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Rebecca Fortelka

Thursday was my second and final day at GDC. The day started a little later because the Expo did not open till 10 AM. We left the house at 8:00 AM. Traffic was relatively light and we made it to downtown San Francisco by 9 AM. We parked in the same Garage and got the same handicap spot, which told me today was going to be another great day! We made the trek to Moscone South and this time it was...

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Windows 7 - an Upgrade to Accessibility

As an avid computer user, I was really looking forward to Windows 7. I was getting very frustrated with having to use multiple operating systems on one on computer just to find all the tools that fit my needs in terms of accessibility. I was shocked to see how user friendly Windows 7 is for people with all types of disabilities and because of how easy it is to access the accessibility ...

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Star Trek Online (STO), the latest offering from Cryptic Studios, was officially launched last week to a fair amount of buzz -- both positive and negative. While certain of Cryptic's business decisions quickly earned the ire of many players (such as the selling of uniquely available race options through their "C-Store"), the overall opinion of most of the gaming community has been surprising...

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Accessibility via Cheat Codes?

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Everyone knows the Nintendo Wii is a popular system. I remember working at GameStop and answering the phone, “GameStop, where we buy and sell new games. We do not have any Wiis in stock this week. This is Tara, how may I help you?” Half of the time, the call would be over after that. Whoever was on the line was just looking for a Wii. But for some, the Wii wasn’t the in demand s...

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