Update: Doc is done... 30 pages and 11k words later in what I am currently referring to as 'evidence the adhd meds haven't completely cured me' Big thanks to everyone who helped!! Promise I'll shut up about it soon. Not holding out much hope as usual, but got a reply to say they'll read it so 🧐

Loz ⚔️@lozzagilbert.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hiya pals! If anyone has any feedback or experiences with accessibility at this year's Develop please drop me a message! I'll be emailing Tandem at some point in the next couple weeks with accessibility feedback post-conference and want as many opinions and experiences in there as possible

Mega excited about working with these legends to help guide Embark! Keep an eye out on the CRIPtic socials for more info and when applications go live 👀

CRIPtic Arts@cripticarts.bsky.social · 2d ago

Meet the people who'll be helping shape Embark! ⭐ 🌟 Lozza Gilbert 🌟 Simi Roach 🌟 Anna Landre 🌟 Miggy Barker Embark is a year-long programme for four disabled creatives with high physical access needs, designed to help kick-start creative careers cripticarts.org/meet-our-emb...

Nah, that’s way too on the nose, lads

Tune in tomorrow from 10.30am for Impact Day. If it all goes technically wrong, Mat will start crying and dancing. Like he does at work. twitch.tv/manycatsstudios

Bubblegum Theo's Cry Dance

Alt: Bubblegum Theo's Cry Dance. A pixel of a white person blob crying and shaking its booty side to side.

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One ‘perk’ of being a blue card carrying disabled that I learned out is you are exempt from hosepipe bans - who wants to come round for a water fight?

Mad Max: Fury Road Water Release Scene

ALT: Mad Max: Fury Road Water Release Scene

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Finished adhd med titration today, just over 4 years since I was diagnosed and nothing worked the first time, but finally got a little bit of *something* that helps

The final episode of #NeonInkwell series, Rez High, is available now to our early access members. Listen now: 🪶https://loom.ly/Ejo9E_w 🪶https://loom.ly/4KLy67g

I'm still putting this together and have got quotes and feedback from 19 people in there so far! Hoping to have it finished by Monday, but would love more feedback up until then if people could get in touch in some way! All welcome & lmk if you're ok with being named or would like to be anon.

Loz ⚔️@lozzagilbert.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hiya pals! If anyone has any feedback or experiences with accessibility at this year's Develop please drop me a message! I'll be emailing Tandem at some point in the next couple weeks with accessibility feedback post-conference and want as many opinions and experiences in there as possible

For seven years, I've had the privilege of reporting on accessibility and the disabled perspective. And now, during my seventh Disability Pride Month in this industry, I'm left wondering if this beat is coming to an end. Read my first @skyboxcritics.com piece here: skyboxcritics.com/2026/07/28/t...

The vanishing art of disability reporting

As the games industry contracts, disability reporting is facing an extinction-level crisis.

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Strongly recommend Rez High by @brendonconnelly.bsky.social - well written and acted, and sounds great! In post-apocalyptic Yorkshire, a gaggle of kids search for answers about the before-times by playing a Grange Hill-style VR game. 5/6 episodes released so far, catch up before Friday's finale!

Having one of those fortnights where if I attempt to be upright in any way for any length of time I start taking necrotic damage

SPEAKER REVEAL! @radderss.bsky.social joins us and shares their experience and tips on being a disabled streamer. #ImpactDay

It's also SO nice to hear a show full of accents I grew up around! In particular @lozzagilbert.bsky.social as Reflex has incredible on-mic presence and timing. www.lozzagilbert.co.uk

Lozza Gilbert

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Impact Day is back and coming THIS Friday! This year we will be streaming on the Cats Twitch. So you best follow to get notified. www.twitch.tv/manycatsstud... Speakers will be announced today! 😱 luma.com/k8rccliz

A show about Access for the neurodivergent, disabled and queer The enormity of history The lunacy of AI Climate catastrophe Oh, and high school and videogames. Who makes the world? In what image? What can the rest of us do about it? Rez High ends this week. Join us! rustyquill.com/show/rez-high/

The develop feedback document is being created 😈

SAMWISE GAMGEE WANTS YOU TO EAT YOUR TATERS AND JOIN A UNION

I've just published my first article on LinkedIn about my experience as a disabled speaker at Develop. "The only wheelchair using speaker gets the stage without a ramp." www.linkedin.com/pulse/only-w...

The only wheelchair using speaker gets the stage without a ramp.

