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Cameron “Oak” Akitt
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Accessibility Researcher PlayStation 🎮 Founder of BSLGG 🤟🏻 Bearish Gay 🏳‍🌈 Deaf 🦻🏻BAFTA Member 🎭 Humanist 🔭 Just a boy and his Magnemite ✌🏻
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I had a lovely evening catching up with the amazing crew at @manycatsstudios.bsky.social!
Group photo of Cameron, Matt, Harriet and Chris in front of London Underground style signs in the shapes from the PlayStation controller: a green triangle, red circle, blue x and a pink square.
November 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
magnemiteboy.bsky.social
In love with the direction my cabin bag is taking. We get so many stickers at work, I never wanted them on my laptop as that get refreshed every so often so I thought they could decorate my bag instead for when I travel with work! 🛫
A black hard-shell suitcase lies flat on a beige textured blanket. The suitcase is covered in colorful stickers of different shapes and designs, including geometric patterns, cartoon characters, Japanese text, space-themed art, and gaming references. The stickers are spread across the front surface, giving the suitcase a playful and personalized look.
September 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Thank you to all the lovely folks who joined me talk at #develop

Hopefully there was a little something for everyone to take away and try! 🤟🏻
Photo of stage at develop. The presentation reads: “Games Accessibility: 6 tips from concept to postlaunch”
July 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Pretty sure this means the war of the roses it back on.
A box of “Lancashire Tea”
June 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Happy Pride Month!

I always like to think about this quote from Baine Bloodhoof over Pride:

“No life is worth living if we cannot be true to our nature.”

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

#Pride #PrideMonth #WorldOfWarcraft
Baine Bloodhoof, a Tauren from the game World of Warcraft holds up a spear from which a rainbow flag is hung. “No life is worth living if we cannot be true to our nature” - Baine Bloodhoof
June 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Character selection screen in Forza Horizon 5. There are a range of different amplification options. Right side hearing aids with a colourful and vibrant Mexican street art design are selected and appear on the player character to the right of the screen. A car as driving along a road. Subtitle at the bottom say “The whole festival is talking about you. If you can meet me down at the Festival, we’ll talk about what you want to do next.” Within the subtitles the words “talking about you” and “meet me down at the Festival” are in bold, making them easier to read at a glance.
May 2, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Forza Horzion 5 was the first AAA I consulted on. Keyword highlighting in subtitles and stylish hearing aids to British and American Sign Language!! 🤩

Seeing it come to PlayStation makes me really happy, the team at Playground Games really made something incredible!

Gaming is for everyone! 🤟🏻
May 2, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Really excited to see the introduction of Audio Focus on the PS5!

Audio focus provides presets to amplify sounds to meet your hearing preferences, such as "Boost Voices" and "Boost Quiet Sounds".

d/Deaf & Hard of Hearing gamers, let me know how you find it! 🤟
A screenshot from the new Audio Focus menu. "Make soft sounds clearer when using headphones. Select the type of audio you want to amplify, and adjust the level" Focus type is selected in the menu, with the "Boost Voices" option highlighted. It reads "Amplify voice chats, character voices and other middle-frequency sounds".
April 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Excited to share that I'll be speaking at Develop:Brighton 2025!

My talk is: "Games Accessibility: 6 Tips from Concept to Postlaunch"

You can read more about my session here: www.developconference.com/speakers/cam...

#ImASpeaker @developconference.com
Banner Graphic for Develop: Brighton 8-10 July 2025 Develop:Brighton Insight : Inspiration : Networking I'm a Speaker! Early Bird Available Now
April 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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For Valentine’s Day the very lovely @joemg14.bsky.social got me the perfect gift!

This is an excellent Magnemite 😍
Cameron smiling at the camera pointing at a neon magnemite light.
February 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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I’ve never had so much go so wrong so quickly…

#Helldivers #Helldivers2
January 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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My 2024 Wrapped! 🤟

The 8th of January will mark my one year anniversary as an Accessibility Researcher at PlayStation Studios!

This year I got to see my name appear in the credits of Until Dawn, Lego Horizon Adventures and Astro Bot, something I still grin ear-to-ear thinking about!

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A screenshot of the credits for Astro Bot. On the right are images of enemies found in the game. In the left are lists of various names credited as working in the game. Within the PlayStation Studios User Research list appears “Cameron Akitt” under the heading “Accessibility Research”. A screenshot from the credits of Until Dawn PlayStation Studios User Research Senior Director, User Research - Kristie J. Fisher Director, User Research - Rob Johnson User Research Manager- Kevin Keeker User Research - Tanya McDonnell Senior Accessibility Manager -Mark Friend Accessibility Researcher - Cameron Akitt Project and Operations Management - Laura Field Technical Operations Analyst - Francis Gaston Screenshot from the credits of Lego Horizon Adventures. User Research Lead Alice Hitchcock User Research Sezen Kaya Sagin Senior Accessibility Manager Mark Friend Accessibility Research Cameron Akitt Project and Operations Management Laura Field Technical Operations Lead Chris Lowe Technical Operations Analyst Francis Gaston
December 31, 2024 at 12:31 PM
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Me every time I see a picture of a Magnemite
A woman affixes a picture to the wall, an image of a Magnemite from Pokemon has been photoshopped into the frame. She looks over her shoulder at someone off screen. Text underneath reads: “This is an excellent one”
December 16, 2024 at 1:51 PM
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at our London office!

