could someone please tell me of games I could get to play on the
iphone I tried to find sole trapper and I can't. Free and payed games
are ok thanks.

On 6/6/13, Draconis <i...@dracoent.com> wrote:
> Hi Eleanor,
>
> I actually agree with you, which is why I was using Swamp and Shades of Doom
> specifically as examples. My point was that the demographics for various
> types of games are going to vary, and the sheer numbers of users on any
> given platform is not a good way to determine market size for a game.
>
> I think perhaps I should have been a bit more explicit. I know plenty of
> older folks who are quite capable with technology as well. Both groups
> exist. Saying that all computer users of any age are equally capable would
> also be incorrect.
>
> Sorry for any offense. None was intended. :)
>
> For what it is worth…I actually enjoy all sorts of games, but shoot 'em ups
> are not typically my cup of tea either…so I wasn't using those titles
> because they were ones I liked. Neither appeal to me much, though they were
> well designed products.
>
> On Jun 6, 2013, at 4:33 PM, Eleanor Robinson <elea...@7128.com> wrote:
>
>> Draconis said:
>>
>> "It is far more complex than simply looking at numbers and trying to use
>> the size of the user base as a reference point. A huge percentage of
>> visually impaired Windows users are, for example, are elderly persons who
>> have recently lost their vision and primarily use their computers for only
>> the most basic of tasks. They are not going to be a segment of the market
>> who are likely to purchase Shades of Doom or play Swamp.*grin*"
>>
>> I just want to say that elderly people are big gamers - just not of the
>> same type of games that you want.  If the game is a card game, word game,
>> puzzle game or non-violent story game, they are interested and will play
>> if they find out how to access them.  The main problem is getting the
>> information out to them that there are accessible games they will enjoy.
>>
>> That is one of the challenges we at 7-128 Software have tried to address
>> over the past several years.  Here is a group of people with time on their
>> hands and usually a little disposable income who don't know that they can
>> play games using audio rather than visual clues.
>>
>> The idea that older people are not computer literate needs to die a quick
>> death.  Almost everyone who is reaching retirement age at this time have
>> used computers extensively in their employment for at least the last 15
>> years.  They are almost all using Email, many are on Facebook and Twitter.
>>  Some have played games on game portals such as Pogo.  They have recently
>> had vision problems and don't know how to access the computer as they used
>> to because of that, not because they aren't computer literate.
>>
>> OOPS - you pushed a button of mine - sorry.  Didn't want to go off on a
>> rant!!
>>
>> Eleanor Robinson
>> 7-128 Software
>>
>>
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