Author: Devin L.

Video games that are inspired by movies can be hit or miss, most are atrocious, some are decent, and very few are masterpieces. Over the Hedge (the game) is a multiplayer, action game developed by Edge of Reality, Vicarious Visions, and Beenox, and published by Activision. It was released on May 5th, 2006, for the PS2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, Microsoft Windows, GameCube, and Nintendo DS. While most movie tie-ins will follow the movie practically verbatim, Over the Hedge worked as a sort of sequel to its movie counterpart. When I played the game before the movie even came out…

With video games being such a visual form of entertainment, playing can be difficult as a visually impaired person. I was born with a partially detached retina and developed glaucoma when I was a newborn in the ICU, back then doctors didn’t know they had to cover a premature baby’s eyes to prevent vision damage. I grew up with nearsightedness, blurry vision, and suffered from terrible migraines whenever I read or focused on a screen for too long. At age five my mom got me my first gaming console, a PlayStation One, and visual impairments be damned, I was hooked!…