#PlayStation
A Christmas tree decorated with blue, silver and white baubles. There are several Astro Bot ornaments hanging from the tree too. The PlayStation Shapes at the entrance to the London office are lit up, each has “Underground” written across the middle. They also have Christmas garlands and Santa hats on, along with cardboard cuts from Astro Bot also wearing blue Santa hats. A cardboard cutout of Astro Bot ice skating. Someone has added a blue Santa hat on top.
November 27, 2024 at 1:44 PM
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Besides, I also need to know who’s coming for me in Teams calls.
A card showing two illustrated people in Victorian era clothing. One is reading a letter while the other reads it over their shoulder. Text along the top reads “Oh hell nah! girl hold my…” next to this the words “hearing aids” with a hearing aid emoji have been added.
November 25, 2024 at 9:18 PM
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I love my PlayStation 30th Anniversary DualSense! 😍
Cameron is holding the PlayStation 30th Anniversary DualSense. It’s in the same colours as the original PS1.
November 24, 2024 at 9:00 PM
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One of the many things I love about Lego Horizon Adventures is some of the disability representation found in the various mini figures, such as one with running blades and another with a cochlear implant! 🤟🏻💙
Lego mini figure in Lego Horizon Adventures dressed as an athlete with black curly hair, running blades and sporting a gold medal around their neck. Lego mini figure in Lego Horizon Adventures with blond hair and a cochlear implant on their left side.
November 17, 2024 at 11:14 AM
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Very excited to share my third credit since joining PlayStation Studios!

I adored working on Lego Horizon Adventures, especially getting to partner with the lovely people at Studio Gobo and my incredible colleagues in PSS User Research! 🤟🏻
Screenshot from the credits of Lego Horizon Adventures. User Research Lead Alice Hitchcock User Research Sezen Kaya Sagin Senior Accessibility Manager Mark Friend Accessibility Research Cameron Akitt Project and Operations Management Laura Field Technical Operations Lead Chris Lowe Technical Operations Analyst Francis Gaston
November 14, 2024 at 9:50 PM
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For the Alliance!

The shake is SO good! 💜🖤
Photo of Cameron at Shake Shack with a tray of food with a burger, fries and milkshake for the Warcraft and Shake Shack collaboration A tray of food with chips, a burger and a dark purple milkshake A close up photo of the milkshake, it’s purple with sprinkles on top and whipped cream
November 14, 2024 at 12:37 PM
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Still enjoying my play through of Veilguard as a Mourn Watch Necromancer! 💀🖤
A screen shot from Dragon Age Veilguard showing Cameron’s Character. The mage has short hair and a moustache with tattoos on his cheeks. He wears black, form-fitting robes with elaborate shoulder guards. A staff is strapped to his back and hold a faint green flame and glow. The character is stood in the Memorial Gardens of the Grand Necropolis. There are many graves around, with candles on some tombs and braziers which cradle series glowing green flames.
November 14, 2024 at 12:05 AM
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Finished The Milky Way Lego set! Many thanks to my boyfriend for the lovely gift and helping me build it! 🥰🪐
Several photos have been put together in a collage. On the left are a series of smaller photos of Cameron holding The Milky Way Lego set with each photo showing more of the set coming together. On the right is a larger image of Cameron holding the completed Lego set. It’s a piece of Lego art comprised of many hundreds of bricks with various pinks, blues, oranges and purples coming together to show the swirl of the Milky Way. The Lego pieces vary in shape making it look very textured.
November 10, 2024 at 10:46 PM
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Started the The Milky Way Lego set that my boyfriend got me! Team work makes the dream work, and I can’t wait to see how it looks when it’s finished!
A photo of Cameron holding up The Milky Way Lego set. The images is made of three photos stacked together, each showing how more of the Lego set has come together to slowly make the Milky Way. There are two sections left to go.
November 9, 2024 at 10:31 PM
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My second credit since joining PlayStation Studios back in January! I loved working alongside my colleagues in User Research and at Ballistic Moon and was really proud of the accessibility features! 🤟🏻

#UntilDawn
PlayStation Studios User Research Senior Director, User Research - Kristie J. Fisher Director, User Research - Rob Johnson User Research Manager- Kevin Keeker User Research - Tanya McDonnell Senior Accessibility Manager -Mark Friend Accessibility Researcher - Cameron Akitt Project and Operations Management - Laura Field Technical Operations Analyst - Francis Gaston
October 20, 2024 at 8:04 PM
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This is an utterly stupid change from Twitter/ X
Block is changing soon If your posts are set to public, accounts you have blocked will be able to view them, but they will not be able to engage. For more control over who can see your posts, you can still protect your account.
October 17, 2024 at 9:03 AM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #805,384!
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #805,384, Cameron “Oak” Akitt ‪@magnemiteboy.bsky.social‬, joined on Aug 31, 2023"
September 21, 2024 at 2:14 PM