Thank you to everyone to answered my questions! Everyone's responses were thoughtful and must have taken some time. I've submitted a draft of my article, and I'll post a link to it when it is online.
Best wishes, Ashley On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Paul Lemm <paul.l...@sky.com> wrote: > Hi Ashley, > > I only lost my sight about 8 years ago and before that was a very keen > gamer. I found when I first lost my sight I wanted to jump straight in > and > try quite complex audio games, but since I wasn't used to playing games > with > only my hearing instead of sight I found it quite hard to start with so > began by trying more simpler games to get me used to audio games . I > started with space invader type games where you have to wear headphones > and as the alien ships come in from the sides the sound comes in from > that > side of the headphones and pans across to the other until you can hear the > alien ship centered and then you know to shoot at that point. I think one > of my favourite ones of these is called dark destroyer, I don't have the > link so maybe someone else from the list can help out with that, if not > since it is a small file I could email it to you off list if you want. I > then worked my way up to more complex games and my favourite is a free > first person zombie shooter called Swamp, in my opinion this is the audio > game that to me feels like the closest thing to main stream games that I > have come across. Interestingly swamp is played with a mouse to move > around which adds to the mainstream game feel. Below is the link to > 'Aprones > sofware page where Swamp can be downloaded > > http://www.kaldobsky.com/audiogames/ > > From a main stream game point of view there was a project to make the > popular PC game Quake fully accessible to the blind. to try an demonstrate > that if main stream developers wanted to they could make standard games > fully accessible. The audio quake game is the exact quake game and plays > with the full graphics just as the standard game does but with > modifications > so that it can be played by a totally blind user. The link is below also > there are many blind users from this group that although being blind still > play many main stream games such as fighting games and others to. > Quake link > http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/agrip > > If you want to contact me for anything else please feel free to my email is > paul.l...@sky.com > > > regards > > Paul lemm > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Ashley > Taylor > Sent: 26 March 2013 23:42 > To: gamers@audyssey.org > Subject: [Audyssey] Inquiry From Popular Mechanics > > Hello, > > I am a journalist writing an article about computer games for the blind and > would really appreciate your input. Please only reply to this post if you > are willing for me to quote you in my article (for the Popular Mechanics > website). It would be helpful if you could describe yourself as you'd like > me to describe you in the article. > > What are the qualities of a good computer game for the blind? What does it > have to have to work well for someone who can't see? > > For blind or visually impaired gamers, what are your favorite audio games, > and why? Which games designed for sighted people are these most analogous > to? > > What are some examples of games for the blind that I can play online? > > What do you think is the most interesting factoid about games for the > blind? > > > Thank you, > Ashley > -- > Ashley Taylor > Writer and journalist > ashleyptaylor.com > (270) 485-1753 > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, > send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > -- Ashley Taylor Writer and journalist ashleyptaylor.com (270) 485-1753 --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
