Laura Kate Dale - Bluesky @LauraKBuzz.bsky.social

Pinned Thread. My name is Laura Kate Dale, and I am an author, accessibility and queer representation critic and consultant, video game critic, streamer, and all around content creator. Below is a thread of my various projects, and how you can support my ongoing work.

@MarcusStewart7 Quick heads up, you've got the AA Summer Showcase listed as June 9th on the Game Informer schedule, but it's June 5th. Time info is correct. Thanks for listing the showcase, appreciate you giving it a nod.

It seems like we're getting some kind of 15th anniversary news today for My Chemical Romance's Danger Days album. As such, I'm resharing this video I made, arguing that Danger Days is My Chemical Romance's best narratively constructed Concept Album. youtube.com/watch?v=dH1BEd…

mixtape feels like one of the least likely targets of misinformation campaigns and video game culture war ire yet, but that's kind of the point: this can happen to any game now, and indeed, platforms and content creators demand it. nothing will ever be enough to sate the beast

For any potentially interested sponsors linked here is a 15 minute presentation on the showcase delving into its focus, reach, and impact over the past 3 years. youtube.com/watch?v=lreCKN…

The Access-Ability Summer Showcase 2026 is still looking for sponsorship for this year's event, to help cover ASL, BSL, and editing costs. If you or your company would be open to sponsoring a showcase of accessible video games, please reach out. LauraKBuzzOfficial@Gmail.com

@SpawnSoul @JimSterling There's an issue currently with Spotify removing episodes due to the intro music that we have permission to use. Grab any missing episodes on Podbean. QWe're working on a fix.

@JimSterling @LaurakBuzz have I missed 585,586? Or are they not on Spotify? :) thank youuuu.

Oh hey, look what arrived today! Thanks @valvesoftware for the review unit. Accessibility focused Unboxing and Review will be live in the next couple of days.

Where Everybody Has Gone Before - Episode 2 - Star Trek Enterprise - Shockwave Parts 1+2 Myself and Geoffrey discuss Star Trek's blandest cast, and creating a holo-projector from just one copper spoon. Audio: rss.com/podcasts/where… Video: youtube.com/watch?v=Brd8cN…

Speaker announcement! 📢 @LaurakBuzz will be treating us to a behind the scenes look at the production of the Access-Ability Showcase, including some very interesting data 👀 April 27th - 28rd, fully online, FREE registration at gaconf.com #gamedev #indiedev

@discord_support I simply wish to reach a human being who can read my issue, understand it, and offer me a human response.

@discord_support As predicted, I recieved a copy pasted DM back which completely failed to understand the issue I was having, and offer me advice for a different category of error, with steps to address that my message made clear would not be followable in my case.

Genuinely cannot overstate how basically impossible it is to speak to anyone human being that works at @discord_support @discord lol

Oh, you need a human to help with a non standard issue? Support is literally just bot replies ignoring the actual issue being raised, or boilerplate copy paste responses that ignore context.

Long shot, but any of my mutuals know how to contact a human being working at Discord? Got an issue that would really be best solved if I could talk to a human, due to Support having no room for nuance in support requests.

Long shot, but any of my mutuals know how to contact a human being working at Discord? Got an issue that would really be best solved if I could talk to a person, one who can make judgement calls and take context into account and help a person out.

AI training explained through memes.

2025 Video Game Accessibility Recap - Access-Ability In this 45 minute video, I recap EVERY bit of video game accessibility news from 2025. This video was a mammoth project, I hope folks check it out. Text: access-ability.uk/2025/12/05/202… Video: youtube.com/watch?v=sO76gj…

Voting closes tonight, last chance to decide the winners of the GAConf accessibility awards! Voting form and finalists' info here - gaconf.com/gaconf-awards-… #gamedev #indiedev #accessibility

Our finalists for Best Journalism are: Vivek Gohil by Grant Stoner Madison Petrick Antonio Martinez Laura Kate Dale Public vote now open at gaconf.com/gaconf-awards-…