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How people with disabilities got game − the surprisingly long history of access to arcade and video sports

  • Written by Matt Knutson, Assistant Professor of Esports, University of North Dakota
imageMany of today's disabled esports players, like Rocky "RockyNoHands" Stoutenburgh, use mouth controllers, which were first used in gaming over 40 years ago. Rocky "RockyNoHands" Stoutenburgh, CC BY-SA

If you’ve seen an esports competition, chances are that there was a big stage with about 10 gaming PCs, each with a young person behind it...

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