Real People, Real Stories Episode 4, 2024: Ben Breen (Sightless Kombat)

Host Mark Miller speaks with Ben Breen (Sightless Kombat), Accessible Gaming Officer for Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), about his experiences and advocacy. Learn about:

  • His work as an accessibility consultant for video games
  • His activism and awareness for accessibility in video games.
  • His experience as a blind gamer

About Sightless Kombat

SightlessKombat is the Accessible Gaming Officer for Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), the UK-based sight loss charity and has never had any sight whatsoever. For the past several years he’s worked as an accessibility consultant on games like Stories Of Blossom, Gears 5, Sea Of Thieves, God Of War Ragnarok and Horizon Forbidden West, to name a few. Additionally, he’s also spoken at conferences and events around the world including the Game Accessibility Conference (GA Conf) and Axe Con, raising awareness of the need to improve accessibility of videogames for gamers across the spectrum of sight loss, including gamers without sight like himself.

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