Towards Handicapping for Online Competitive Video Games: A Taxonomical Review of Intervention Studies
Pete Gordon, William Kavanagh, Thomas Howson, David Lavallee · 2026 · ACM Games
The paper addresses how skill disparities in online competitive video games create a "playerbase-diminishing feedback effect": weaker players suffer repeated defeats and quit, leaving the next tier to become the new bottom — a cycle that ultimately restricts access to only the…
game accessibility · accessible gaming · inclusive design · literature review · player experience