Re: [Audyssey] info AudioGames Game Engine

2015-05-27 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Daniele, Unfortunately, there is nothing quite like Unity or Unreal for VI audio game developers. The closest thing to it right now is the Blastbay Game Toolkit, (BGT,) which of course requires a fair amount of scripting and coding by hand. That said, you'll find the majority of software

Re: [Audyssey] test

2015-05-27 Thread Thomas Ward
Hello Leo, Your subscription seems to be working fine. Everyone got your test message, and as far as I am aware there was not any messages from Audyssey in the last 24 hours. So if you recently subscribed then you wouldn't get any messages as there were not any to get for the last day or so.

Re: [Audyssey] sapi speech

2015-05-26 Thread Thomas Ward
:03, Thomas Ward wrote: Hi Marvin, Given the fact you are building this game in HTML5 and JavaScript the best thing you can do for speech is prerecorded speech clips. As you may recall Philip Bennefall's early games like Dark Destroyer, Tarzan Junior, and the Snowball War were all written

Re: [Audyssey] sapi speech

2015-05-26 Thread Thomas Ward
Hello Dark, While your post was essentially correct I feel the need to stress the point Philip's old games were in fact not written in Java but in JavaScript. I know to a non-programmer that might not seem like much of a difference, but as they are completely different programming languages with

Re: [Audyssey] space invaders game update

2015-05-25 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Marvin, I am assuming here by built-in speech you mean something like SAPI. Unfortunately, if so I have some bad news for you. Meaning what you want to do isn't really feasible from a programming point of view. While you can access SAPI via JavaScript SAPI objects aren't safe, and in order to

Re: [Audyssey] history of Jim Kitchen's games?

2015-05-25 Thread Thomas Ward
! On 5/24/15, Lisa Hayes lhay...@internode.on.net wrote: Thomas how do i disable this uac thing thanks. -Original Message- From: Thomas Ward Sent: Monday, May 25, 2015 9:11 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] history of Jim Kitchen's games? Hi Lisa, Yes, Jim's

Re: [Audyssey] creating a web based accessible space invaders game

2015-05-25 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Marvin, Obviously, I am not new to game development as I certainly have developed a few games in my time, but to be honest programming games with HTML5 is not my forte. I have heard of people doing it by paring HTML5 with something like JavaScript , and my friend Google shows there are a

Re: [Audyssey] sapi speech

2015-05-25 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Marvin, Given the fact you are building this game in HTML5 and JavaScript the best thing you can do for speech is prerecorded speech clips. As you may recall Philip Bennefall's early games like Dark Destroyer, Tarzan Junior, and the Snowball War were all written in Javascript and rather than

Re: [Audyssey] history of Jim Kitchen's games?

2015-05-24 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Lisa, Yes, Jim's games still work on Windows 7. I find as long as you are sure to install his Winkit installation and disable UAC all of Jim's games will work fine on Windows 7. Cheers! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to

Re: [Audyssey] history of Jim Kitchen's games?

2015-05-23 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Ron, There is a text file that comes with the Baseball game with the name of all the players in it. Simply change the names in that text file in Notepad, save it, and you are all done. I don't recall the name of the file off the top of my head, but it is pretty obvious what it is. On

Re: [Audyssey] audiorally racing is out now

2015-05-22 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Josh,, Yes, there is a Windows version available. There is also a Mac version available as well. Cheers! On 5/22/15, Josh K joshknnd1...@gmail.com wrote: is it for windows? follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982 On 5/21/2015 4:00 PM, shaun everiss wrote: Hi. Just got this, trying to sort

Re: [Audyssey] audiorally racing is out now

2015-05-22 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, No problem. Here is the download/purchase page for the game. http://www.ticonblu.it/audiogame/index.html? On 5/22/15, lenron brown lenro...@gmail.com wrote: would you mind posting the link to this. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail

Re: [Audyssey] history of Jim Kitchen's games?

