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The AbleGamers Foundation and Evil Controllers Partner to Bring More Disabled Gamers into Console Gaming

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Harpers Ferry, WV – The AbleGamers Foundation is proud to collaborate with Evil Controllers to make a line of controllers targeted to the needs of gamers with disabilities. “I just think this is a great opportunity for the disabled community to be able to leverage some cutting edge technology,” says Mark Barlet, President and CEO of The AbleGamers Foundation, “Evil Controllers has a track-record of quality and out of the box thinking, with proven experience working with gamers with disabilities and I am proud to lend our name to the project.”

Evil Controllers is currently working on bringing a web portal that will allow “Able Gamers” to access information on our developing technology.

Adam Coe, CEO of Evil Controllers “We are very excited to be working in a direction that allows us to develop technology for accessible gaming.” ” We are proud to help broaden the video game world as a whole and have enjoyed working with the AbleGamers Foundation”.

The AbleGamers Foundation has worked closely with Evil Controllers to prototype a one-handed Xbox controller that is currently being field tested by an AbleGamers Community member, with a second version around the corner.

In addition to lending our name to the line of controllers, Evil Controllers will donate part of proceeds to the AbleGamersFoundation.

About The AbleGamers Foundation

The AbleGamers Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity that runs AbleGamers.com provide news, reviews, and advice on disabled technology and the accessibility of mainstream video game titles. As an alternative to Serious Gaming, mainstream video games supply many disabled individuals and veterans with rehabilitation as well as social stimulation in situations where they may be otherwise shut out of society’s idea of normal everyday life.

About Evil Controllers

Evil Controllers is an Arizona based company that used patent pending technology to modify existing controller designs to bring greater functionally and flexibility to the gaming experience. http://www.evilcontrollers.com

For more information about this topic, the AbleGamers foundation, AbleGamers.com, or to schedule an interview with Mark Barlet, CEO of AbleGamers, Steven Spohn at press@AbleGamers.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . For more information regarding

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Young CEO of Evil Controllers Sits at National Conference for Handicap Gamers

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Young CEO Sits at National Conference for Handicap Gamers
May 10th , 2010- Adam, 21, will sit on a panel at Games Beyond Entertainment Week.
The weeklong event will transpire on May 24-27 2010 in Boston, MA. The function will serve to unite those involved in the gaming industry to explore the wider use and potential of games to provide an impact on a wide variety of needs and communities around the world. The event also seeks to identify emerging and non-traditional markets for gaming. Games Beyond Entertainment Week is developed by the organization behind the Serious Games Initiative and the Games for Health Project.
Adam, the CEO of Evil Controllers, will be participating in Games Accessibility Day, on Tuesday, May 25. He will be sitting on a Question and Answer panel with the legendary Ben Heckendorn, affectionately known as “Ben Heck”, famous Modder. The panel will be discussing the future of gaming for the disabled, and where the technology is going. It is the only event dedicated to improving access to all games for people with disabilities and improves their lives through games. They will cover research, development, case studies, advocacy issues, accessibility techniques and deployment.
Evil Controllers is a company that has been at the forefront of bringing games to the disabled. With the development of new technology and ingenuity they have been able to create specialized game controllers that allow people to approach gaming in a unique and individual way. These controllers enable people to play and compete on a level that otherwise was not possible. It is no longer because of a disability that someone cannot do what he or she enjoys, and Evil will continue to make this possible through dedication to the community of disabled gamers.

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