Zach Mason

Interaction Designer | PhD Student | Design Research Works | Lancaster University.

[bsky: @designresearch.works @joegalen]

Really proud to have done an interview with @bdavidhogg for @RNIBRadio earlier this week. We were talking about @oog_brain's Seeing with Sound audio game project in collaboration with @SightAdviceSL and also @Gallowaysblind, listen to it here: https://t.co/Y4U3GCWV40

[Zach Mason @oog_brain]

@ianhamilton_ @cinehacker @LancasterUni @joegalen @SightAdviceSL @GarethFW @DiGRA_org I think it’s even more important to state clearly this isn’t a worlds first audio game, but rather ‘the first audio game developed through a co-design approach with blind and visually impaired people that we are aware of’.

[Zach Mason @oog_brain]

@ianhamilton_ @cinehacker @LancasterUni @joegalen @SightAdviceSL @GarethFW That would be really valuable. I also think as you’ve highlighted paying tribute to a rich history of audio games is really important, something which I’ve made sure to do in both a submission to @DiGRA_org which should be published soon and going forward with this research.

[Michael Koperwas @mkoper]

Having a computer do artistic explorations in the background while i'm doing chores... that's unexpected. i was hoping the future would be the other way around.

[Nuri Kwon @nurikwon9]

Thanks for coming and participating in the #DaltonSquare2032: Beyond SMART City exhibition! 😆
The next exhibition is 26th - 27th of October at the Lancaster City Museum #ESRFestival

[bsky: @designresearch.works @joegalen]

We won an award 🎇🎆 (see https://t.co/ISS9KGtuVC).

Bizarrely, it's an award that was funded by a prize: https://t.co/ZNnlG69EPq

I'm over the moon, and very proud of how well @oog_brain, @cinehacker, myself and @SightAdviceSL worked on this together..

more to come I hope :-)

[bsky: @designresearch.works @joegalen]

The @dsgnrsrch_works team in full effect..! ... I, @mayane_dore and @cinehacker en route for the first of our lab engagements in Vancouver (https://t.co/E6PzSRcFxD) while @proxyjesse is demo-ing two projects at the v&a this weekend https://t.co/XXkDxLFjXm

[Zach Mason @oog_brain]

@JohnnyJohnJohns Really interesting talk as someone trying to get into the game design process from a design research perspective as part of @dsgnrsrch_works

[Zach Mason @oog_brain]

Great talk on #accessible cinema and the transfer of #accessibility features into mainstream systems from @M_Zdrodowska at @DiGRA_org in Krakow!

[Zach Mason @oog_brain]

@cinehacker @philipcball @joegalen Perhaps we need to think of some ‘new ways of seeing’, unless there only purpose is to demonstrate the complexity of the thing we’re seeing?

[Zach Mason @oog_brain]

Great PhD Symposium day @DiGRA_org, got to listen to and talk about a massive range of game perceptions from all perspectives!

[Zach Mason @oog_brain]

@AsMirry @sanderhermsen Your telling me 30 hours to get from Bilbao to Krakow isn’t normal?

[Zach Mason @oog_brain]

@cinehacker @BilbaoAirport @KeyTravel @LancasterUni Same predicament due to @KeyTravel couldn’t rebook for 2 later options within the day, instead waited 6 additional hours in Bilbao, to get to Munich, and now have to fly to Zurich to fly to Krakow tomorrow morning. Got a call back saying what I did was a good choice…

[Kim Snooks @KimSnooks]

Love @oog_brain talk of moving towards audio only video calls helping to make systems more inclusive and considering accessibility as a central focus rather than an 'afterthought' #DRS2022

[bsky: @designresearch.works @joegalen]

What can games teach us about how to collaborate better online? Lots. Read all about it in our paper @oog_brain @cinehacker @ProfTriviality ... Great presentation Zach! https://t.co/exPmYqj0pR

[TheBlindJournalist, MSP, 🥊🎢 @Sal9594]

@oog_brain @Steam It’s totally inaccessible with jaws which is extremely disappointing. Especially when you consider Steam as a platform is a gateway to a lot of audio games made specifically for blind gamers

[Zach Mason @oog_brain]

Wonder what developers like @FallingSquirrel who developed #thevale a brilliant sound only game released exclusively on @Steam think?

[Zach Mason @oog_brain]

While I love @Steam and everything it brings to PC gaming, can we talk how inaccessible account creation, download and usage of Steam are for #blind and visually impaired gamers?

[Zach Mason @oog_brain]

Amazing audiovisual design map and toolkit presented by @eudotcalipto at #DRS2022 @drs2022bilbao #ImaginationDRS. Hope to integrate this into my own sound centric game design practice.