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SightlessKombat #Accessibility

@sightlesskombat.com
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UK-based, award-winning, multi-credited accessibility consultant and content creator. Certified audio describer, voice actor and BAFTA member. All with no sight whatsoever. Always happy to talk and share my personal perspective!

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SightlessKombat #Accessibility @sightlesskombat.com · 27/09/2026
As a massive #GearsOfWar fan, it was great to meet other community members, hold props of iconic in-game weapons and of course, play more Gears Of War E-Day and chat to people about the experience of gaming without sight! @Xbox.com @AaronGreenberg.bsky.social
SK stands outside the Gears E-Day event entrance in London, next to a banner with the text "Gears E-Day, out October 6th 2026" and a Crimson Omen symbol.SK stands holding a prop prototype lancer, ready to fire, at the Gears E-Day event in London.
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SightlessKombat #Accessibility @sightlesskombat.com · 26/09/2026
So pleased to be a part of the #XboxFanFest London event today! Was great to see a few familiar faces as well! @aarongreenberg.bsky.social @Xbox.com
SK stands, smiling, outside the entrance to Xbox FanFest London.SK stands smiling, his right hand on the buttons of a massively scaled up Xbox controller on display at Xbox FanFest London.
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SightlessKombat #Accessibility @sightlesskombat.com · 18/08/2026
Keeping in mind that this was a beta and that I only got sighted assistance for the sake of time, I'm still really pleased to have completed all these #GearsOfWar E-Day challenges. Here's hoping the final game further improves on the #accessibility for gamers without sight! #A11Y
The challenges screen from the Gears Of War E-Day beta, showing all 5 challenges as completed. The challenges are as follows:
"Complete and Survive 8 Horde Siege Missions (Infantry difficulty or higher)."
"Headshot kill 25 enemies."
"Chainsaw execute 5 enemies in either Horde Siege or Versus matches."
"Hit Player Level 20."
"Revive other players 10 times in either Versus or Siege."
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SightlessKombat #Accessibility @sightlesskombat.com · 24/07/2026
So pleased to have started up the @marveltokon.bsky.social #OpenBeta to find that it has a screen reader that's read everything I've thrown at it so far, including the tutorial, move lists etc! Though it still has some quirks, this is a massive win for fighting game fans! #Accessibility #A11Y
Marvel Tokon's initial settings screen from the open beta, with the "text to speech" option selected. The tooltip for the option states the feature "Reads out gameplay-related text, such as menus and chat messages."
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SightlessKombat #Accessibility @sightlesskombat.com · 12/06/2026
(2/2) I can't say anything about the event itself, but it's always fantastic to be able to be a part of these opportunities! Also got a few great photos as well! (Thanks to @magnemiteboy.bsky.social for the alt text). #Accessibility #A11Y
SK, holding a white cane, stands in front of illuminated PlayStation-inspired Underground station signs. The green triangle, red circle and blue X each say “Underground” in the style of the London Underground.SK, holding a white cane, stands in front of a PlayStation-themed wall featuring a stylised map of Soho in London with a neon blue PlayStation logo hung on the wall. Behind SK are cardboard cutouts of Kratos on one side, with Peter Parker’s Spider-Man in a red and blue spider suit and Miles Morales’ Spider-Man in a black and red spider suit, both in the act of shooting webbing from their wrists.A group of accessibility consultants and PlayStation Studios User Researchers pose for a photo in front of illuminated PlayStation Shapes styled like London Underground signs.
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SightlessKombat #Accessibility @sightlesskombat.com · 26/05/2026
So excited to reveal I’m in the credits for 007: First Light! Was wonderful to be able to consult on this title and give feedback on the menu narration implementation, which appears to have turned out very well so far! #accessibility #A11y #EarnTheNumber
The special thanks section of 007: First Light’s credits. In amongst the list of names, Ben Breen is visible.
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SightlessKombat #Accessibility @sightlesskombat.com · 08/04/2026
Arguably, a massive missed opportunity! Blind character? check. Puzzle that features accurate Braille? Check. #Accessibility to allow me and other gamers without sight to play without assistance? Not in this game unfortunately. Would love to see this change though! #AltText partially generated by AI
A screenshot from my stream of Resident Evil Requiem shows a dark, ornate structure centred within a shadowy alcove, flanked by two thick, dark vertical pillars. The structure's top features a golden-coloured arch with celestial motifs, including stars and a moon, positioned above a rectangular section with four vertical golden panels. The base of the structure features three square panels: the leftmost is glowing brightly white, the middle contains a star symbol, and the rightmost contains a crescent moon symbol.  Below the second and third symbols, blurry but accurate Braille lettering is visible.
