That makes very good sense, I know of two games that are accessible for sighted and blind and they are Terraformers, and a very simple racing game Sonic Zoom. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "FigureInTheCloak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 12:04 PM Subject: Re: audyssey: game console thoughts
> Hi. > > First of all, though I'm not a big fan of cursing either, I agree that we > should have accessible games that are other than just E-rated. We're > blind > people not perpetual children, therefore those of us who are inclined to > play adult games should have the option of doing so. Now that wouldn't be > me, but I know it would be some people. > > Secondly, what I'd like to see, pun strictly not intended, is, rather than > a > separate console for the blind, new games that were both fully visual and > fully audible simultaneously. That way, they could be played by both > blind > and sighted together. I'm curious to know. Has this ever been tried? To > my mind, this has great possibilities for furthering efforts at > integration. > I love audio-games, and it's great that we have them. But, and this is > strictly my opinion so please nobody take offense, but I fear that there > is > a bit of a danger of ghettoisation if we think only in terms of designing > auditory games for us ourselves. Does that make any sense? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "allan thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 11:47 AM > Subject: audyssey: game console thoughts > > >>I too would love to see some of those popular console games translated >>over. I have a PS2 and I get a kick out of using Grand theft auto: vice >>city. putting in the various cheats for weapons and tanks and such and >>creating general havoc to all those unsuspecting pedestrians. I am not >>able to see the screen so that is about the most I can accomplish on that >>game. >> As for cursing. I am not a fan of it. I don't like it in my house so why >> would I want it in my games? Of course I don't have to buy and play the >> games that have cursing, but then the developer suffers as well as the >> buyer. I think if a game requires cursing it should be an option to be >> turned on and off.GTA in it's defense isn't as bad as some other games I >> have played and it isn't cursing for the sake of cursing. This is how >> those characters are supposed to talk, more or less. But I must say, >> that if there was an equally similar, good game like GTA that didn't >> curse I would go with the other game. >> >> Lastly,it is too bad sony can't make the playstation for the visually >> impaired. They could call it "sound station" and instead of hooking it up >> to a tv, it could be hooked into a giant fifty six inch speaker. Of >> course >> I would insist on the brainjack and immersion into the matrix, but that >> might be for the playstation four., lol >> >> allan >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> >> to leave send a blank Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> You can contact the list owners/moderators by Emailing >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> to go nomail send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> change "nomail" to "normal" to resume messages. >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > to leave send a blank Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can contact the list owners/moderators by Emailing > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > to go nomail send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > change "nomail" to "normal" to resume messages. > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.11/219 - Release Date: 1/2/2006 > > to leave send a blank Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can contact the list owners/moderators by Emailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] to go nomail send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] change "nomail" to "normal" to resume messages. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindgamers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
