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It's Topher Winward! ✌️ @topher.io · 23h

I can't believe you stole a slot like this

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Tara Voelker @tarav.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Or else.

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It's Topher Winward! ✌️ @topher.io · 21/09/2026

Want your games to reach more players? Be enjoyed by all? Make more money? Do some good in this world? You will not be disappointed with Tara and Rebind Studios - and absolute force of nature in accessibility, she'll get you sorted right out!

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It's Topher Winward! ✌️ @topher.io · 21/07/2026

Tuesday afternoon nerdsnipe. Why is the following UUID invalid? `00000000-0000-1000-0001-000000000000` (This is not a trick question, it's the root cause of a serialization bug that's been haunting me for years and now I can solve.)

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It's Topher Winward! ✌️ @topher.io · 17/07/2026

I napped so much today send coffee

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It's Topher Winward! ✌️ @topher.io · 14/07/2026

I'm in Brighton for @developconference.com, the @ga11ygathering.bsky.social, and the @gaconf.bsky.social social tomorrow and Thursday! Come say hi to talk all things #Accessibility, @seaofthieves.com, live game services engineering, or any cool sea birds you saw!!

Topher in shades in a leather jacket looking sick as all hell - their long hair really sells it. Develop, GAConf, and Game A11y Gathering logos are on the image.

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Morgan Baker @momoxmia.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I am a firm believer that accessibility cannot die. Tides may rise and fall, but accessibility is inevitable. Players know it, most businesses know it. The future is accessible. Let’s support each other during this time. Remember how far we’ve come, and how much further we will inevitably go 🫂♥️

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Screenshot of Topher Winward's tweet - It's too late. We're already winning. You will be powerless to resist as the tide of accessibility washes over the industry, leaving nothing but inclusive games in its wake.

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It's Topher Winward! ✌️ @topher.io · 27/06/2026

Don't sleep on Clover's Quadrants, it's a gorgeous puzzle game with a really interesting key movement mechanic! It's a mind-bender in all the right ways, but also forgiving and doesn't waste your time with unnecessary failure modes. Lots of fun

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Sea of Thieves @seaofthieves.com · 18/06/2026

Sea of Thieves Season 20 gives you the keys to the seas! 🛠️ Custom Seas 💰 Increased Chances for Chests of Fortune ❌ World Event Raid Voyage Experiment 🗓️ Calendar of Live Events 📜 Refreshed Season Pass 📷 Learn more: seaofthieves.com/season-20

A very large pirate holds a small Sea of Thieves diorama in the palm of his hand.

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Dem @gewes.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

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It's Topher Winward! ✌️ @topher.io · 07/05/2026

wrong. you are now a part of the woodpigeon gossip gang. bring your a-game, they don't hold back

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It's Topher Winward! ✌️ @topher.io · 06/05/2026

Incredibly cool idea - also likely worth wrapping the text with an aria-label or similar to ensure it doesn't spam screen-readers with the underlying data! (Or maybe the screen-reader users sometimes *do* want direct data to read? Depends on the context #accessibility)

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It's Topher Winward! ✌️ @topher.io · 04/05/2026

honestly at first I was going to make a Santa Claus joke then remember he goes "ho ho ho" not "ho oh ho"

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It's Topher Winward! ✌️ @topher.io · 29/04/2026

He missed out that we broke down the toilet door he was in and gave him a swirlie

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It's Topher Winward! ✌️ @topher.io · 14/04/2026

You can learn how to enable the Text To Speech, and Custom Game Overlay settings, in our support guides: support.seaofthieves.com/articles/360... support.seaofthieves.com/articles/241...

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Support - Custom Text Overlay

The essential pirate experience from Rare, packed to the seams with sailing and exploring, fighting and plundering, riddle solving and treasure hunting!

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It's Topher Winward! ✌️ @topher.io · 14/04/2026

Sea Of Thieves #accessibility win - our new Bilge Rats Weekender Challenge parchment hooks into our flexible Text-To-Speech and Custom-Text-Overlay system on launch day, April 16th! ✨ What part of gameplay would you like us to bring it to next?

An in-game screenshot from Sea Of Thieves. A player is holding up a piece of parchment titled "Bilge Rats Challenges". In the corner of the screen, a customized green box with yellow text reads "Bilge Rats Challenges. Challenge 1 of 5. Disrupt a Bilge Rats Firework Display on Dagger Tooth Output by vomiting." There are more pieces of text, with scrolling options to reveal them.

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Limit Break Mentorship @limitbreak.co.uk · 23/03/2026

Limit Break returns for 2026! Applications to join this year's program as a mentor and/or a mentee open on Monday (30th March). Mark it down on your calendar, that's one week from today! If you want to learn more about Limit Break Mentorship then check out our website 👇 www.limitbreak.co.uk

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It's Topher Winward! ✌️ @topher.io · 23/03/2026

🙏 Wishing you all the best for it!

