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Hi Phil, That's a good question and one I've been doing some thinking about. I think what I will do is create a section called Multiplatform Games and under that include Muds, browser based games, interactive fiction, etc since they can't be assigned to any specific OS and can be played using Mac, Linux, Windows, whatever. As for handheld games like BopIt as well as brailed board and card games I'm still thinking of where to put those, but I'm sure I'll figure that out given enough time. :D Cheers! On 4/10/13, Phil Vlasak phi...@bex.net wrote: Hi Thomas, In the games platform list, where would you put on-line games like Sryth? How about hand held games like Bop-It? Phil --- 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. 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.
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Hi Shaun, Well, for one thing Open CMS, (Content Management System,) is written in Java, and I don't think is very accessible. Even if it were I am running Audyssey on a server running Red Hat Enterprise, and I don't really want to install and run the Open JRE for Linux on there given that there are better alternatives to Open CMS. So no I wouldn't use that as my first choice. However, if people are concerned about editable content etc I have thought about using a Wiki like Wikimedia which would allow me to create the site, and allow people to edit the pages for reviews, post walkthroughs, and all kinds of things just like on Wiki sites such as Wikipedia, but that is down the road. At the moment I am looking for a simple straight forward solution that works. Nothing fancy, nothing complicated, and I don't want to spend a lot of time writing an SQL database in MySQL and using php or perl scripting the database. That stuff can wait until I have the time and energy to work on it. Cheers! On 4/10/13, shaun everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com wrote: tom why don't you use something like open cms or simular database management thing I am not sure what you would have to do but ideally you would want something where users could either add change or if you wanted to be secure about it submit to the database for review. --- 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.
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Hello That sounds good. I like the idea of a wiki stile page. If u deside 2 do that I'll b looking forward 2 it. Bfn James -Original Message- From: Thomas Ward [mailto:thomasward1...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 5:47 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Organizing the Audyssey Database Hi Shaun, Well, for one thing Open CMS, (Content Management System,) is written in Java, and I don't think is very accessible. Even if it were I am running Audyssey on a server running Red Hat Enterprise, and I don't really want to install and run the Open JRE for Linux on there given that there are better alternatives to Open CMS. So no I wouldn't use that as my first choice. However, if people are concerned about editable content etc I have thought about using a Wiki like Wikimedia which would allow me to create the site, and allow people to edit the pages for reviews, post walkthroughs, and all kinds of things just like on Wiki sites such as Wikipedia, but that is down the road. At the moment I am looking for a simple straight forward solution that works. Nothing fancy, nothing complicated, and I don't want to spend a lot of time writing an SQL database in MySQL and using php or perl scripting the database. That stuff can wait until I have the time and energy to work on it. Cheers! On 4/10/13, shaun everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com wrote: tom why don't you use something like open cms or simular database management thing I am not sure what you would have to do but ideally you would want something where users could either add change or if you wanted to be secure about it submit to the database for review. --- 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.
[Audyssey] Organizing teh Audyssey Database
Hello all, Today or tomorrow I want to begin working on the Audyssey games database, and I was wondering how you all think I should organize and arrange the games and developers. There are many ways to do this so I thought I would throw a few suggestions out here and gather your input. The first way I could organize the database is by developer. I could have a list of developers such as BSC Software, GMA Games, PCs Games, Blind Adrenaline, etc and below that heading all the games they have produced. Of course, the problem with that method is if you are looking for a certain type of game it is difficult to find or locate without going through and each and every game on the site. The second method is to organize games by type or genre. I could have various categories such as action, strategy, card games, puzzle games, etc. I think this would be a more acceptable method for organizing the games on the site as you could go directly to the section that was of interest and skip those sections that weren't of any interest. The third option is similar to the second accept instead of just being divided by genre they could also be divided up by platform such as Mac OS, Windows, Linux, and iOS. Under those headings would be subheadings such as action, strategy, card, puzzle, whatever. Any thoughts here? Cheers! --- 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.
