Gaming Disability : Disability Perspectives on Contemporary Video Games (Paperback)

List of ContributorsAcknowledgements 1. Introduction: Gaming (and) DisabilityKatie Ellis, Tama Leaver, and Mike Kent Part I: Representation 2. A History of Disability in Video Game Character DesignJennifer Dalsen 3. Dis/abling Androids: Gaming, Posthumanism, and Critical Disability Studies Mark A. Castrodale 4. Outliers as Heroes: Disability, Representation, and Inclusion in Blizzard’s OverwatchKai-Ti Kao and Denise Woods 5. The Dis/ability of the Avatar: Vulnerability Versus the Autonomous Subject Simon Ledder 6. Crashing Through Capitalism: Happy Wheels, Debilitation, and Disability RepresentationLeanne McRae 7. A Missile to the Face: Scarred Characters in Mass Effect 2Gabriele Aroni 8. Representations of Ability in Digital GamesDiane Carr Part II: Digital Access and Design 9. A Spectrum of Real: Augmented Reality and Social Scaffolding Craig Smith and Heath Wild 10. Towards Inclusive Game DesignPatricia da Silva Leite and Leonelo Dell Anhol Almeida 11. The Ultimate Medium for People with Disabilities? Re-Centring the Human in Virtual Reality Visions of Play, Care, and EmpathyMarisa Brandt, Mitchell Reddan, and Morgan Kiryakoza 12. The Sociological Accessibility of GamingMichael James Heron 13. A Life-Course Analysis of Third-Age Digital Game Players in ChinaChen Guo and Katie Ellis 14. Gaming with Blindness in Audio Virtual Reality: Making BlindSideMike Kent, Michael T. Astolfi and Aaron Rasmussen Part III: Inclusive Communities 15. A (Dis-)abling Gaming Model for Playful Inclusion: Playing (Digital) Games with Persons with and without Learning Difficulties and Dis/abilities Gertraud Kremsner, Alexander Schmoelz, Michelle Proyer 16. Online Games Players in Darkness: A Study of the Blind Gaming Community Tingyou Huan Wu 17. Pokemon Go and Urban AccessibilityKathryn Locke and Tama Leaver 18. Crip Twitchology: You’re Already One of UsKatie Ellis and Lachlan Howells 19. Minecraft as an Online Playground: Reframing Play and Games in a Minecraft Community for Autistic YouthKathryn E. Ringland