I would probably use GOG too but I find their web site very busy with ads and few navigation landmarks making it a chore to work with. So I just pass them by. And it's not just old games any more so it's just another game vendor to me. Nothing special.
Gene... I am friends with the monster under my bed I get along with the voices inside of my head ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shaun Everiss via groups.io" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 12:07:51 +1300 Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] I'm frustrated. > at least gog can download without the client. > > I mostly go into visual novels these days but it would be good if itch > could be used more. > > Recently like steam they stopped accepting paypal from new zealand but > mysteriously this has returned on itch so thats ok. > > On steam I can't even change my currency I shell out which is a shame as > that was how I was able to go in itch, and actually pay in us direct > instead of my own currency to us converted. > > > On 9/12/2025 10:29 am, Gene Warner via groups.io wrote: > > Itch.io is my prefered game platform too. No nonsense like a game client > > that has to be running when you play your game. I didn't mind needing to > > use it to download the game because it did it in the background, but once > > the game was downloaded and installed, I would rather exit the client > > before launching the game. Games are demanding enough on your computer's > > resources. Why add to the problem with an unneccessary downloader being in > > memory? Thankfully itch.io doesn't do that. The minute they do, I'm gone. > > > > Gene... > > I am friends with the monster under my bed > > I get along with the voices inside of my head > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Shaun Everiss via groups.io" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 09:52:26 +1300 > > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] I'm frustrated. > > > >> Thats also my issue. > >> > >> Even though steam is accessible I really don't like supporting something > >> that the company blatently doesn't want accessibility and doesn't care. > >> > >> That makes myself realy angry, like I want to swear and punch and so on. > >> > >> Now paypal is out of steam and to be honest while I know I will be > >> missing stuff, I have used games with gog and I have used games with > >> itch which is my prefured previder of choice. > >> > >> I want rhythm doctor but they ahve not updated their itch store and well > >> who knows. > >> > >> Its summer and to hot as it is but even so. > >> > >> > >> On 9/12/2025 8:23 am, Gene Warner via groups.io wrote: > >>> I agree with you regarding Steam. I have found that games without Steam > >>> work a whole lot better than the same game with Steam, so I will no > >>> longer use it. > >>> > >>> Another reason I won't use Steam is because for years Valve refused to > >>> make it blind user accessible and I don't want to encourage that kind of > >>> thinking or behavior. > >>> > >>> Gene... > >>> I am friends with the monster under my bed > >>> I get along with the voices inside of my head > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "mattias via groups.io" <[email protected]> > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2025 20:16:22 +0100 > >>> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] I'm frustrated. > >>> > >>>> where to find the broc game > >>>> > >>>> please dont say steam! > >>>> > >>>> i h a t e steam > >>>> > >>>> Den 2025-12-08 kl. 20:14, skrev Gene Warner via groups.io: > >>>>> Yeah, I tried Brock but couldn't figure out combat. The way I > >>>>> understand it you're supposed to be able to hear your oponent but I > >>>>> never hear anything so I gave up on combat and that just leads to a > >>>>> boring game. > >>>>> > >>>>> Gene... > >>>>> I am friends with the monster under my bed > >>>>> I get along with the voices inside of my head > >>>>> > >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>>> From: "Mich Verrier via groups.io" <[email protected]> > >>>>> To: <[email protected]> > >>>>> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2025 13:00:51 -0500 > >>>>> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] I'm frustrated. > >>>>> > >>>>>> Dear board to tears have you tried any of the games like brock the > >>>>>> investigator, the last of us part 1 and 2 or things like that? from > >>>>>> Mich > >>>>>> Verrier from New Liskeard Ontario Canada. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > >>>>>> Maureen > >>>>>> McEntee via groups.io > >>>>>> Sent: December 8, 2025 12:46 PM > >>>>>> To: [email protected] > >>>>>> Subject: [blind-gamers] I'm frustrated. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Hi Guys, i'm venting here, i'm bored with all the games i have. I hate > >>>>>> rpgs and I bought all the items at the malls in fruit pot both the new > >>>>>> and legacy and fruit pot 2. They're isn't anything more to unlock that > >>>>>> i can tell. I also have the blind fold slots, which some work and some > >>>>>> don't. And forget about joker poker!!! I don't understand it. I have > >>>>>> games on my pc, but i'm bored with them too. Quentin C, if you're out > >>>>>> there, could you think about putting a slot machine on the playroom? > >>>>>> Also, none of the regular slots on the app store are accessible. Thanks > >>>>>> for letting me vent. Any help would be appreciated. signed bored to > >>>>>> tears. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. 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