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I like the second option type or gonra much simpler to navigate through not so much of an oniopn other wise. Lisa Hayes www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 11:44 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Organizing teh Audyssey Database Hello all, Today or tomorrow I want to begin working on the Audyssey games database, and I was wondering how you all think I should organize and arrange the games and developers. There are many ways to do this so I thought I would throw a few suggestions out here and gather your input. The first way I could organize the database is by developer. I could have a list of developers such as BSC Software, GMA Games, PCs Games, Blind Adrenaline, etc and below that heading all the games they have produced. Of course, the problem with that method is if you are looking for a certain type of game it is difficult to find or locate without going through and each and every game on the site. The second method is to organize games by type or genre. I could have various categories such as action, strategy, card games, puzzle games, etc. I think this would be a more acceptable method for organizing the games on the site as you could go directly to the section that was of interest and skip those sections that weren't of any interest. The third option is similar to the second accept instead of just being divided by genre they could also be divided up by platform such as Mac OS, Windows, Linux, and iOS. Under those headings would be subheadings such as action, strategy, card, puzzle, whatever. Any thoughts here? Cheers! --- 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. 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.
Re: [Audyssey] Organizing teh Audyssey Database
Are you planning to store the data/content in actual database, or just lay it out on pages in a structured arrangement? Asking since, if in database, you could then let guys search, or request different sort orders, categorisations, etc. etc. using data queries generated by page controls, etc., easily enough? As in wouldn't think it was necessarily necessary to sort of hard-code layout options/arrangement/ordering/categorisation as such - if that makes sense? Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 3:44 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Organizing teh Audyssey Database Hello all, Today or tomorrow I want to begin working on the Audyssey games database, and I was wondering how you all think I should organize and arrange the games and developers. There are many ways to do this so I thought I would throw a few suggestions out here and gather your input. The first way I could organize the database is by developer. I could have a list of developers such as BSC Software, GMA Games, PCs Games, Blind Adrenaline, etc and below that heading all the games they have produced. Of course, the problem with that method is if you are looking for a certain type of game it is difficult to find or locate without going through and each and every game on the site. The second method is to organize games by type or genre. I could have various categories such as action, strategy, card games, puzzle games, etc. I think this would be a more acceptable method for organizing the games on the site as you could go directly to the section that was of interest and skip those sections that weren't of any interest. The third option is similar to the second accept instead of just being divided by genre they could also be divided up by platform such as Mac OS, Windows, Linux, and iOS. Under those headings would be subheadings such as action, strategy, card, puzzle, whatever. Any thoughts here? Cheers! --- 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. 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.
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Hi, The third solution would be fine for me. Thanks. Angela from Italy -Original Message- From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 3:44 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: [Audyssey] Organizing teh Audyssey Database Hello all, Today or tomorrow I want to begin working on the Audyssey games database, and I was wondering how you all think I should organize and arrange the games and developers. There are many ways to do this so I thought I would throw a few suggestions out here and gather your input. The first way I could organize the database is by developer. I could have a list of developers such as BSC Software, GMA Games, PCs Games, Blind Adrenaline, etc and below that heading all the games they have produced. Of course, the problem with that method is if you are looking for a certain type of game it is difficult to find or locate without going through and each and every game on the site. The second method is to organize games by type or genre. I could have various categories such as action, strategy, card games, puzzle games, etc. I think this would be a more acceptable method for organizing the games on the site as you could go directly to the section that was of interest and skip those sections that weren't of any interest. The third option is similar to the second accept instead of just being divided by genre they could also be divided up by platform such as Mac OS, Windows, Linux, and iOS. Under those headings would be subheadings such as action, strategy, card, puzzle, whatever. Any thoughts here? Cheers! --- 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. -- Caselle da 1GB, trasmetti allegati fino a 3GB e in piu' IMAP, POP3 e SMTP autenticato? GRATIS solo con Email.it http://www.email.it/f Sponsor: Su MisterCupido.com puoi creare REGALI PERSONALIZZATI. Stampa le tue Foto su: Cuscini, Tazze, Puzzle, Peluche, Magliette, Poster... Consegne in tutta Italia in soli 2-3 giorni Clicca qui: http://adv.email.it/cgi-bin/foclick.cgi?mid=12385d=10-4 --- 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.