2015-05-22 Thread Thomas Ward
Hello Ishan, You can easily add Jim's games to Dosbox as well as any other Dos games. Just unpack them and copy the games into Dosbox. You don't need Jim to do it for you. Cheers! On 5/22/15, ishan dhami ishan1dha...@gmail.com wrote: Hi jim can you add your games in talking dosbox ? I never

Re: [Audyssey] Best Free Games for Windows

2015-05-18 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Lanie, There are plenty of good free and accessible audio and text based games for Windows. As you didn't specify what type of games you were specifically interested in here is just a few ideas/suggestions to get started. My first suggestion is to try out all of the games by Jim Kitchen

[Audyssey] Moderator Warning My Hospital Experiences

2015-05-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Hello everyone, Please, let us take this thread off list. I know Jim was allowed to explain why he hasn't been around for a while, but at this point I am considering any and all discussion of hospital stays off topic. So please let us take it elsewhere. Thanks. Sincerely, Thomas Ward Owner

Re: [Audyssey] Att: Thomas Ward

2015-05-11 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, No, I definitely do not have the software required to create the babble and thread reports. I could probably write my own if I had need of it, but Jim is pretty much in charge of sending those reports as he is the only one capable of doing that service for us at this time. Cheers! On

Re: [Audyssey] Att: Thomas Ward

2015-05-11 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Jim, Yeah, it would be. Unfortunately, Mailman doesn't have a babble or a thread reporting system. Although, I suspect it wouldn't' be super difficult to add one if someone wanted to upgrade Mailman and add such a feature. However, it would take along while before the changes became common

Re: [Audyssey] Jim?

2015-05-11 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Jim, I can definitely empathize. I hate going to the hospital myself, and have spent my fair share of time in them over my life. No matter what they do it is hard to get comfortable since they always wake you up, poke you with needles, take your blood pressure, whatever when all you want is

Re: [Audyssey] Att. Dark

2015-05-09 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Jim, Yes, Indiana is in the central time zone. I should know since I was there several years ago for a summer camp. I remember the driver telling us when we crossed the Ohio and Indiana boarder to set our watches back an hour as we were now in the central time zone. So I believe the change in

Re: [Audyssey] Att. Dark

2015-05-08 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Eleanor, A correction. Jim is in the U.S. Eastern time zone the same as myself. We both live in Ohio and it is in the U.S. eastern time zone. So depending on if it is daylight savings time it is between 4 and 5 hours behind GMT. Cheers! On 5/8/15, Eleanor elea...@7128.com wrote: Dark, Jim

Re: [Audyssey] programming lists or mailling lists for gamers

2015-05-08 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Marvin, Not sure if you would be interested but I happen to run a game programming list on USA Games. Go to http://www.usagamesinteractive.com/lists.php and sign up for the developers mailing list. It is not a very active list but it is for blind programmers with a special interest in

Re: [Audyssey] Att: Thomas Ward

2015-05-08 Thread Thomas Ward
as the concern of audyssey babble report he creats the report from the software. Can Mr dark sir and thomas ward sir can make the report of this month? maybe Mr john also. Thanks Ishan --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr

Re: [Audyssey] Att: Thomas Ward

2015-05-07 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Phil, On the contrary I couldn't. In order to ask Siri anything I'd first have to own an iPhone and have Siri. So until I get an iPhone I doubt I'll be asking Siri anything. Cheers! On 5/7/15, Phil Vlasak phi...@bex.net wrote: Hi Thomas, You could ask Siri, like I did. Ohio is eastern

Re: [Audyssey] Att: Thomas Ward

2015-05-07 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Jim is located in Ohio which means he is on U.S. Eastern Standard Time. That is the same as New York UTC. If I remember correctly that is about six hours behind London. Cheers! On 5/7/15, dark d...@xgam.org wrote: For various reasons I've actually just got a phone deal that lets me

Re: [Audyssey] physical cd's and PayPal accounts

2015-05-07 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Desiree, Well, I will agree that technology is powerful and must be used responsibly. That said, it is something of a two edged sword. On one hand it can be used to access all kinds of objectionable content that a parent may not want their child exposed to. On the other hand it can be a very

Re: [Audyssey] first person adventure games.

