Tess Grossman (They/Them)

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Not violent, but why do spiders come into our HOUSE? They have the whole outside. 😭 And why are they so AGGRESSIVE with announcing their terrifying, eight-legged presence?

Please play Drop Duchy. 🥹 It's my 10/10 game of 2025.

Tarja! Congratulations! What a massive win! I am so proud of you! 🧡🤟

Graphic with smokey background, text, and headshots of 6 people. Text Accessibility Isn’t Scary. DOTS RPG Project Charity Livestream. October 8th 8pm EST. Twitch.tv/dotsrpg. Artwork of D&D 5e module A Night of Fright! A haunting adventure of meddling heroes and their talking knoll. Artwork depicts Scooby-Doo inspired characters. Headshots and character names: DM - Cam, Vell’mah - Katie, Sir Frederick - Mike, Dafni - Ellie, Sha-Gi - Gustavo, S’Koobi - Lauren.

We're going on a spooky adventure THIS WEDNESDAY at 8pm EST for our #AccessibilityIsntScary event 👻

Tune in for our first ever livestream featuring @myriadpro.bsky.social, @goblinkatie.com, @mikethequad.bsky.social, @3llebelle.bsky.social, Gustavo, and @lauren-urban.com playing A Night of Fright!

a young boy covering his face with his hands while a man says please say yes behind him . Alt: a young boy crossing his fingers and screwing up his eyes, saying please say yes

Please signal boost, it's for a good cause! 🙏

Hey folks - I'm working with an MS (multiple sclerosis) charity to find streamers to support fundraising in November. It's retro gaming themed, so if you're interested in more info - or you know someone who would be amazing - please chuck me a reply 💚

me explaining to @armannobari.bsky.social my newest shitpost idea—

Promotional graphic with a purple and blue fantasy-themed background and crystal-like formations. The image features two logos: the Wizards of the Coast logo in rainbow gradient colors on the left, and the Trans Lifeline logo in white on the right. Large bold text in the center reads: “Support Trans Lifeline.” Below, smaller text says “Tune in Oct 4” next to the Twitch logo.

Wizards of the Coast is hosting a Twitch stream to support Trans Lifeline, a hotline and non-profit organization offering direct support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.

Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Oct 4th at 10am PT to play games with us and support!

Driving didn’t “naturally” become inevitable. We designed a society that make driving inevitable in most places. We can design something different

Thanks so much for being amazing and dedicated to accessibility! And chatting with us! 🤗🧡

I had the pleasure of speaking with @abletoplay.com about some of the exciting #accessibility work the team and I have done for our most recent games.

Thank you so much to @tessgrossman.bsky.social for taking the time to highlight our continuing efforts to make VR more accessible!

A picture of Beyoncé, who looks accidentally stunned by the news she just heard. The title reads when your cochlear implant dies in the middle of stand-up.

Happy Monday & Deaf Awareness Month 🤣

This was so much fun to do! I also never considered that if developers are aware their game can cause an epileptic seizure, they can go the extra step to make accessibility settings to minimise or remove them instead of a blanket warning. 💡

Bathroom tiles with small, swimming people in a green bathing suit scattered across the floor

this sparks joy

I refuse to give em dashes to the AI

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If you're a developer who would like to participate this year, please use the form below by Sep. 23!

wurmple revenge

How many overworked teachers have been spending all of their time fighting off misinformation their students are learning from AI? Why do we want to bring more of that into classrooms?

Aww, the plush is adorable! And I hope you feel better again soon, friend!

game does bad: layoffs
game does about as expected: layoffs
game does great: layoffs

Teaming Up for Change: How AbleToPlay Partnered with Games for Change to Curate the 2025 Accessibility Award We teamed up with Games For Change to curate the 2025 Accessibility Award. Here's the story behind it!

We partnered with @gamesforchange.bsky.social to present the Accessibility Award at the Games for Change Festival 2025!

This year’s winner is Botany Manor (@botanymanor.bsky.social), recognized for making accessibility bloom. 💐🏡

Screenshot from Silksong. Hornet is facing a pink creature with large kissy lips who is trying to give her a smooch.

1 smooch please ☝️

They did for April Fools and I've never felt so FREE

Screenshot of BlueSky post where the character limit is one over. It is bright red and insulting.

🎤 What do you love most about your job, Tess?

🎤 Everything. 🥰

🎤 What do you like least about your job?

Psssst. Thought I'd just let you know the link directs to a 404 Bad Gateway 🫣

I personally don't mind it because they're not gendered in that context. You're having fun and using it as an exclamation.

I'm Jewish, but I say "oh my god" all the time because god, in that context, is an exclamation, not the literal G-d.

I can't even articulate how ridiculous this game is as a perfect example of structural ableism influencing design decisions in games and the way disability is perceived by society.

Happy birthday! 🎉🥳

Three panel comic of legolas and bilbo in lotr. Legolas looks confused and is staring at bilbo who is smiling. Bilbo says "hello again my lad!" Legolas then looks more confused and upset while bilbo still smiles. Third panel is legolas lifting bilbo off the ground while screaming "WHY ARE YOU SO OLD?" while bilbo looks amused and uncomfortable

Rude #legolas #bilbo #lordoftherings #thehobbit

I got blue-balled 4 times with Minthara before they fixed it. 💀 Certified crash-out every time I got to Baldur's Gate and her smoochy-smooch bugged out.