Re: [Audyssey] Organizing the Audyssey Database
Hi Jacob, For the moment its just going to be laid out on a page or pages in a well organized structural arrangement. I don't have much time right now to design a fully operational database per say, but I do want to get something functional up and running for now. The easiest way to do that would be to layout the site and page structure and add to it as I have time. I can always go back and change it later as needed. Cheers! On 4/10/13, Jacob Kruger ja...@blindza.co.za wrote: Are you planning to store the data/content in actual database, or just lay it out on pages in a structured arrangement? Asking since, if in database, you could then let guys search, or request different sort orders, categorisations, etc. etc. using data queries generated by page controls, etc., easily enough? As in wouldn't think it was necessarily necessary to sort of hard-code layout options/arrangement/ordering/categorisation as such - if that makes sense? Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' --- 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.
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Hi I think the 3rd would b the best out of the 3. Like u said the 1st u would have 2 go through all the games that u wouldn't care 4 just 2 find the ones u would play. The 2nd is not a bad idear, but the 3rd 1 will make it easyer 4 people 2 find what they wont. 4 exsampal I don't have a iphone so if I'm looking 4 a game and I can go by platform and then tipe that would take a lot of the guess work out of it 4 me. That is just my thoughts on that idear. Hth James -Original Message- From: Thomas Ward [mailto:thomasward1...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 9:44 AM Subject: [Audyssey] Organizing teh Audyssey Database Hello all, Today or tomorrow I want to begin working on the Audyssey games database, and I was wondering how you all think I should organize and arrange the games and developers. There are many ways to do this so I thought I would throw a few suggestions out here and gather your input. The first way I could organize the database is by developer. I could have a list of developers such as BSC Software, GMA Games, PCs Games, Blind Adrenaline, etc and below that heading all the games they have produced. Of course, the problem with that method is if you are looking for a certain type of game it is difficult to find or locate without going through and each and every game on the site. The second method is to organize games by type or genre. I could have various categories such as action, strategy, card games, puzzle games, etc. I think this would be a more acceptable method for organizing the games on the site as you could go directly to the section that was of interest and skip those sections that weren't of any interest. The third option is similar to the second accept instead of just being divided by genre they could also be divided up by platform such as Mac OS, Windows, Linux, and iOS. Under those headings would be subheadings such as action, strategy, card, puzzle, whatever. Any thoughts here? Cheers! --- 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.
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Hi Thomas, I personally would go for the third approach, as if you really want to know what a specific developer has made you can probably just go to their website :P and at the same time many people won't care about windows or mac or iOS etc games so could just skip that heading. Hth, -Michael. -Original Message- From: Thomas Ward Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 8:44 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: [Audyssey] Organizing teh Audyssey Database Hello all, Today or tomorrow I want to begin working on the Audyssey games database, and I was wondering how you all think I should organize and arrange the games and developers. There are many ways to do this so I thought I would throw a few suggestions out here and gather your input. The first way I could organize the database is by developer. I could have a list of developers such as BSC Software, GMA Games, PCs Games, Blind Adrenaline, etc and below that heading all the games they have produced. Of course, the problem with that method is if you are looking for a certain type of game it is difficult to find or locate without going through and each and every game on the site. The second method is to organize games by type or genre. I could have various categories such as action, strategy, card games, puzzle games, etc. I think this would be a more acceptable method for organizing the games on the site as you could go directly to the section that was of interest and skip those sections that weren't of any interest. The third option is similar to the second accept instead of just being divided by genre they could also be divided up by platform such as Mac OS, Windows, Linux, and iOS. Under those headings would be subheadings such as action, strategy, card, puzzle, whatever. Any thoughts here? Cheers! --- 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. 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.
