Well, while i've certainly encountered the business you mention very often in real life, I've never come across it when dealing with game developers because (as I said), small devs of freeware and shareware games do tend on average to be quite a nice bunch.
this is however where (just as in real life), a Vi person has to develope incredibly good communication and diplomacy skills, if they want to get anywhere something I fail at on multiple occasions. beware the Grue! Dark. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 7:25 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Out of the games dimension > Another issue I'm throwing out, and, please, I don't want to start a > debate > on the blind philosophy thing, but you know those types of sighted persons > who someone, even if you've got a Masters degree and can do things for > yourself, but you know when you need a bit of help or if you just > accidentally "meet" a sighted person and they somehow think that because > you're blind there's something wrong with you mentally, what effect does > that have on the whole games thing? OK, to break it down, let's say you're > walking with a pal at Uni and you know the type of person, coming along > and > asking your pal "how is he?" Starting with assumptions, believing you > incapable of answering yourself. Now, some normal game developers might > sort > of have this same perception when it comes to games. If someone sighted > decides to do a "good deed" and makes a game for blind people, how much > could it creep into his mind that somehow blind people might have > difficulties understanding the game, so he makes it very simplistic, > because > he somehow thinks that blind persons may also have mental difficulties > based > on his assumptions? I know I'm not putting my point very clearly here, but > I > do think you guys sort of understand, it's about the whole thing with > sighted persons attitudes to blind persons, and unfortunately some blind > persons attitude to blindness as well. We're not just blind people, we > also > have our different attitudes to stuff, and if you have a blind person with > a > negative attitude trying to show an audio game to a sighted person, this > is > a problem. > Ari > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > 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] > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.6/1230 - Release Date: > 17/01/2008 16:59 > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org 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]
