Laura Kate Dale - Bluesky @LauraKBuzz.bsky.social

Accessibility (Life is Strange: Double Exposure) / Queer Consultant. Access-Ability. Author. WIG Awards Journalism Impact Winner. [email protected]

[Laura Kate Dale - Bluesky @LauraKBuzz.bsky.social @LaurakBuzz]

Pinned Thread.

My name is Laura Kate Dale, and I am an author, accessibility and queer representation critic and consultant, video game critic, streamer, and all around content creator.

Below is a thread of my various projects, and how you can support my ongoing work.

[Laura Kate Dale - Bluesky @LauraKBuzz.bsky.social @LaurakBuzz]

YouTube Premiere links are ready for the Access-Ability Summer Showcase.

Premiering TODAY at 4pm UK, 11am Eastern, 8am Pacific.

Standard: https://t.co/xVuDvaoVc1

ASL: https://t.co/RzqFXHGeC1

Audio Described: https://t.co/zcmzzGG1fW

BSL: https://t.co/zTdCiumPJ9

[Chad Michael Bouton @UnsytedParasyte]

So excited for the Accessibility Summer Showcase on June 5th! Thank you so much to the amazing Laura Kate Dale for organizing this wonderful showcase every year highlighting all the amazing work being done for accessible video games. https://t.co/qNgn1QnHuO

[Laura Kate Dale - Bluesky @LauraKBuzz.bsky.social @LaurakBuzz]

@MarcusStewart7 Quick heads up, you've got the AA Summer Showcase listed as June 9th on the Game Informer schedule, but it's June 5th. Time info is correct.

Thanks for listing the showcase, appreciate you giving it a nod.

[Laura Kate Dale - Bluesky @LauraKBuzz.bsky.social @LaurakBuzz]

It seems like we're getting some kind of 15th anniversary news today for My Chemical Romance's Danger Days album.

As such, I'm resharing this video I made, arguing that Danger Days is My Chemical Romance's best narratively constructed Concept Album.

https://t.co/VTeJwhBiir

[Nathan Grayson @Vahn16]

mixtape feels like one of the least likely targets of misinformation campaigns and video game culture war ire yet, but that's kind of the point: this can happen to any game now, and indeed, platforms and content creators demand it. nothing will ever be enough to sate the beast

[Laura Kate Dale - Bluesky @LauraKBuzz.bsky.social @LaurakBuzz]

For any potentially interested sponsors linked here is a 15 minute presentation on the showcase delving into its focus, reach, and impact over the past 3 years.

https://t.co/tbFIFo4ONK

[Laura Kate Dale - Bluesky @LauraKBuzz.bsky.social @LaurakBuzz]

The Access-Ability Summer Showcase 2026 is still looking for sponsorship for this year's event, to help cover ASL, BSL, and editing costs.

If you or your company would be open to sponsoring a showcase of accessible video games, please reach out.

[email protected]

[Laura Kate Dale - Bluesky @LauraKBuzz.bsky.social @LaurakBuzz]

@SpawnSoul @JimSterling There's an issue currently with Spotify removing episodes due to the intro music that we have permission to use. Grab any missing episodes on Podbean. QWe're working on a fix.

[Laura Kate Dale - Bluesky @LauraKBuzz.bsky.social @LaurakBuzz]

Oh hey, look what arrived today!

Thanks @valvesoftware for the review unit.

Accessibility focused Unboxing and Review will be live in the next couple of days.

[Laura Kate Dale - Bluesky @LauraKBuzz.bsky.social @LaurakBuzz]

Where Everybody Has Gone Before - Episode 2 - Star Trek Enterprise - Shockwave Parts 1+2

Myself and Geoffrey discuss Star Trek's blandest cast, and creating a holo-projector from just one copper spoon.

Audio: https://t.co/XAm8iFc4FU

Video: https://t.co/DWh5h6tfW3

[The Game Accessibility Conference @GA_Conf]

Speaker announcement! 📢

@LaurakBuzz will be treating us to a behind the scenes look at the production of the Access-Ability Showcase, including some very interesting data 👀

April 27th - 28rd, fully online, FREE registration at https://t.co/5rFKRkO51e
#gamedev #indiedev

[Laura Kate Dale - Bluesky @LauraKBuzz.bsky.social @LaurakBuzz]

@discord_support I simply wish to reach a human being who can read my issue, understand it, and offer me a human response.

[Laura Kate Dale - Bluesky @LauraKBuzz.bsky.social @LaurakBuzz]

Genuinely cannot overstate how basically impossible it is to speak to anyone human being that works at @discord_support @discord lol

[Laura Kate Dale - Bluesky @LauraKBuzz.bsky.social @LaurakBuzz]

@discord_support As predicted, I recieved a copy pasted DM back which completely failed to understand the issue I was having, and offer me advice for a different category of error, with steps to address that my message made clear would not be followable in my case.

[Laura Kate Dale - Bluesky @LauraKBuzz.bsky.social @LaurakBuzz]

Oh, you need a human to help with a non standard issue?

Support is literally just bot replies ignoring the actual issue being raised, or boilerplate copy paste responses that ignore context.

[Laura Kate Dale - Bluesky @LauraKBuzz.bsky.social @LaurakBuzz]

Long shot, but any of my mutuals know how to contact a human being working at Discord?

Got an issue that would really be best solved if I could talk to a human, due to Support having no room for nuance in support requests.

[Laura Kate Dale - Bluesky @LauraKBuzz.bsky.social @LaurakBuzz]

Long shot, but any of my mutuals know how to contact a human being working at Discord?

Got an issue that would really be best solved if I could talk to a person, one who can make judgement calls and take context into account and help a person out.

[Matías N. Goldberg @matiasgoldberg]

AI training explained through memes.

[Laura Kate Dale - Bluesky @LauraKBuzz.bsky.social @LaurakBuzz]

2025 Video Game Accessibility Recap - Access-Ability

In this 45 minute video, I recap EVERY bit of video game accessibility news from 2025.

This video was a mammoth project, I hope folks check it out.

Text: https://t.co/ZnjwONYFi4

Video: https://t.co/qJra7p56B3