I've sat with this for a week, calming down before I felt ready to post about it, but I want to talk about Develop not having a ramp for the stage I gave my talk on. Those that know me will know just ...

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This #DisabilityPride I want to remind everyone that ME/CFS, a severe condition with a lack of research and disability support, has some of the lowest quality of life scores out ALL illness, including late stage cancers Please fight for us journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

The Health-Related Quality of Life for Patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)

Introduction Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)/chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a common, severe condition affecting 0.2 to 0.4 per cent of the population. Even so, no recent international EQ-5D based h...

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Today in #RezHigh episode 5, Jo-C does a deep dive to find history, while Reflex tries to cover up the growing mess. Listen on the #NeonInkwell feed, wherever you find podcasts or at the link below. https://shows.acast.com/neon-inkwell/episodes/neon-inkwell-rez-high-5-behind-the-curtain

Neon Inkwell: Rez High 5 - Behind the Curtain | Neon Inkwell

Listen to Neon Inkwell: Rez High 5 - Behind the Curtain from Neon Inkwell. Jo-C does a deep dive to find history, while Reflex tries to cover up the growing mess.Content Notes:- time/space distortion- existentialismTranscripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7Showrunner Elizabeth MoffattDirected by Lucy WrayWritten by Brendon ConnellyProduced by April SumnerExecutive Producers Alexander J Newall & April SumnerFeaturingOlivia Hirst as Jo-CLozza Gilbert as ReflexGeorge Bunting as DogwoodBeth Alsbu...

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ICYMI - The layoffs at Microsoft didn't just affect developers. It also gutted layers of accessibility that Xbox spent years cultivating. These layoffs aren't going to impact just accessibility in games, but even legal requirements like website accessibility. Read my first @aftermath.site report:

Aftermath@aftermath.site · 2w ago

Layoffs leave the future of Xbox's award-winning accessibility efforts in doubt aftermath.site/xbox-layoffs-a...

With layoffs at Xbox, sources indicate accessibility efforts have also been affected. What was once a champion of accessibility is now a shell of its former self, unsure if accessibility even has a place at the new Xbox. Read my first report for @aftermath.site here: aftermath.site/xbox-layoffs...

Layoffs Leave The Future Of Xbox’s Award-Winning Accessibility Efforts In Doubt

Former workers say Xbox cuts leave less resources and experts to make sure games are developed, labelled, and tested with accessibility in mind

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It’s official! I’m giving the opening talk at AdventureX this year. It’s called “20 Years of Wadjet Eye” and I’ll be talking about how I survived 20 years in this business. I’ll also be revealing some early sales figures for the first time. Hope to see you there!

AdventureX@adventurex.bsky.social · 2w ago

This year’s schedule and lineup of incredible talks and panels are live! Visit adventurexpo.org for details. Join us at #AdvX26 in London on 7-8 November to hear from @sallybeaumont.bsky.social, @theexaminedgame.bsky.social, and more amazing gaming pros. Keynotes coming soon! Follow for updates

A damn shame to see this happen to Game (a second time in my lifetime), and the slow death of brick-and-mortar games retailers in general. I adore going in and buying new physical games or even browse old ones, but that’s increasingly been less and less possible.

Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷@toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk · 2w ago

UK games retailer GAME entered into administration in April, owing over £16M, a new report reveals. While the last remaining major UK video game-specific chain announced its administration months ago, the reasons - and their debt - was unknown. (Read more at Eurogamer)

Hiya pals! If anyone has any feedback or experiences with accessibility at this year's Develop please drop me a message! I'll be emailing Tandem at some point in the next couple weeks with accessibility feedback post-conference and want as many opinions and experiences in there as possible

There's lots of Kamet and Quartz in episode four of Rez High, and a dangerous encounter on the moors. Out now wherever you get podcasts, including right here. youtu.be/D8jtlugxrxg?...

Neon Inkwell: Rez High 4 - So-Called Life

YouTube video by Rusty Quill Podcasts

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Had someone ask if something I made was ai for the first time. Don't know how to feel Ok I do, I feel offended. I get it, but ugh. Yes I spent hours creating this silly thing by hand instead of wacking it in the slop dispenser, good to know you think it looks like poo from the shit machine tho

Wishing you all a very merry post-Develop nap

Sneak peek at my Develop Conference talk tomorrow. 5 Easy Steam Store Page Tweaks to Boost Your Visibility | 12 pm | Room 3 Nervous and excited in equal parts. Possibly the first wheelchair-using speaker at Develop, too, I think. Hope to see some of you wonderful lot there.