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Steve Saylor is a Canadian based game and media critic, host of ''Blind Gamer with Steve Saylor'', and consultant that looks at accessibility within gaming. He is known for his YouTube and Twitch channel, along with having worked on the accessibility aspects of games such as ''
Steve Saylor is a Canadian based game and media critic, host of ''Blind Gamer with Steve Saylor'', and consultant that looks at accessibility within gaming. He is known for his YouTube and Twitch channel, along with having worked on the accessibility aspects of games such as ''The Last of Us Part II
''The Last of Us Part II'' is a 2020 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. Set five years after ''The Last of Us'' (2013), the game focuses on two playable charac ...
'', ''Assassin's Creed Valhalla
''Assassin's Creed Valhalla'' is a 2020 action role-playing video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is the twelfth major installment in the '' Assassin's Creed'' series, and the successor to 2018's '' Assassin's ...
'' and '' Watch Dogs: Legion''.
Life and career
Saylor was born withalbinism
Albinism is the congenital absence of melanin in an animal or plant resulting in white hair, feathers, scales and skin and pink or blue eyes. Individuals with the condition are referred to as albino.
Varied use and interpretation of the term ...
and nystagmus
Nystagmus is a condition of involuntary (or voluntary, in some cases) eye movement. Infants can be born with it but more commonly acquire it in infancy or later in life. In many cases it may result in reduced or limited vision. Due to the invol ...
, a condition that causes involuntary eye movement. He created and is the host of the ''Blind Gamer'' series on YouTube, which involves him playing video games while discussing accessibility in the medium, along with larger discourse on ableism and disability.
Steve Saylor has appeared in numerous publications, including Kinda Funny
Kinda Funny is an online entertainment company that produces videos and podcasts on video game culture, film, television, and comics.
Kinda Funny creates content on two YouTube channels: The primary Kinda Funny channel features comedy videos ...
, and has been covered in Vice Media
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, CG Magazine, BBC Radio
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, and CNN
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, and has written articles for ''IGN
''IGN'' (formerly ''Imagine Games Network'') is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc. The company's headquarters is located in San Francisco's SoMa dist ...
''. He is also an Accessibility Advocate that has spoken at GAconf, and was nominated for the 2021 Canadian Game Awards.
References
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