2015-05-07 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Ishan, To be honest I have never heard of any audio game named Scary Land. So as I have never heard of it I can't answer any questions about it. All I can say is since there has been no discussion of such a game here on Audyssey or on the Audio Games Forum that would be the reason it is not on

Re: [Audyssey] i don't believe you did that! - Re: att: Thomas Ward

2015-05-07 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi all, Ordinarily I'd whole heartedly agree with you. However, in this case the information was already publicly available on Jim's site so sharing it on the list, while not advisable, wasn't as bad as it may seem at first. The information was already public so sharing it on the list isn't going

Re: [Audyssey] i don't believe you did that! - Re: att: Thomas Ward

2015-05-07 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Bryan, You are quite correct. I don't know if Jim's number is in his e-mail signature, but it is definitely available on his site and in the text manuals that comes with his games. So this wasn't the breech of privacy some may think it to be. All the same I'd have preferred the number to be

Re: [Audyssey] may sound harsh, but ... JMO - Re: psycho strike, some observations, and Suggestions

2015-05-07 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, For what it is worth that is why I am against banning stuff be it drugs, a game, movies, etc. It seems the minute someone steps in says this is wrong, takes it away from the public, bans it, there are always someone out there who will want to try it just because it is illegal or considered

Re: [Audyssey] Att: Thomas Ward

2015-05-07 Thread Thomas Ward
. Cheers! On 5/6/15, Dorothy Martin doroth...@samobile.net wrote: Hello, I just talked to Jim Kitchen . Thomas Ward , please call Jim tonight . Heneeds to talk to you. Jim has some health problems . That is why he has not been on the computer much lately. If some of the group wants to call

Re: [Audyssey] Jim?

2015-05-06 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Christina, Good question. None of us has to my knowledge. Now that you mention it I am a bit concerned as to why Jim hasn't posted anything to the list this month. Cheers! On 5/6/15, Christina greensleev...@wind-haven.net wrote: Hi. Is Jim ok? I haven't heard from him this month.

Re: [Audyssey] mud sound

2015-05-05 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Ron, Telnet is a telecommunications protocol used by computers which has a number of purposes including muds and similar programs. There is also a program on most Linux and other Unix derivatives called Telnet which provides basic telnet access to the internet. Most mud clients are basically

Re: [Audyssey] Alter Aeon on Linux

2015-05-04 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Edgar, I'm afraid to say you are out of luck. I've tried several mud clients for Linux and few of them are accessible or as feature rich as you will find for Windows. The best and most accessible way to play muds on Linux is via the stock telnet client. While it is accessible it obviously does

Re: [Audyssey] Alter Aeon on Linux

2015-05-04 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Edgar, Yeah, try TinTin. I forgot to mention that in my prior e-mail, but I think that may actually meet your needs. I myself have never had need for sounds etc so haven't used TinTin much, but it is probably the closest mud client out there for Linux gamers looking for an experience similar

Re: [Audyssey] Jim Kitchen's Monopoly Game

2015-05-03 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, While in Monopoly press f12 and it will ask you if you want to use the current voice. Answer no and it will ask you about another voice. It will prompt you until there are no other voices available to choose from. Do be aware that this feature sometimes crashes on 64-bit systems though. Not

Re: [Audyssey] physical cd's and PayPal accounts

2015-05-03 Thread Thomas Ward
Desiree , Unfortunately, what you say is true. No matter what protections are put in place, no matter how many hoops a person has to jump through, there is absolutely no way to insure someone who is under age etc can't get the content. There is just no way to do that without some extremely

Re: [Audyssey] perspective was; Re: first person adventure games.

