I would buy a good racing game. Hell some of my favorite main stream racing games have been, need for speed, burn out, and a few others. Miss the days when I could some what see to know what I was doing.
On 6/5/18, Tyler Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > As usual, you're absolutely spot on in this assessment. > > There are only certain parts of a game that can be translated into sound > or vision - but without the visual esthetic in terms of the blind, we'd > be missing out on tons of things that really can't be explained. > > > What I would love to see is a realistic racing game. Top speed is close > but nowhere near close enough - although I'm sure that's a lot more > difficult than it sounds in reality. Funding is likely another issue and > interest in racing games is probably a lot less than something like an > FPS like Swamp etc. > > > On 05-Jun-2018 1:54 PM, Jeremy Kaldobsky wrote: >> I agree with Charles. What he is trying to say is that if you modify >> certain games to make them accessible, they are no longer the same >> game. If we took one of those dance dance revolution games and had a >> deaf player try it, they would be bored and not understand why anyone >> would like the game. There would be no music, no beat, and basically >> no reason why they should enjoy stepping on the pads at the correct >> intervals. Yes you could argue that the game was accessible to them, >> but it isn't the same game anymore. >> >> Minecraft is a game that really hinges on the art style and the >> free-form way you can create the environment. I've seen many topics >> where people suggest making it blind accessible by just having >> everything labeled somehow (insert magic here). Even if such a system >> worked, it would be just like the dancing game example. You'd be on >> the minecraft server, be able to walk around and do a few things, but >> you would not be playing minecraft. Sure if you didn't know any >> better you'd possibly Believe you were playing the game, but by any >> sighted player's standards you would be playing some extremely watered >> down game that happened to have several of the features of >> minecraft... but not minecraft. >> >> Going back to another hearing example, you can not make a beautiful >> song accessible to a deaf person by just writing out the notes and >> handing them the paper. Yes you've translated the notes into a format >> they can input into their brain (using their eyes), but it is so far >> from experiencing a song that it doesn't actually count. >> >> I know there are people in the blind community who want to believe any >> game can be made accessible, but that is not the case. Just like the >> song being turned into a page of sheet music, there are probably ways >> you can technically sort of translate concepts from the game into a >> new blind friendly format, but it will not be the original game >> anymore. You can play it and maybe fool yourself into believing >> you're playing the game now, but it would only be sweet sweet >> ignorance. Many games can never ever be made blind accessible, just >> like there are many things that can never be made deaf accessible. >> There are concepts and experiences that exist in the realm of sight, >> or the realm of sound, and trying to translate them into something >> else simply destroys them. >> >> - Aprone >> >> >> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> >> >> Virus-free. www.avast.com >> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> >> >> >> >> > > -- Lenron Brown Cell: 985-271-2832 Skype: ron.brown762 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#119266): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/119266 View All Messages In Topic (23): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/topic/21283540 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/21283540/21656 New Topic: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/post Change Your Subscription: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/editsub/21656 Group Home: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers Contact Group Owner: [email protected] Terms of Service: https://groups.io/static/tos Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/leave/607459/1071380848/xyzzy -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