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Hi I to would go with the third option since it helps know what games run on what os and what kinds of games they are etc. from Mich. - Original Message - From: Michael Taboada mich...@speedofsoundgaming.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 10:44 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Organizing teh Audyssey Database Hi Thomas, I personally would go for the third approach, as if you really want to know what a specific developer has made you can probably just go to their website :P and at the same time many people won't care about windows or mac or iOS etc games so could just skip that heading. Hth, -Michael. -Original Message- From: Thomas Ward Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 8:44 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: [Audyssey] Organizing teh Audyssey Database Hello all, Today or tomorrow I want to begin working on the Audyssey games database, and I was wondering how you all think I should organize and arrange the games and developers. There are many ways to do this so I thought I would throw a few suggestions out here and gather your input. The first way I could organize the database is by developer. I could have a list of developers such as BSC Software, GMA Games, PCs Games, Blind Adrenaline, etc and below that heading all the games they have produced. Of course, the problem with that method is if you are looking for a certain type of game it is difficult to find or locate without going through and each and every game on the site. The second method is to organize games by type or genre. I could have various categories such as action, strategy, card games, puzzle games, etc. I think this would be a more acceptable method for organizing the games on the site as you could go directly to the section that was of interest and skip those sections that weren't of any interest. The third option is similar to the second accept instead of just being divided by genre they could also be divided up by platform such as Mac OS, Windows, Linux, and iOS. Under those headings would be subheadings such as action, strategy, card, puzzle, whatever. Any thoughts here? Cheers! --- 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. 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. 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.
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Hi James, Agreed. What I am thinking here is creating pages for each individual platform such as Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS, etc and then on that page have sections for action, card, puzzle, strategy, whatever so it is easy to locate a particular type of game quickly, and see what if anything is available for that platform and genre. Cheers! On 4/10/13, James Bartlett jab8...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I think the 3rd would b the best out of the 3. Like u said the 1st u would have 2 go through all the games that u wouldn't care 4 just 2 find the ones u would play. The 2nd is not a bad idear, but the 3rd 1 will make it easyer 4 people 2 find what they wont. 4 exsampal I don't have a iphone so if I'm looking 4 a game and I can go by platform and then tipe that would take a lot of the guess work out of it 4 me. That is just my thoughts on that idear. Hth James --- 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.
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Yes that is what I was thinking. I think it would b more simpal 4 others 2 navagate like that. James -Original Message- From: Thomas Ward [mailto:thomasward1...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 10:49 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Organizing the Audyssey Database Hi James, Agreed. What I am thinking here is creating pages for each individual platform such as Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS, etc and then on that page have sections for action, card, puzzle, strategy, whatever so it is easy to locate a particular type of game quickly, and see what if anything is available for that platform and genre. Cheers! On 4/10/13, James Bartlett jab8...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I think the 3rd would b the best out of the 3. Like u said the 1st u would have 2 go through all the games that u wouldn't care 4 just 2 find the ones u would play. The 2nd is not a bad idear, but the 3rd 1 will make it easyer 4 people 2 find what they wont. 4 exsampal I don't have a iphone so if I'm looking 4 a game and I can go by platform and then tipe that would take a lot of the guess work out of it 4 me. That is just my thoughts on that idear. Hth James --- 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.
