I'm afraid ken, at least in my case, the simple reason is that I don't have
a packmate or braille display.
I'd love to play nethack if I could, but don't have the cash for the
display.
I'm not sure how much this applies to other people, but certainly, the fact
that something is free, or that it has been adapted wouldn't put me off.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken the Crazy" <kenwdow...@neo.rr.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] my frustration with the blind gaming comunity.
I understand where you're coming from. I put together a game pack form the
Pac Mate a couple years ago that had Scrabble, Chess, Minesweeper, Nethack
and a bunch of other stuff. It took hours to make each game work. I
suppose my mistake was to say that the games were visual. Well, they were
visual, but with a Pac Mate you could play them just fine, because I had
adapted them to work with Braille displays. I got maybe three comments.
Part of the deal I know is that that if you give something for free, it is
lowly esteemed--such is it everywhere. Put a hefty price tag on it and
suddenly there's interest.
I also remember doing a recording for Wii Sports and using the Wii in
general and the little feedback I got about that. Believe me, I quite
understand.
Also, when I put out Wrecking Ball there were few comments because the
main input device is the mouse. Also, I think Che had a hard time
convincing people that the mouse would work.
Personally, I haven't listened to the Rock Band samples for a couple
reasons. First, my Wii broke and I haven't been able as yet to afford to
get another, and then there's spending more to get Rock Band, so all that
would happen if I did is that I'd get sore salivary glands from drooling
in envy. Also, I can only perceive music on my best days now--it sounds
horrible most of the time. As for the street fighter game, again I would
have to get a console to play it on.
Ken Downey
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Yohandy" <yohand...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 1:12 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] my frustration with the blind gaming comunity.
Hey guys,
Ok I'm gonna go ahead and say it. I find myself getting extremely
frustrated with the blind gaming community. Why you ask? ok here goes.
I'm sure you guys have noticed I've been putting up some rock band
samples up. you've also noticed Clement has been putting up some street
fighter IV samples and various other samples. So why is it that when we
ask for feedback or comments on these samples we work hard to create,
people simply either ignore us completely, or the same 3 or 4 people are
the ones to always respond? well you know what I think the reason for
that is? simply that the games we post about are mainstream games, not
audio games. I've noticed that when a new audio game comes out, even if
it's the most simplistic game in existence, everyone's all jumping to
download it immediately and there are threads that span hundreds of
messages on the subject. But when we post something having to do with
console games, the thread dies in a matter of hours. I'm sure Clement has
been feeling this frustration as well. it's been leaking through in his
emails to the list even if he hasn't mentioned it outright. So my
question is this: what must we do to get you guys interested in something
other than topspeed 3, or any other audio game for that matter? don't you
guys have that spark of curiosity to find out everything there is to find
about video games? why is everyone ignoring these games outright? This
community has hundreds of members, and only a very limited amount of
people even talk about mainstream games. it's all audio games, audio
games, and more audio games. there's so much more out there for you to
find guys. how can you call yourself a gamer when you aren't even willing
to download the files Clement and I put up to at least listen to what
these games have to offer? Whenever I put up a rock band sample, I get
like 4 or 5 downloads at most. however I rarely get any feedback. I think
you guys are just shoving these files in your hard drives and don't even
take a listen. if you do, then you have the curiosity of a robot. I don't
know about Clement, but I'm not planning on putting anything else up.
What's the point? no one seems to care what we have to say, or have any
curiosity about console gaming. you guys just keep playing your audio
games and keep your closed-minded mentality about game accessibility in
general. If you think I'm taking things too far, consider this: remember
when Clement and I had that little Street Fighter seminar? I finally
thought that people finally had some interest in what we had to say and
in the game and such. we got some really good questions, and over all had
a really good time. but once that seminar ended, what do you think
happened? That's right. absolutely nothing. people basically were like oh
ok, that game had awesome sounds and music and such. ok back to playing
some tank commander. at least, that's how I feel personally. it was fun
as a spur of the moment thing. Now let me ask you this. how many of you,
after listening to that seminar went over to gamestop and bought a copy
of Street Fighter? or even go to a friend's house and try the game out?
My guess is 0. ok rant over. I know this email is a mess lol, but it's
just basically me writing down my ideas as they come to mind. take from
it what you will. for those of us serious about gaming, we need to get
together and figure where we should take it from here. Do we give up, or
keep trying? I'm pretty tired of trying my self when everyone's
resisting to be honest. Good day everyone.
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