Actually, I think you missed the point of my message a little. Sighted people are actually starting to Cara great deal about games, however there has been a resurgence of retro or fake retro games in the gamer community. As you are probably aware, retro games would involve games that have very little emphasis placed on sound. If the choice in the 1980s was put such that sound or visuals had to be prioritized, visuals would win. Minecraft, like terraria, like DLC quest, like many others has embraced this idea of minimalist sounds.
Signed: Dakotah Rickard > On Jan 8, 2014, at 17:39, Dallas O'Brien <dallas.r.obr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > hi. well put. my girlfriend plays minecraft all the time, and yes, the sounds > could be better. but they aren't the point of the game. lol. many sighted > games have horrible sounds. because, to put it quite simply, they don't care > about sounds much. it's only in expensive, highly complex and emersive games, > where the sounds are very important too. > Dallas > > >> On 9 Jan 2014, at 2:27, Dennis Towne <s...@xirr.com> wrote: >> >> Shaun, >> >> Minecraft is actually an excellent game, and the music and sounds make >> sense if you have vision and can see the graphics. However, it's not >> a game that the blind can effectively play, and it's not a game that >> can be made accessible - the graphics are what make it awesome. Being >> able to see in the distance and maybe pick out a weird configuration >> of blocks that might be a buried castle, being able to build >> structures that you can look at, making some goofy monument that >> spells out your mom's name in block letters - those are the things you >> do with your time there. >> >> It's not a regular game with quests and an end. It's more like a >> giant sandbox for people to find and build gigantic 3d objects, often >> in complete silence. >> >> -dentin >> >> Alter Aeon MUD >> http://www.alteraeon.com >> >> >>> On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 7:57 PM, shaun everiss <sm.ever...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Well I played minecraft with my cousin on his xbox 360. >>> Firstly the music is utter crap. >>> It may have improved in the pc version but it made my ears want to drop off >>> after just a minute of listening. >>> The sound fx sounded like they were coming out of a crappy sound box kids >>> use. >>> Now I am not saying sound boxes are crap I have 2 of them but I wouldn't >>> concidder them worthy of playing games with. >>> There is supposed to be more sounds that are better. >>> But unless minecraft was made tesxt based or something I think I'd get bored >>> after 5 minutes of play, I quit using it. >>> >>> At 04:17 PM 1/7/2014, you wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi listers >>>> Minecraft itself was quite cheap, considering the price of 15 euros when I >>>> purchased it. But as those guys are actually pushing the limits of Java, >>>> the >>>> humble talking about accessibility of mine fell on deaf ears, but so long >>>> it's ok, my relatives are playing under my account and enjoying it >>>> immensely. Minecraft as a matter of fact doesn't even have a ton of sounds >>>> attached to it, if not talking about mods. The only thing that needs to be >>>> realised here is that I think we are coming to the point where people are >>>> not afraid any more having a 100x100 map layed out before them and >>>> navigating it if sufficient data is provided. David Greenwood with his >>>> T.O.T. managed to make a small incursion into the land of such big maps and >>>> I hope that when T.O.T. gets updated it gets much more into it. But this is >>>> generally more to speaking about the strategy games. >>>> Was there anything so difficult about mortal kombat? No. The answer is >>>> simple, the playroom is small, so moving is limited, but what really gave >>>> the game it's replayability was the intelligent AI and the fact that you >>>> needed to act fast as hell, thereby producing huge amounts of adrenaline. >>>> Mortal kombat was easily beatable by anyone without sight. Now coming to >>>> the >>>> new mortal kombats on consoles or the last one on pc, than the story modes >>>> and such puzzles would need some tweaks for those who can't see, but it's >>>> all a question of making it. At this point I would think it could be easier >>>> to program a game similar to minecraft or civilisation, because before >>>> civ4, >>>> even they didn't make heavy use of sounds and background music. >>>> Thousand thanks for reading >>>> with kind regards >>>> Dengo Jürgen >>>> >>>> --- >>>> 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. > > --- > 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. 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