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Tom, I like option three. Hope this helps out. Ron and current Leader Dog boz who states that a service dog beats a cane paws down any day of the week. -Original Message- From: Thomas Ward Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 9:44 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: [Audyssey] Organizing teh Audyssey Database Hello all, Today or tomorrow I want to begin working on the Audyssey games database, and I was wondering how you all think I should organize and arrange the games and developers. There are many ways to do this so I thought I would throw a few suggestions out here and gather your input. The first way I could organize the database is by developer. I could have a list of developers such as BSC Software, GMA Games, PCs Games, Blind Adrenaline, etc and below that heading all the games they have produced. Of course, the problem with that method is if you are looking for a certain type of game it is difficult to find or locate without going through and each and every game on the site. The second method is to organize games by type or genre. I could have various categories such as action, strategy, card games, puzzle games, etc. I think this would be a more acceptable method for organizing the games on the site as you could go directly to the section that was of interest and skip those sections that weren't of any interest. The third option is similar to the second accept instead of just being divided by genre they could also be divided up by platform such as Mac OS, Windows, Linux, and iOS. Under those headings would be subheadings such as action, strategy, card, puzzle, whatever. Any thoughts here? Cheers! --- 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. 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.
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This would be the approach I would find most useful. Games that would run on my system, that are the genre I am looking for, and the developer I prefer (if there is a preference), would be easily found. Those that won't work on my system could easily be skipped. Thanks. -- If guns kill people, writing implements cause grammatical and spelling errors! - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 9:49 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Organizing the Audyssey Database Hi James, Agreed. What I am thinking here is creating pages for each individual platform such as Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS, etc and then on that page have sections for action, card, puzzle, strategy, whatever so it is easy to locate a particular type of game quickly, and see what if anything is available for that platform and genre. Cheers! --- 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.
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Hello, I like either options 2 or 3. Option 2 would be good for what I think of as a general search like if I wanted to find all games in a particular genre that would work. Option 3 I kind of think of it as being more specific, like if I'm looking for specifically windows games, or Linux games, or Android games, and then can take it by game type. I'm also in favor of a database-driven query approach, takes out the hard coding and lets the end user search per their own preference. Hth Dave. On 4/10/13, Ron Kolesar kolesar16...@roadrunner.com wrote: Tom, I like option three. Hope this helps out. Ron and current Leader Dog boz who states that a service dog beats a cane paws down any day of the week. -Original Message- From: Thomas Ward Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 9:44 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: [Audyssey] Organizing teh Audyssey Database Hello all, Today or tomorrow I want to begin working on the Audyssey games database, and I was wondering how you all think I should organize and arrange the games and developers. There are many ways to do this so I thought I would throw a few suggestions out here and gather your input. The first way I could organize the database is by developer. I could have a list of developers such as BSC Software, GMA Games, PCs Games, Blind Adrenaline, etc and below that heading all the games they have produced. Of course, the problem with that method is if you are looking for a certain type of game it is difficult to find or locate without going through and each and every game on the site. The second method is to organize games by type or genre. I could have various categories such as action, strategy, card games, puzzle games, etc. I think this would be a more acceptable method for organizing the games on the site as you could go directly to the section that was of interest and skip those sections that weren't of any interest. The third option is similar to the second accept instead of just being divided by genre they could also be divided up by platform such as Mac OS, Windows, Linux, and iOS. Under those headings would be subheadings such as action, strategy, card, puzzle, whatever. Any thoughts here? Cheers! --- 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. 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. 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.
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In that case, I'd generally agree with other guys - group by genre, but, maybe also split up per platform/operating system, etc., so that if wasn't interested in/able to use an iPhone/windows game, wouldn't need to look through them, etc.? Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 4:41 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Organizing the Audyssey Database Hi Jacob, For the moment its just going to be laid out on a page or pages in a well organized structural arrangement. I don't have much time right now to design a fully operational database per say, but I do want to get something functional up and running for now. The easiest way to do that would be to layout the site and page structure and add to it as I have time. I can always go back and change it later as needed. Cheers! On 4/10/13, Jacob Kruger ja...@blindza.co.za wrote: Are you planning to store the data/content in actual database, or just lay it out on pages in a structured arrangement? Asking since, if in database, you could then let guys search, or request different sort orders, categorisations, etc. etc. using data queries generated by page controls, etc., easily enough? As in wouldn't think it was necessarily necessary to sort of hard-code layout options/arrangement/ordering/categorisation as such - if that makes sense? Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' --- 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. 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.
