Hi Eleanor, You are quite right though. Both my wife's and my parents are getting up their in years, but that doesn't mean they are completely computer illiterate and don't play games. In fact, the opposite is true.
My mother, for example, just purchased a brand spanking new HP laptop with Windows 8 on it, and she has been spending a lot of free time playing games on it. However, the types of games she plays are different from what I would play. She plays games like Solitaire, Hearts, Blackjack, and a few other puzzle and card games. I'll play them, but I'm interested in action oriented games. My in-laws are not too different. I've seen them play things like Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, and games of that sort, but they would not like Shades of Doom or Tank Commander. That would be too violent for their tastes. So something like Jim's Press Your Luck game or Damien's X-Wheel would be something I'd recommend before something like GMA's games for them. Cheers! On 6/6/13, 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 --- 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.
