Gaming as therapy 
00:26:58 - What games coming out are you excited about? 

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