O phil O God what happened this. First Mr jim passed away and the gem thomas sir. please take responsibility of these two sites. Now I want to say something please. at least you should take volanterely the responsibility. Thanks
Ishan On 3/4/16, Phil Vlasak <[email protected]> wrote: > I am devastated that Thomas Ward passed away. I went through my saved > messages and found the last few from him > I also got this about his games from Thomas Ward's web site: > USA Games Interactive > http://www.usagamesinteractive.com/ > > In 1985 USA Games president and founder, Thomas Ward, discovered he > > had an eye disease called Optic Atrophy. Over the following years the > > disease damaged his optic nerves leaving Thomas blinded for life. > > However, prier to losing his vision he had time to enjoy many classic > > video games including such titles > as: Packman, Space Invaders, Double Dragon, Star Wars, Tomb Raider, > > and more. He dreamed one day to make his own games he himself could > > play even though > he was blind. > > In the fall of 1997 Thomas Ward entered college at Wright State > > University located in Dayton Ohio. While at Wright State Thomas began > > taking courses in > computer science. Two of his favorite fields were software design and > > computer network administration. He knew almost from the beginning he > > wanted to design > software made for people with blindness and other physical > > disabilities. > > In the spring of 2004 Thomas ward founded USA Games Entertainment. A > > privately owned online game company dedicated to making audio games > > for the blind and > low vision driven by sound rather than graphics. His first accessible > > audio game for Microsoft Windows was Final Conflict, and soon many > > more were in production > as well > > In the spring of 2006 USA Games took over production of Alchemy Game > > Studios' Montezuma's Revenge and Raceway projects.Both projects have > > increased interest > in USA Games's products, and have been updated with new features, > > sound effects, ideas, and have been made better than before. > > In addition to games USA Games founder, Thomas Ward, has been active > > in the testing, research, and development of open source accessibility > > technologies > for FreeBSD, Linux, and Solaris operating systems. In the future USA > > Games plans to target the open source operating systems with games, > > support, and new > access technologies. > > As well as president and founder, Thomas Ward, USA Games has a wide > > range of private testers, sound designers, and others who voluntarily > > help out to improve > our products. We look forward to the years to come serving the blind > > and low vision community with high-quality games and other accessible > technologies. > > On January 24, 2016, at 3:36 AM, Thomas Ward > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Lisa and all, > > I have been in the hospital for the last two months and am currently > on various antibbiotics for a serious infection. The surgery went well > though and the large tumor in my brain was removed successfully. I am > ccurrently in a nursing home and am recovering. > > From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]> > Sunday, January 24, 2016 5:53 AM > Hi Dark, > > You did not get a response because I have been unable to respond to my > messages until now. I underwent a brains surgery on Nov. 17 to have a > tumor removed and then ended up with an infection in my lungs. > Believe me, this has not been a very goods last couple of months. I > actually came very close to dying on a couple of occasions. > > > From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 5:51 AM > > Hello everyone, > > This is a very important message from your friendly neighborhood > moderator and list owner to let you know what to expect over the next > few weeks. Unfortunately, I have some very bad news to share, and to > be frank about it I have held off way too long without saying > anything. The news essentially is this. > > For quite some time my health has been in serious decline. I've been > tied up with medical tests, doctor appointments, and other things > dealing with my medical situation thus have virtually no time to > attend to the Audyssey List, working on writing games, or about > anything else outside of my day to day situation. I had intended to > promote one or two moderators in my place to look after the list, but > unfortunately my life has been so utterly crazy of late I have not > even managed to do that. So I hope that all of you can get along and > bare with me as it is likely or even possible over the next few weeks > this list will not have any hands on moderation or oversight as I go > into and out of the hospital for various operations, testing, and so > on. If I can I will try and assign a moderator before I go into the > hospital, but given the time frame I'm thinking that is doubtful. Plus > I would hate to just dump the list on him or her and leave for x > amount of time anyway. > > In any case here is the scoop. Thursday I'll be going into the > hospital all day for various tests. The following Tuesday I will be > going into the hospital for an operation, and will probably not have > internet access for a few days as I recover So I do expect at least a > week or so in mid November without a list moderator to look after > things here. I Can see that probably won't be a problem, nor am I > expecting one, but I thought you all should know Justin case you try > to reach me and I am totally unreachable over the next two or three > weeks. > > Thanks. > > Sincerely, > Thomas Ward > Owner-Moderator of the Audyssey Mailing List > > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. 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