will no-one be able now, to finish these projects? they are games for which our money has been taken, yet failed attempts to deliver the final products so many of us have put money in to games, that we will sadly never see now. what happens about this?
Sent from my iPhone > On 4 Mar 2016, at 13:20, Phil Vlasak <phi...@bex.net> 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 > > <thomasward1...@gmail.com> 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" <thomasward1...@gmail.com> > 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" <thomasward1...@gmail.com> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> > 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 __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > 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/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. 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