2015-05-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Good point. The movement is very important in defining what is first-person verses side-scroller etc so I do take your point below in terms of audio games. Obviously, in a graphical game there is a huge difference between first-person and third-person perspective. In first-person games

Re: [Audyssey] first person adventure games.

2015-05-02 Thread Thomas Ward
and there are more things benieth the stars than even the archmaesters of the citadel can dream. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, May 01, 2015 5:00 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] first person adventure

Re: [Audyssey] first person adventure games.

2015-05-02 Thread Thomas Ward
- From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, May 01, 2015 5:00 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] first person adventure games. Hi Ishan, There aren't many but there are a few first-person adventures that are accessible. The first is Monkey

Re: [Audyssey] Jim Kitchen's Monopoly Game

2015-05-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, If you mean which Sapi voice is used. Yes, you can. If you mean actually change the type of voice output used such as Sapi, a certain screen reader, etc the answer is no. Cheers! On 5/2/15, King Meade kingme...@comcast.net wrote: Does anyone know if you are able to change the speech

Re: [Audyssey] physical cd's and PayPal accounts

2015-05-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Paul, You raise some valid points. If a child is old enough to be unsupervised on the internet then they are probably old enough to decide for themselves weather or not to download a certain game or view certain content. In such a case the best a site owner or game developer can do is make

Re: [Audyssey] first person adventure games.

2015-05-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Ishan, There aren't many but there are a few first-person adventures that are accessible. The first is Monkey Business by Draconis Entertainment. The second is Shades of Doom by GMA Games. The third is Sarah by PCS Games. There is Swamp by Jeremy Kaldobsky. Finally there is Teraformers. Those

Re: [Audyssey] first person adventure games.

2015-05-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Actually, to be more accurate first-person means that the game is written from a first-person perspective be it visual or audio. However, you are also correct in saying it offers 360 degrees of movement as apposed to a 2d left/right and up/down environment. Cheers! On 5/1/15, dark

Re: [Audyssey] physical cd's and PayPal accounts

2015-05-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Desiree, I think during the debate we had on list a couple of days ago Jeremy's actual point got lost in the discussion. The basic point he was getting at was there was a lot of senseless violence without any kind of justification or reason for it. When you enter the party it gives a simple

Re: [Audyssey] psycho strike some observations

2015-05-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Desiree, I do much the same thing. I try to lessen the violence by interjecting some humor into the situation by giving the characters silly comic type names like Captain Crunch. That helps make it less serious for me and creates a buffer between me and the game character. Cheers! On

Re: [Audyssey] psycho strike, some observations, and Suggestions

2015-04-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, That's just it though. In most cases DD is harmless as most of the time it is just a bunch of guys and gals sitting around a table rolling dice and playing the game. The serious minded people go do the LARP thing with the live action roll playing. Neither one is particularly dangerous in

Re: [Audyssey] psycho strike, some observations, and Suggestions

2015-04-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, Yes, exactly my view. I've been told the same thing over the years. I often times read the horoscopes not because I actually believe in them but for entertainment purposes only. Sometimes I get a laugh at the predictions. I'll never forget this one time my horoscope said not to eat

Re: [Audyssey] Harry Potter, games, and the like - Re: psycho strike, some observations, and Suggestions

2015-04-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, I am in total agreement with you. I can recall plenty of times asking a number of people just that, did they read such and such a book or play such and such a game, with the usual response they won't because it is ungodly, evil, etc. Like you I find myself responding by telling them

Re: [Audyssey] psycho strike, some observations, and Suggestions

2015-04-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles and Dark, Please, take the debate over how to pronounce Lager off list. It really has no place here. Apparently from what I heard of Dark's mp3 people in the UK pronounce lager differently than we do so deal with it. There are a lot of things we say differently and as long as we can

