Hi Ken, I think the problem we face is that companies don't look at people, and only seak the dollar signs before their eyes. We aren't much of a market to make them think twice about us. I mean even now most of the sighted games I have played for PC, PS2, Xbox, aare far above and beyond what the accessible games market is use to. They have the financial backing to really go all the way. In the Star Trek games for the PC such as Final Unity and elite Force they paid the actual actors to do the voice overs for the game. None of us can come close. In some of the Lucas Arts games they hired people to stand in for the parts like Mara Jade, and so on, but most of us don't have pro actors and actresses at our disposal to do that sort of thing. I do see Josh's desire to use the sounds etc as that is really the only way we can make our games have the same quality of sound as the pro games. If we are talking brands like Star Trek, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, if you don't have the actual voices and effects any clone is pretty much junk, and just isn't the same.
Ken the Crazy wrote: > What will these companies do anyway, sue? Let 'em! You can't get blood > from turnips, and whenever ethical concerns arise I invariably choose the > people over the company. If a beggar is starving, is it wrong for him to > steal a loaf of bread or two from a rich man? No--it's wrong for the rich > man not to help the beggar, and he pays for his apathy. I wouldn't worry > about getting sued though--how many ST games have been made for the blind? > Well, PCS made one, then GMA, and finally USA. That's three games, two of > which were sold--and they are absolutely loaded with sound effects. The big > companies know that it would be more of a waste of time to sue these very > small-time game companies than it would be to produce accessible games > themselves (not that it would be all that difficult.) That's why I say if > there's a game you want, talk to the companies that produce similar sighted > games. If they won't give you the time of day, make the game and relax. > Ken Downey > President > DreamTechInteractive! > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
