Xander Ashwell
@xanderashwell
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Director of Accessibility & User Experience at @Rareltd & @Microsoft. Dad to two blonde whirlwinds, whittler of twigs
Wales, United Kingdom
Joined January 2009
What sort of 'independent commission' has a popular and common sense solution ruled out before it even begins? ✅ 90% of world runs water run public hands. ✅ 82% of voters back the change. ✅ UN human rights expert support public ownership. Is this the best we can do?
'That is one thing they will not be looking at' On #BBCBreakfast Environment Secretary Steve Reed dismissed renationalising water companies as he launched an independent commission to carry out the largest review of the industry since privatisation in the 1980s
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Places like Center Parcs are wild You walk around and think: “hmm,quite nice to have amenities” …then you realise Britain has made visiting a miniature place with functional civic infrastructure a holiday destination We pay to live like a Danish person for a week, basically
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Running the Oxford Half Marathon on Sunday for Special Effect. Been a slower year following Covid at Xmas but got to double figure distance and found my pace. Can you help me raise £500 in 4 days for Special Effect? https://t.co/F65eu3H02Y
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Official post coming soon, but here's a head start for your portfolios— The @respawn Jedi team seeks an expert -brand- designer to help evolve our corner of Star Wars UI Think serifs, mystical star charts, weathered metal textures Open to experience outside of games, too!
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Guy inventing dressage: *so drunk* hey do you think we could get a horse to dance, via the ratatouille method Friend: what the hell does that mean Guy: we ratatouille the horse
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Fascinated by Grant Shapps’ hair. It’s almost entirely without substance or form. It is liminal, unreachable: a madman’s lilo. A cow’s memory of war.
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I firmly believe as a professional computer toucher that there is a such thing as "computer mana". if you haven't earned the computer's respect you'll end up with all sorts of weird issues which will disappear the second that someone with high computer mana tries fixing it
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Hi Twitter, Would you buy this game? Tough shit, I'm too burnt out to finish making it 🥲
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Super proud of #SeaOfThieves continued success. Over six years in, the game is in an incredibly strong position - and it’s all thanks to the players who have supported us, with many playing since our original launch. Bravo to our amazing team @RareLtd! 🤩
Super proud of our @SeaOfThieves team for another chart topping moment! (we topped the Xbox and Steam charts when we launched on those platforms a little while back!). Thank you to our team, partners and most importantly to our players and community! https://t.co/Ub0MAwfIug
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Super proud of our @SeaOfThieves team for another chart topping moment! (we topped the Xbox and Steam charts when we launched on those platforms a little while back!). Thank you to our team, partners and most importantly to our players and community! https://t.co/Ub0MAwfIug
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Find out which games topped the download charts in May.
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If you don't have a favourite tree, find one. It's important.
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Omg the U S of A needs this for their adults URGENTLY
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Anna is a tour de force - hoarder of UR acorns, deliverer of deeply effective workshops, oracle of a11y wisdom, explorer, inventor, curator, and brilliant human. I have the privilege to learn from Anna, and now you can benefit from her awesomeness too. For free. You lucky people.
I'm beyond excited to announce the release of the Game Accessibility Workshop Toolkit, brought to you by the Xbox Research Accessibility Team! Check it out on the G4E Product Inclusion hub: https://t.co/Mzw1oLlp0u
#GAAD, #Accessibility, #a11y
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@Winwardo Yes I am, I am working on a game called #Gaia, which is a 2D pixel-art platformer about my daughter, Greek Mythology and pollution. I am making the game with #accessibility in mind. It should be playable by the blind, deaf, physically disabled as those without disadvantages.
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@Winwardo I'm working on Cellular City, a puzzle game about building tiny cities with a focus on being accessible to blind and low vision players through TTS and audio description. Demo: https://t.co/NIaj1mbsJY
cfdj.itch.io
A little puzzle game about placing buildings in small cities. Play in your browser
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