I thought by the year 2055 we'll have developed games which plug directly into the brain, ----- thus stil being a pest for those of us with a disfunctional visual cortex, ;D.
Seriously, while I'd never suggest people like the game accessibility project stop hasseling sony etc, I think more independent games companies are going to be the main future in accessible games. We probably won't get world of warcraft, but we might get some good games anyway. On a more general level this is something I was discussing with people on a work related disability conference I went to last year, the fact that generally because most visually impared people tend to be older, a lot of resources go into developing things for a specific agegroup. to take a symple example, the small talking alarm clock known as the cube clock, very easy to set, with volume control etc. When mine died two years ago iordered a new one. for some utterly bizarre reason the switches to set the alarm, control the volume and turn hourly chime on/off were behind the battery cover. I contacted said company and asked why, to be told that it was to stop older people with less good hand coordination catching the buttons by accident. This is something i've never done myself, nor have my vi family members, and sinse I'm always mucking about with the alarm time volume etc, it was actually a miner pest to me. I have similar arguements when debating issues such as making tabletop rpgs accessible with tactile d 20's (not everyone has a laptop or access to the gma dice program), and accessible versions of the rule book, and I wont' even get into my limited books wrant again. Beware the Grue! Dark. --- 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]