Overlaid on the image is a video player interface. At the bottom left, a small rectangular webcam window shows a man with a beard and short brown hair, wearing a black headset and a dark polo shirt, in a room with shelves in the background.
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SightlessKombat #Accessibility @sightlesskombat.com · 16/03/2026
Looking forward to joining DB to start his blindfold run of #TheLastOfUs Part I tomorrow! Fun to be able to be the one providing assistance (where needed) for a change! Thought I'd try and take a screenshot to add some flare to this announcement #A11y #Accessibility
A screenshot from The Last of Us Part I shows Joel aiming at a distant Clicker, with the infected partly obscured by geometry.
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SightlessKombat #Accessibility @sightlesskombat.com · 06/11/2025
This is apparently relevant for next week… But what could it mean? Incidentally… What class would you want to see me play out of these? Credit to @jennissary.bsky.social for the image! #Accessibility #A11Y #BG3 #RNIB
A screenshot of a character creation menu, with 12 text options shown with their respective icons for "class". Title text at bottom: Session 0. Classes and their icons include: Barbarian with a double bladed battleaxe. Bard with a lute. Cleric with a spiked mace. Druid with a sickle and leaves. Fighter with a greatsword. Monk with a golden fist meeting a flat palm. Paladin with a metal shield. Ranger with a dog pawprint inside a human handprint. Rogue with a dagger and two crossed keys. Sorcerer with a metal crest shaped like flames. Warlock with a metallic purple eye. Wizard with a bookmarked tome.
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SightlessKombat #Accessibility @sightlesskombat.com · 10/09/2025
I've been enjoying #3dPrinting (with sighted assistance) and, after showing part of it on stream the other day, I'm pleased to fully reveal my latest print, this time from #DoomThe Dark Ages! Being able to understand the scale and detail of key things like this is great for #accessibility! #A11Y
SK stands, smiling and wearing his trademark cap with his logo on it and a Doom shirt, holding a 3d printed version of the flail from Doom: The Dark Ages. In his right hand is the handle, printed from wood filament, with fin-like elements jutting out sideways from its top. In his left is a sphere, printed from a grey filament, with what could be runes of some kind etched into the surface and large protruding spikes sticking out at various angles in amongst the markings. The two elements are linked by a gold filament chain, composed of individual links and running between two oblongs, one on top of the ball and one at the top of the handle.
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SightlessKombat #Accessibility @sightlesskombat.com · 13/07/2025
Thanks so much everyone for another fantastic @SOTFest! It's always great to be able to attend this event, swap stories of great moments, talk about what we'd like to see from the game, purchase cool merch and of course, just get together in person! #SOTFest2025
SK is sitting in a large colourful chair at a brightly coloured table, smiling and wearing his trademark cap with his logo on it. Behind him is a backdrop of what appears to be a pirate ships cabin.
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SightlessKombat #Accessibility @sightlesskombat.com · 12/07/2025
Happy #SeaOfThieves Fest Day 2 all! If anyone wants to say hi, chat #accessibility, get a photo etc, this is me! #A11Y
SK stands smiling, wearing an RNIB Design For Every Gamer cap and a shirt with Pirate Legend on the front. A lanyard with two accessibility pins hangs round his neck.
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SightlessKombat #Accessibility @sightlesskombat.com · 11/07/2025
If anyone wants to find me at @sotfest.bsky.social to talk about #accessibility, my work with @rnib.bsky.social or just to say “Hi”, this is me! #A11Y
Sightless stands smiling, wearing his trademark cap with his logo on it and a shirt with “We shall sail together” on the front. Two pins, one on each side are visible.
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SightlessKombat #Accessibility @sightlesskombat.com · 05/06/2025
(/end) Fun fact: This year marks 5 years since DB and I started collaborating! Last week, we met in person (if briefly) for the first time and knew we had to get a photo together as a result! #Gaming and accessibility (#A11Y) is a truly worldwide cause.
SK and DB sit at a restaurant table, with the word "Carluccio's" in the background and cocktails in front of them. SK wears his trademark cap with his logo on it and a blue polo shirt. DB, to his right, wears glasses, has greying hair and wears a blue shirt. They are both smiling at the camera.
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SightlessKombat #Accessibility @sightlesskombat.com · 02/05/2025
Who's excited for #Doom The Dark Ages? Irrespective of its #accessibility, I'm looking forward to it, having played multiple titles in the series with sighted assistance. As part of the hype, I bought this controller... and was surprised to find the top shell etchings are tactile as well! #A11Y
SK stands, smiling and wearing his trademark cap with his logo on it, holding the primarily green Doom: The Dark Ages controller in both hands. The controller's face is partially etched with tactile patterns reminiscent of the Doom Slayer's armour.