Re: [Audyssey] psycho strike, some observations, and Suggestions

2015-04-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Jody, An excellent point. In many of the cases where murder or suicide is involved in someone playing a game or appears that way probably has more to do with some mental illness and other issues that have nothing to do with the game. It is just in our society today where the media has to find

Re: [Audyssey] psycho strike, some observations, and Suggestions

2015-04-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Josh, Misconstrued is the least of it. In many cases the people who say Harry Potter or Dungeons and dragons are evil have never read the book or played the game to know firsthand what it is about and only form their opinion based on the word of mouth. They are frequently misinformed but have

Re: [Audyssey] psycho strike, some observations, and Suggestions

2015-04-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Josh and all, Cough...While I would like to debate the bible etc with you I don't think the Audyssey List is the best place to do that.. So I will kindly ask that we veer away from that topic as not to start a flame war or run the risk of upsetting anyone's sensibilities by opening up that can

Re: [Audyssey] psycho strike, some observations, and Suggestions

2015-04-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Well, I for one don't believe roll playing games like Dungeons and Dragons is evil in a religious sense, but I do know and understand where that system of beliefs comes from having been brought up in a Christian faith as a child. The basis of religious believers calling DD evil comes

Re: [Audyssey] psycho strike, some observations, and Suggestions

2015-04-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Me thinks you are a few cans short of a six pack yourself. I do not intend to define what a few is since it is obvious it is more than one and is less than six. Plus logger, which you misspelled, is a type of beer. So listing beer and logger in the same sentence is a bit redundant.

Re: [Audyssey] psycho strike, some observations, and Suggestions

2015-04-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, As you said you were raised with a different type of mentality. Certainly the religious fundamentalism that is so popular here in the US isn't as prevalent over in the UK which makes the world of difference when discussing topics like fantasy and games. The issue here is that

Re: [Audyssey] psycho strike, some observations, and Suggestions

2015-04-30 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, LOL. You are right. I also misspelled lager. In any case the primary difference between lager and ale is how it is brewed. I also think, but am not certain, they also use different grains. Whatever the case lager and ale taste quite a bit different. As for rum and whiskey you must have

[Audyssey] Problem With Psycho Strike

2015-04-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi all, I encountered something of a problem with Psycho Strike I hope someone here could help me with. A little while ago I was playing Psycho Strike and decided to try out the farm mission. After playing a minute or so I decided I did not want to play that mission and could not exit the game

Re: [Audyssey] Psychostrike error

2015-04-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, While I tend to agree with you for the most part I do also see why some people are using XP. I recently purchased a used notebook with XP on it for the primary reason there are games and some other programs I have that won't run on Windows 7 or Windows 8. Therefore rather than running a

Re: [Audyssey] Problem With Psycho Strike

2015-04-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Aaron, I have no idea why, but alt+f4 definitely did not work. In any case might I suggest that besides the p key for the pause menu adding that to escape as well? One of the reasons I missed the ability to exit is I assumed VG Storm would have escape assigned to exit game, which is pretty

Re: [Audyssey] psycho strike some observations

2015-04-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hello Jeremy, You aren't alone. I do agree with a lot of what you had to say below, and it is a major reason why I in all likelihood won't be buying the game. Yes, while the sounds, voice acting, etc are all fine as it is I just found the senseless violence, murder, and mayhem not to my liking.

