Really? I hadn't even heard that one announced, and I get the Gamespot Daily Newsletter! Haha. Where have they been? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yohandy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 6:52 AM Subject: Re: audyssey: Fw: Blind video game star prepares for Mortal competition in Japan
> 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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