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It's Topher Winward! ✌️ @topher.io · 12/03/2026

My friends who are in awe of gamedev make me feel cool, my friends who couldn't care less keep me grounded 😅 The more varied your friends and hobbies, the richer your life

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

The 40th anniversary of Zelda is all the excuse you need to submerge yourself in classic Katsuya Terada art.

A Katsuya Terada Zelda illustration. Link walks up some dark stairs

A Katsuya Terada Zelda illustration. Link looks at an ancient mural of a dream whale

A Katsuya Terada Zelda illustration. Link battles a shadow version of themselves

A Katsuya Terada Zelda illustration. Link comforts a wounded man in the sewers

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It's Topher Winward! ✌️ @topher.io · 12/02/2026

Please consider filling out this survey by Xbox Research! Real people telling us directly about their experience with videogames is a great way we learn where to target accessibility efforts. Anna's amazing and will ensure this gets seen in the right way by the right people at the studios :) 👾

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Anna Waismeyer @risukora.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Xbox Research wants to hear from anyone who plays video games! Tell us which settings and accessibility options, like text size adjustments, single-input options, screen readers, you use in our survey! survey.alchemer.com/s3/8671308/X... #Accessibility #GameAccessibility #InclusiveDesign

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It's Topher Winward! ✌️ @topher.io · 06/02/2026

today is the only day you can repost Apu's expired ham

Screenshot of The Simpsons. Apu holds a piece of ham that says "Exp Feb 6th, 1989"

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Adam Chalmers @adamchalmers.com · 05/02/2026

You're absolutely right – this actually *isn't* a place of honor. * I thought esteemed deeds were commemorated here, but that was wrong. * The message wasn't about treasure, it was about danger. That's on me. * I won't sugarcoat it – the danger is still present, and now it's in your body.

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It's Topher Winward! ✌️ @topher.io · 04/02/2026

The Access-Ability Summer Showcase is a fantastic celebration of all things accessible. Games of all size have something to offer and I love to see what's been going on! Love to see this returning - amazing stuff by Laura here :)

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It's Topher Winward! ✌️ @topher.io · 02/02/2026

Thanks Shell! Your feedback was invaluable and has helped informed many decisions we're making. Hope all is well and you've managed to transcend the senior/staff/principle titling issue and go straight to "Accessibility Raccoon" 🦝

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It's Topher Winward! ✌️ @topher.io · 02/02/2026

The curse has finally been broken!

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It's Topher Winward! ✌️ @topher.io · 02/02/2026

It was a fantastic suggestion, and appreciate the courage and vulnerability when you shared it! We make better games when we're all involved :)

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liv 🐀 @nyxiria.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I will write something proper somewhere but the emetophobia toggle is SO special to me I can’t thank the team enough for their support on getting this set up 🥺 and to know this was on the list makes little me (and current me!) so happy 🥺💗 #gaconf #seaofthieves

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James Berg @jamesbergcanada.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Congrats @rare.co.uk! Working with these folks was always the best - @topher.io and the crew did great work. Helping game teams with accessibility, I'm often building foundations, but with Rare, it was about helping maintain maximum speed and discovering new places off the map. 💖

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Shell Little @shellelittle.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

honored to have worked on this game with lots of other amazing people! huge cograts to this team for their ongoing accessibility work!

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SightlessKombat #Accessibility @sightlesskombat.com · 29/01/2026

So glad to be able to be a part of this event (presenting an award) and enjoy it along with you all. Let's start things off on a positive note and continue it throughout 2026! #A11Y

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It's Topher Winward! ✌️ @topher.io · 28/01/2026

You're telling me Terraria released their "Bigger and Boulder" update on this national holiday?!

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It's Topher Winward! ✌️ @topher.io · 27/01/2026

Stop measuring lines of code, start measuring lies in code

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It's Topher Winward! ✌️ @topher.io · 26/01/2026

Opening Terraria and checking the update number *just in case* 1.4.5 dropped a day early

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SightlessKombat #Accessibility @sightlesskombat.com · 22/01/2026

I may not be streaming my reactions (thanks to a sore throat I'm going through at the moment), but join me in watching the #Xbox developer direct with audio description! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZZF... @xbox.com #Accessibility

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[Audio Descriptions] Developer_Direct 2026

YouTube video by Xbox

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It's Topher Winward! ✌️ @topher.io · 22/01/2026

Building a UI where ctrl+s is "undo"

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The Game Accessibility Conference @gaconf.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

It's nearly here! Join us in two weeks' time to find out the winners of the 2025 GAConf Awards, 20 categories celebrating everything from best indie effort to best blind & low vision accessibility, from unsung hero to best accessibility journalism! 🏆🏆🏆 #gamedev #indiedev #accessibility

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