Re: [Audyssey] psycho strike some observations

2015-04-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Ron, Who is to say people don't take issues with their kids playing games like grand Theft Auto? Truth is I am one of them. Even though my son might want games like that I don't buy them for him. I tend to buy age appropriate games, and those I feel do not compromise my moral inclinations. I

Re: [Audyssey] psycho strike some observations

2015-04-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Well, weather the violence in the game is harmless or not is up for debate. In my personal opinion it is harmless in the sense that nobody really gets hurt, it isn't really hurting anyone in real life, but I find the nature of the violence in the game emotionally disturbing. For

Re: [Audyssey] psycho strike some observations

2015-04-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Desiree, Agreed. The responsibility belongs with the parents not the developer. When my son wants a video game I always do my best to check it out, find out what kind of content is in it before deciding to purchase it for him. I do not however blame the developer for having violence, adult

Re: [Audyssey] Psychostrike error

2015-04-27 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Stephen, Correct. I at first tried it on XP to get the error that the application isn't a 32-bit application. To test that I installed it on another laptop running a 32-bit version of Windows 7 and got the same error. Conclusion, is that the game was compiled exclusively for 64-bit machines

Re: [Audyssey] Psychostrike error

2015-04-27 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Damien, Strange. I'm not sure what is going on with this game then. I had problems with it on two different operating systems both being 32-bit but you are saying it runs fine on 32-bit. That really throws a wrench in my theory about it being compiled for 64-bit since if my theory were correct

Re: [Audyssey] Psychostrike error

2015-04-27 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Phil, I can confirm this is not an XP problem. I tried it both on XP and Windows 7 only to get the same exact error. My conclusion is there is a compellation error in the game, and someone needs to go back and recompile the game correctly for older 32-bit operating systems. Cheers! On

Re: [Audyssey] Psychostrike error

2015-04-27 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Well, what I'm seeing here it is not a Microsoft problem. Microsoft may or may not be bastards, but this issue has nothing to do with them. It looks to me like someone compiled the game for the wrong CPU type, probably thinking they would compile it for 64-bit machines, which is causing

Re: [Audyssey] Psychostrike error

2015-04-26 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Aaron, I recently picked up an older XP machine which I intend to use for gaming. If you need XP testers I'd be happy to test the game on XP for you. Cheers! On 4/26/15, Aaron Baker theultimatemasterofarc...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Unfortunately with the discontinuation of XP, there were

Re: [Audyssey] Psychostrike error

2015-04-26 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Well, as it so happens I have an older XP laptop I just recently refurbished which I can try the game out on. I'll let you and everyone else know my experience when I get a chance to try the game on it. I suspect it has nothing to do with XP but some weird error where the operating

Re: [Audyssey] Entombed 2 Windows and Mac Test Clients

2015-04-25 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Paul, As far as I know Skeleton Tower will be the name for Entombed 2. The name has nothing to do with the games current state of development but the storyline and direction Jason is going with the game. Cheers! On 4/24/15, Paul Lemm paul.lem...@gmail.com wrote: Hi dark, Do we know is it

Re: [Audyssey] hand held games - Re: i'm looking for a fishing game for the IPHone

2015-04-23 Thread Thomas Ward
to keep track of your winnings and losses. I used an abacus. --- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished! - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent

Re: [Audyssey] Entombed 2 Windows and Mac Test Clients

2015-04-23 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Ishan, Yes, you should be able to play Entombed 1 and Entombed 2 side by side. Entombed 2 gets installed to different location than Entombed 1, and do not conflict in any way. As far as I understand when Entombed 2 is released it will be a paid upgrade since it is a completely new rewrite of

Re: [Audyssey] i'm looking for a fishing game for the IPHone

2015-04-16 Thread Thomas Ward
dream. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 11:41 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] i'm looking for a fishing game for the IPHone Hi Dark, Yeah, that was a pretty cool fishing game. I

Re: [Audyssey] fishing for fun - Re: i'm looking for a fishing game for the IPHone

2015-04-16 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, Thanks for the suggestion. I have not tried that one, but will keep it in mind assuming it can still be found in stores. The big problem with a lot of these handheld games like that is they come out and only are available for a few months until a new game comes out and the old one

Re: [Audyssey] i'm looking for a fishing game for the IPHone

2015-04-16 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, Normally I'd agree with you, but that game in particular was so fast paced that a hard rock track was fitting. I vaguely recall the game Dark is talking about and it was a fast action arcade game and was never meant to emulate real fishing as it were. So in that specific case a hard

