Well you know what? I believe midway is somewhat interested. Why else would they add so much sound to the game? Most sighted people would just ignore it anyway. Oh, and there is another MK coming out in October, just in case you didn't know. Character and fatality creation in this one!
----- Original Message ----- From: "FigureInTheCloak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 9:47 AM Subject: Re: audyssey: Fw: Blind video game star prepares for Mortal competition in Japan > Then why don't you try it. > > I think it's bloody great that the guy's getting publicity. First of all, > to be that good at a game that's not even intentionally accessible is > quite > an accomplishment. Second of all, to be that good on any game set-up that > he plays opposit his sighted opponents and not just his own at home that > he's hacked an dmodified to make it accessible is an even bigger > accomplishment. LOL It must have taken some serious hours of gameplay to > get there. Frankly, most sighted people out there think that being blind > means that you can't play anything but simple text adventures or shooter > games, and in fact, most sighted people that I've met seem to think that a > blind person, just by virtue of being blind, wouldn't even be interested > in > videogames. I think that's why mainstream game companies aren't more > interested in making games accessible. They think that the only appeal in > gaming is visual. > > But really. We need more blind players like this guy. Most sighted > people > would, I think, be skeptical reading this article, and that's because what > this guy can do is so rare. We really need to show people that it is > possible, and that we're as interested in gaming as they are; that gaming > is > about more than just cool graphics and eye-candy and has a genuine appeal > for us too. I think we need more of us getting publicity like that until > it's no longer a rare novelty but a normal part of the gaming world. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brandon Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 3:16 PM > Subject: Re: audyssey: Fw: Blind video game star prepares for Mortal > competition in Japan > > >> Ridiculous. Absolutely positively ridiculous. Do you have any idea how >> many >> of us could get this same kind of publicity if we tried? I find this >> pathetic. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Ryan Strunk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:26 PM >> Subject: audyssey: Fw: Blind video game star prepares for Mortal >> competition >> in Japan >> >> >>> Ladies and Gentlemen, >>> >>> Please let me know your thoughts on this situation. >>> The individual, in another article, is now styled as "the blind gamer." >>> >>> Ryan >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Amy Buresh >>> To: undisclosed recipients: >>> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 9:29 AM >>> Subject: Blind video game star prepares for Mortal competition in Japan >>> >>> >>> This article from today's Lincoln Journal Star >>> >>> Blind video game star prepares for Mortal competition in Japan >>> by hilary kindschuh/Lincoln Journal Star >>> >>> The latest challenger stands up, defeated. >>> >>> LINCOLN, NE- 06 JAN 07 - Blind videogamer Brice Mellen plays a practice >>> game of Mortal Kombat before taking on anyone willing to challenge him >>> at >>> DogTags >>> Gaming Center on Sunday afternoon. Filming him was a crew from Nippon >>> Television in Japan, who is sponsoring Mellen's upcoming trip to Japan >>> to >>> take on >>> that country's best players. Jill Peitzmeier/jp Lincoln Journal Star >>> >>> "Next victim," says someone in the crowd. >>> >>> Another competitor trudges to the front of the room, sits in a black >>> chair >>> facing a large television screen and picks up a video game controller. >>> >>> Everyone knows it's hopeless. >>> >>> During a special Mortal Kombat competition on Sunday at the DogTags >>> Gaming >>> Center in northeast Lincoln, Brice Mellen effortlessly defeated one >>> opponent >>> after another as he rocked in his chair, his back to the television >>> screen. >>> >>> Brice wasn't showing off by turning away from the video characters >>> fighting on a platform under a rainy, overcast sky. He can't see them. >>> >>> Brice, 18, who has been blind since birth due to Leber's disease, began >>> attracting attention for his video gaming prowess last summer when he >>> was >>> featured >>> on several television programs, including NBC's Today Show. >>> >>> Later this month the Lincoln East High School senior and his father will >>> travel to Japan, where Brice will compete with some of Japan's best >>> Mortal >>> Kombat >>> players as part of a special for Nippon TV's Power of Memory, Part III. >>> >>> A Japanese film crew from Nippon TV came to Lincoln over the weekend to >>> shoot footage of Brice at his home and at the gaming center. >>> >>> Sunday's special competition at DogTags was designed as a warmup to help >>> Brice prepare for the tournament. >>> >>> Brice trumped all challengers in best of three rounds competition - most >>> were defeated in under three minutes. A couple managed to win their >>> first >>> round >>> but Brice always came back to win rounds two and three. >>> >>> Brice's sister, 19-year-old Sharon Mellen, said they started playing >>> Mario >>> Brothers video games with their step-sisters about 10 years ago. >>> >>> "We went through a lot of controllers," Sharon said. >>> >>> Eventually, Brice moved on to a Sega Genesis, Sharon said. That's when >>> he >>> started playing Mortal Kombat. >>> >>> "Then it was love thereafter," she said. >>> >>> Brice's family didn't realize how talented he was until he came to the >>> DogTags, Sharon said. >>> >>> "Kids don't want to play him," she said. "They're scared to lose." >>> >>> By listening to the different sounds in the game, Brice said, he can >>> anticipate what his opponent will do. >>> >>> "But you've got to attack, too," he said. >>> >>> After Brice defeated all of his challengers Sunday, a member of the >>> Japanese film crew asked him if he was confident he would always win. >>> >>> "Who knows? There could be somebody out there better than me," Brice >>> said, >>> rocking in his chair. "That's why I've got to keep playing, so I can win >>> if we >>> ever meet." >>> >>> Reach Hilary Kindschuh at 473-7301 or >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> [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! 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