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What you can also then do easily enough is on the operating system pages, split genres into headings of one level, and then each game under there could be under a heading of a lower level, since with various screen readers that would also help with quick navigation down page contents, etc. Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Organizing the Audyssey Database Hi James, Agreed. What I am thinking here is creating pages for each individual platform such as Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS, etc and then on that page have sections for action, card, puzzle, strategy, whatever so it is easy to locate a particular type of game quickly, and see what if anything is available for that platform and genre. Cheers! On 4/10/13, James Bartlett jab8...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I think the 3rd would b the best out of the 3. Like u said the 1st u would have 2 go through all the games that u wouldn't care 4 just 2 find the ones u would play. The 2nd is not a bad idear, but the 3rd 1 will make it easyer 4 people 2 find what they wont. 4 exsampal I don't have a iphone so if I'm looking 4 a game and I can go by platform and then tipe that would take a lot of the guess work out of it 4 me. That is just my thoughts on that idear. Hth James --- 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. 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.
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Hi Ron and all, I like that option myself. As it happens I just started putting together the framework for option three since that seems to be where everyone is heading with this line of questioning. There isn't anything of substance there yet but you can go to http://www.audyssey.org/games.php to view what I'm currently doing with organizing the games. Right now I have individual pages for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, etc and plan to then arrange games for that platform by genre such as arcade, action, card, puzzle, whatever. On 4/10/13, Ron Kolesar kolesar16...@roadrunner.com wrote: Tom, I like option three. Hope this helps out. Ron and current Leader Dog boz who states that a service dog beats a cane paws down any day of the week. --- 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.
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Hi Dave, Eventually, we might get there, but I really don't want to take the time and effort to develop a database driven query right now. Unless you are volunteering to write one for the site right now I'm going to keep it simple stupid. Basically, just a few links to games and the developers. Besides Audiogames.net has a more advanced system in place for those people who want a full database etc for the moment. My concern is just to get the framework of the site in place for now and build on to it as I have time. Cheers! On 4/10/13, David Mehler dave.meh...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I like either options 2 or 3. Option 2 would be good for what I think of as a general search like if I wanted to find all games in a particular genre that would work. Option 3 I kind of think of it as being more specific, like if I'm looking for specifically windows games, or Linux games, or Android games, and then can take it by game type. I'm also in favor of a database-driven query approach, takes out the hard coding and lets the end user search per their own preference. Hth Dave. --- 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.
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Hi Jacob, Hmm..That works. Although, I was thinking of just using a list of the various games of a particular type. For example, for FPS I could have Teraformers, Shades of Doom, Monkey Business, and clicking on the link for that game takes you to a page more about that game. Although, I suppose if people like the idea of having subheadings for games that works just as well. On 4/10/13, Jacob Kruger ja...@blindza.co.za wrote: What you can also then do easily enough is on the operating system pages, split genres into headings of one level, and then each game under there could be under a heading of a lower level, since with various screen readers that would also help with quick navigation down page contents, etc. Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' --- 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.
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OK, wasn't paying enough attention to realise you meant a page per game - my bad...smile But, yes, also makes sense, since too much content on each page would overload screen readers as well... Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 7:35 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Organizing the Audyssey Database Hi Jacob, Hmm..That works. Although, I was thinking of just using a list of the various games of a particular type. For example, for FPS I could have Teraformers, Shades of Doom, Monkey Business, and clicking on the link for that game takes you to a page more about that game. Although, I suppose if people like the idea of having subheadings for games that works just as well. On 4/10/13, Jacob Kruger ja...@blindza.co.za wrote: What you can also then do easily enough is on the operating system pages, split genres into headings of one level, and then each game under there could be under a heading of a lower level, since with various screen readers that would also help with quick navigation down page contents, etc. Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' --- 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. 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.