Re: [Audyssey] i'm looking for a fishing game for the IPHone

2015-04-16 Thread Thomas Ward
to learn. The world is vast and wondrous strange and there are more things benieth the stars than even the archmaesters of the citadel can dream. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Thursday, April 16

Re: [Audyssey] fishing for fun - Re: i'm looking for a fishing game for the IPHone

2015-04-16 Thread Thomas Ward
Yeah, I figured as much. I'll probably have to check something like Ebay since chances are slim to none I'd find that in any stores. As I said before handheld games have a fairly short shelf life and after that finding one is pretty much up to looking at flea markets, Ebay, or somewhere else where

Re: [Audyssey] i'm looking for a fishing game for the IPHone

2015-04-16 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, Unfortunately, the ones I have tried were not that accessible. I can't remember the ones my son had but I had to have a lot of help trying to play the blasted things. Cheers! On 4/16/15, Charles Rivard wee1s...@fidnet.com wrote: If they are still accessible, awesome. I haven't

Re: [Audyssey] i'm looking for a fishing game for the IPHone

2015-04-16 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, As for loud rock music when bowling I think one has to be sighted to appreciate it. For us being blind we have to depend so much on audio feed back as to how many pins are up, where to aim to get the right pins, that any music is a distraction. As a blind bowler myself I can fully

Re: [Audyssey] i'm looking for a fishing game for the IPHone

2015-04-16 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Yeah, the only people who would probably enjoy that insane rate of fishing are the fishing companies that make a profit off how much they bring in, and at that rate they would be bringing in more than they can sell or serve. Cheers! On 4/16/15, dark d...@xgam.org wrote: Hi charlse.

Re: [Audyssey] i'm looking for a fishing game for the IPHone

2015-04-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Yeah, that was a pretty cool fishing game. I nearly forgot about that one. However, besides that one I have played a few of those handheld fishing games that look like fishing rods with a little screen on them. If it weren't for the accessibility issues those can be pretty fun. Cheers!

Re: [Audyssey] sounds and sizes of audiogames

2015-04-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi John, Yes, that can be the case if we are talking console games. However, I have not found many installable PC games that size myself personally. However, bottom line no matter how you cut it worrying about a few hundred MB is nothing compared to the size of mainstream games that not only have

Re: [Audyssey] Rogue games.

2015-04-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Michael, I apologize, but you have lost me. What games specifically are you asking about as I haven't a clue what you are asking me about? As far as Entombed goes it is a roguelike roll playing game.That's a particular style and type of roll playing game for the PC. While there are several

Re: [Audyssey] sounds and sizes of audiogames

2015-04-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Actually, I just checked and Sarah when installed is 285 MB in size. However, your point that Interceptor isn't light years bigger still holds true. There are a few audio games like Sarah which are large for an audio game, comparatively speaking, but are nothing compared to some of the

Re: [Audyssey] I wanna be a prince!

2015-04-13 Thread Thomas Ward
marriage the thing is she want to pass some time with me and Because of making some stratagies to manage two kingdoms I am not giving her a proper time. Maybe an interactive fiction covered it. Thanks Ishan On 4/7/15, Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ishan, Sorry, but I can't

Re: [Audyssey] sounds and sizes of audiogames

2015-04-10 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Aaron, In my personal opinion by all means use wav files rather than ogg files. Besides sounding better wav files will have less latency than ogg. If you are happy with wav I see no reason to switch to ogg unless you really absolutely need to create a smaller game. which I don't feel is

Re: [Audyssey] I wanna be a prince!