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SightlessKombat #Accessibility @sightlesskombat.com · 28/03/2025
As well as being credited as an #accessibility consultant on #Atomfall, I was so pleased to receive a very cool Atomfall creator kit from the Rebellion team! Seeing items first-hand equivalent to elements in-game is a key part of accessibility through immersion! #Gifted
Items from the Atomfall Creator Kit.
At the back from left to right, a Torch, an enamel mug with the B.A.R.D logo and a rucksack with the AtomFall logo. At the front, again from left to right is a box containing wicker figures, a pair of leather gloves as worn in the game, a cricket bat with the Atom Fall logo, a pack of playing cards, an access key card made out of wood and a leather notebook.
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SightlessKombat #Accessibility @sightlesskombat.com · 24/03/2025
Very pleased to say I'm credited as an #accessibility consultant on #Atomfall! Though the game isn't playable without sighted assistance, seeing it launch with audio aim cues and NPC sounds letting you tell friend from foe is a wonderful feeling. #Accessibility #A11Y #GamerWithoutSight
Screenshot from Atomfall's credits, listing SightlessKombat and TheWobblyGamer as accessibility consultants
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SightlessKombat #Accessibility @sightlesskombat.com · 19/10/2023
Though I have to wait for in-game #accessibility, my #MarvelsSpiderMan2 Collector's Edition arrived early! I now have a real sense of Venom's scale from this statue! If you've wondered how real-world items can help #gamersWithoutSight understand your characters, world, etc, here's an example!
The 19 inch Spider-man 2 Collector's Edition statue.  The main figure of the statue is the black-skinned Venom with a white spider logo on his chest, mouth agape, exposing two rows of sharp teeth and a long, curling red tongue.  Above the left shoulder of the towering symbiote we find the comparatively tiny figure of Peter Parker mid-air, launching a line of web to attach to his opponent, whilst in Venom's right-hand, Miles Morales is held by his left leg, charging up what looks to be a venom punch in his own much smaller right fist.
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SightlessKombat #Accessibility @sightlesskombat.com · 13/10/2023
A cool photo I got at #EGX yesterday! If anyone's attending on Saturday, I'll be there probably looking similar to this! #Accessibility
Sightless standing under an EGX banner, wearing an RNIB DFEG cap and smiling.
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SightlessKombat #Accessibility @sightlesskombat.com · 24/09/2023
Reminder: This week's #SightlessStories will be a return to @Rebellion's #SniperElite 5, alongside familiar faces Cari and TheWobblyGamer, as part of Everyone Can UK's #GameTogether event! Join us to see #accessibility in action as well as what chaos we can cause, for charity today at 15:00 BST!
A promo image of Sniper Elite 5 Co-Op, showing Karl and an ally soldier fighting back to back; shooting at enemy soldiers. SightlessKombat's face is edited in place of Karl's and TheWobblyGamer's face is edited in place of the ally soldier. Text in the centre reads "Return to:" followed by the Sniper Elite 5 Logo. Over the right corner is a diagonal yellow banner reading "Charity Stream" and below is the Everyone Can Game Together logo. To the left of the image is a circular headshot of Cari, and text below reads "with special guest Cari Watterton."
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SightlessKombat #Accessibility @sightlesskombat.com · 08/09/2023
Was excited to receive this latest piece of #Xbox merch on returning from holiday, even if I do have to wait a while to wear it in the correct weather. #Starfield #Xbox
Me smiling, wearing a black Starfield bomber jacket and my trademark cap with my logo on it, holding a Starfield Limited Edition Xbox wireless controller in both hands, grips downwards, sticks and face buttons facing towards the camera. Embroidered on the jacket's left-hand side are the words "Flight Crew Frontier" and on the right side are the initials SK.
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SightlessKombat #Accessibility @sightlesskombat.com · 26/07/2023
Tomorrow, 13-15:00 BST, I'll be streaming #SniperElite 5 with co-op partner TheWobblyGamer, alongside Cari and Edd from Rebellion in an RNIB #DesignForEveryGamer stream! Join us over on Twitch to learn more about #accessibility and the initiative as a whole! www.twitch.tv/SightlessKombat
A promo image of Sniper Elite 5 Co-Op, showing Karl and an ally soldier fighting back to back; shooting at enemy soldiers. SightlessKombat's face is edited in place of Karl's and The Wobbly Gamer's face is edited in place of the ally soldier. Text on the left reads "Let's Play!" followed by the Sniper Elite 5 Logo. Beneath are two circular headshots of Edd and Cari, and text below reads "with special guests Edd Waterhouse-Biggins and Cari Watterton." To the bottom right is the RNIB DFEG logo.
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