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Hi Jacob, Yes, exactly. The one thing I want to do here is keep it simple stupid. I don't want to give the end user too much content per page when I can break it up into smaller chunks or modules per say. I haven't decided on the actual genres but I suspect it will work like this. You will go to the main games page, select Windows, find action games, and click on Shades of Doom which brings up a page for that particular game. That page will have the developer's name, developers site, cost of the game, and other details about the game. To go bak to the list of Windows games just hit the back button on your web browser. Simple and sweet. Cheers! On 4/10/13, Jacob Kruger ja...@blindza.co.za wrote: OK, wasn't paying enough attention to realise you meant a page per game - my bad...smile But, yes, also makes sense, since too much content on each page would overload screen readers as well... Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' --- 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.
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That sounds good 2 me grin. -Original Message- From: Thomas Ward [mailto:thomasward1...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Organizing the Audyssey Database Hi Jacob, Yes, exactly. The one thing I want to do here is keep it simple stupid. I don't want to give the end user too much content per page when I can break it up into smaller chunks or modules per say. I haven't decided on the actual genres but I suspect it will work like this. You will go to the main games page, select Windows, find action games, and click on Shades of Doom which brings up a page for that particular game. That page will have the developer's name, developers site, cost of the game, and other details about the game. To go bak to the list of Windows games just hit the back button on your web browser. Simple and sweet. Cheers! On 4/10/13, Jacob Kruger ja...@blindza.co.za wrote: OK, wasn't paying enough attention to realise you meant a page per game - my bad...smile But, yes, also makes sense, since too much content on each page would overload screen readers as well... Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' --- 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.
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Hi Thomas, In the games platform list, where would you put on-line games like Sryth? How about hand held games like Bop-It? Phil --- 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.
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hmmm third sounds good. however I wander if all you need to do is have a database of all the devs all the games all gonres platforms, etc with some sort of search filter. every dev game type, platform etc should have its own page so the thing is dynamically searchable. ofcause thats quite complex and its just a thought. you could just list them on the page but hmmm. audiogames.net has a massive database but I have never searched it. At 01:44 AM 4/11/2013, you wrote: Hello all, Today or tomorrow I want to begin working on the Audyssey games database, and I was wondering how you all think I should organize and arrange the games and developers. There are many ways to do this so I thought I would throw a few suggestions out here and gather your input. The first way I could organize the database is by developer. I could have a list of developers such as BSC Software, GMA Games, PCs Games, Blind Adrenaline, etc and below that heading all the games they have produced. Of course, the problem with that method is if you are looking for a certain type of game it is difficult to find or locate without going through and each and every game on the site. The second method is to organize games by type or genre. I could have various categories such as action, strategy, card games, puzzle games, etc. I think this would be a more acceptable method for organizing the games on the site as you could go directly to the section that was of interest and skip those sections that weren't of any interest. The third option is similar to the second accept instead of just being divided by genre they could also be divided up by platform such as Mac OS, Windows, Linux, and iOS. Under those headings would be subheadings such as action, strategy, card, puzzle, whatever. Any thoughts here? Cheers! --- 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. 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.
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tom why don't you use something like open cms or simular database management thing I am not sure what you would have to do but ideally you would want something where users could either add change or if you wanted to be secure about it submit to the database for review. At 02:41 AM 4/11/2013, you wrote: Hi Jacob, For the moment its just going to be laid out on a page or pages in a well organized structural arrangement. I don't have much time right now to design a fully operational database per say, but I do want to get something functional up and running for now. The easiest way to do that would be to layout the site and page structure and add to it as I have time. I can always go back and change it later as needed. Cheers! On 4/10/13, Jacob Kruger ja...@blindza.co.za wrote: Are you planning to store the data/content in actual database, or just lay it out on pages in a structured arrangement? Asking since, if in database, you could then let guys search, or request different sort orders, categorisations, etc. etc. using data queries generated by page controls, etc., easily enough? As in wouldn't think it was necessarily necessary to sort of hard-code layout options/arrangement/ordering/categorisation as such - if that makes sense? Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' --- 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. 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.