2015-04-06 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Ishan, Sorry, but I can't think of any accessible games where one has to play the part of a prince. I can think of some mainstream games which are not accessible where one could play as a prince but not any accessible games. Besides I am a bit puzzled as to what you meant by pleasing your

Re: [Audyssey] TRAV, Self Driving Car

2015-04-06 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Ishan, I'm not sure what is so difficult to understand about the story, but it is basically an April Fools Day joke about a guy test driving a self-driving car that is doing things it isn't suppose to. For instance, it is making comments about other human drivers that are funny, but are rather

Re: [Audyssey] xbox accessibility?

2015-04-05 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Devin and all, Perhaps you missed it, but I asked the list to steer away from this keyboard subject a day or two ago and would politely request that we get the topic back to gaming rather than discussing keyboards and such. Thanks. On 4/4/15, Devin Prater r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com wrote: I've

Re: [Audyssey] xbox accessibility?

2015-04-03 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, I don't think Charles was commenting about the f/n option. I think he was commenting on the fact that Steve stated he finds it hard to find laptops with number pads on them so is surprised when he finds a laptop with a number pad on it, and Charles didn't think it was progress to find

[Audyssey] Moderator Close Keyboard Topic

2015-04-03 Thread Thomas Ward
Hello List, As the discussion of full sized keyboards with number pads and those without really doesn't have much to do with gaming I'll respectfully request that we take it off list. So please close any ongoing discussions of keyboards. Sincerely, Thomas Ward Owner/Moderator of the Audyssey

Re: [Audyssey] key boards

2015-04-03 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dorothy, I think you are quite right. The keyboard topic has gone on longer than it should have. I've allowed it to continue for a while, but as it does not really have any relation to gaming I will definitely close that topic per your request. Cheers! On 4/3/15, Dorothy Martin

Re: [Audyssey] xbox accessibility?

2015-04-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, Interesting you had never used the number pad until you worked there. Seems to me that would be the logical choice for anyone wanting to enter several numbers at a time. Sure, for quickly writing down say a date or time I'll use the top row of the keyboard but for most things like

Re: [Audyssey] xbox accessibility?

2015-04-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Tim, A word if I might. I think this is a case in point where you and Dark are both right. As both of you have raised very valid points, but are on the verge of insulting each other over what are essentially two differing viewpoints that are equally valid in some cases. Yes, it is true that

Re: [Audyssey] bsc games installers needed

2015-04-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi John, As long as you share just the setup programs for the games that is fine. It would be a different matter if you were sharing the keys or Justin's key generator, but just sharing the installers for the games he requested is quite alright by me. On 4/1/15, john jpcarnemo...@gmail.com

Re: [Audyssey] xbox accessibility?

2015-04-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Well, if it makes you feel any better I have observed much of the same behavior over here in the States. Back when I was a college student in the late 90's I use to do computer tech support and while I'd expect most college students to have some degree of typing skills quite a few did

Re: [Audyssey] xbox accessibility?

2015-04-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, As to your first point I think it is a combination of issues. One of them being education. Yes, it is true a lot of younger blind people, particularly millennials,who don't read braille and may not know how to spell well due to a tendency to rely too much on speech software. However,

Re: [Audyssey] Audyssey babble report for March 2015

2015-04-01 Thread Thomas Ward
wrong. However, I'm hoping to get back on my feet again sometime in the not too distant future. On 4/1/15, Charles Rivard wee1s...@fidnet.com wrote: 12 From, Thomas Ward. He must've been sick!! --- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really

Re: [Audyssey] xbox accessibility?

2015-04-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, Only 20 words a minute? I am surprised any place would have such a low requirement. Most places I've ever applied for wanted at least 40 words a minute bare minimum, and required accurate spelling. Something I'm afraid I don't see a lot of these days. I don't know if it is pure

Re: [Audyssey] Audyssey babble report for March 2015

2015-04-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi John, True enough. March did get a bit of a slow start, and I couldn't help but noticing most of the people who normally post messages on the list didn't. For example, I'm usually among the top posters averaging about a hundred messages per month give or take a few. I didn't write nearly that

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