I usually comment on the games that I have an interest in. As to mainstream
gaming, a lot of them must be used on a gaming console, which I don't have
the money to buy, and, if I could afford one, would the expense be justified
if a very few games are those I would be interested in playing? Then, there
are games in which you must memorize so much because there aren't enough
audio cues that I would be robotically performing remembered sequences
rather than reacting to difficulties that would make the game fun.
I'm not at all interested in a "Grand Theft Auto" game, or in a street
fighting game, or in a lot of what is being produced. A good baseball game
in which I perform the action rather than manage the team, a good bowling
game in which I am the bowler, that I can tell which pins remain after each
bowled ball, that will give the scores, that can be played by one or more
players as individuals or teams, that requires skill rather than pure luck
to succeed, I would be interested in. I don't want to have to rely on any
sighted assistance of any kind to play my games. I don't want to spend
hours memorizing menus and submenus before even getting to the desired
result. I want to just go through a user's guide, have that guide available
as I work though the game, and get to actually playing and enjoying the game
in under half an hour after getting the game. If you know of several such
games that can be played on one gaming console, let me know, and I'll
consider it. Until that time, I'll stay with games designed to be played
without eyesight.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Yohandy" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 12:12 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] my frustration with the blind gaming comunity.
Hey guys,
Ok I'm gonna go ahead and say it. I find myself getting extremely
frustrated with the blind gaming community. Why you ask? ok here goes. I'm
sure you guys have noticed I've been putting up some rock band samples up.
you've also noticed Clement has been putting up some street fighter IV
samples and various other samples. So why is it that when we ask for
feedback or comments on these samples we work hard to create, people
simply either ignore us completely, or the same 3 or 4 people are the ones
to always respond? well you know what I think the reason for that is?
simply that the games we post about are mainstream games, not audio games.
I've noticed that when a new audio game comes out, even if it's the most
simplistic game in existence, everyone's all jumping to download it
immediately and there are threads that span hundreds of messages on the
subject. But when we post something having to do with console games, the
thread dies in a matter of hours. I'm sure Clement has been feeling this
frustration as well. it's been leaking through in his emails to the list
even if he hasn't mentioned it outright. So my question is this: what must
we do to get you guys interested in something other than topspeed 3, or
any other audio game for that matter? don't you guys have that spark of
curiosity to find out everything there is to find about video games? why
is everyone ignoring these games outright? This community has hundreds of
members, and only a very limited amount of people even talk about
mainstream games. it's all audio games, audio games, and more audio games.
there's so much more out there for you to find guys. how can you call
yourself a gamer when you aren't even willing to download the files
Clement and I put up to at least listen to what these games have to offer?
Whenever I put up a rock band sample, I get like 4 or 5 downloads at most.
however I rarely get any feedback. I think you guys are just shoving these
files in your hard drives and don't even take a listen. if you do, then
you have the curiosity of a robot. I don't know about Clement, but I'm not
planning on putting anything else up. What's the point? no one seems to
care what we have to say, or have any curiosity about console gaming. you
guys just keep playing your audio games and keep your closed-minded
mentality about game accessibility in general. If you think I'm taking
things too far, consider this: remember when Clement and I had that little
Street Fighter seminar? I finally thought that people finally had some
interest in what we had to say and in the game and such. we got some
really good questions, and over all had a really good time. but once that
seminar ended, what do you think happened? That's right. absolutely
nothing. people basically were like oh ok, that game had awesome sounds
and music and such. ok back to playing some tank commander. at least,
that's how I feel personally. it was fun as a spur of the moment thing.
Now let me ask you this. how many of you, after listening to that seminar
went over to gamestop and bought a copy of Street Fighter? or even go to a
friend's house and try the game out? My guess is 0. ok rant over. I know
this email is a mess lol, but it's just basically me writing down my ideas
as they come to mind. take from it what you will. for those of us serious
about gaming, we need to get together and figure where we should take it
from here. Do we give up, or keep trying? I'm pretty tired of trying my
self when everyone's resisting to be honest. Good day everyone.
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