Hi Dennis.
i believe the "online games" mentioned doesn't mean games that have some
online capability, but games that are entirely online, such as brouser games
and yes, muds.
If the top 25 list included all the online text games that blind people can
play well that's a catagory in itself, pluss it's then hard to separate out
games that have been adaptated or altered for blind players vs those that
just happen to be accessible.
that's why i see the point of excluding most online games, even including
those I like such as Core exiles.
Alteraeon though is I think the exception to this rule.
other muds like New worlds, materiamagica and avatar muds have "some
features for blind or vi players" but alteraeon goes way beyond the call of
duty here with what it does with atmospheric and adapted text like the
weather descriptions, and is as I said tantamount to an audio rpg with the
mushclient pack as well.
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
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From: "Dennis Towne" <s...@xirr.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Top 25 websites for gamers who are blind
Elanor,
Unlike Dark, I don't understand why you would exclude online games in
this day and age. It may have made sense a decade ago, but the fact
of the matter is that 'standalone' games are rapidly becoming the
minority. Even now, I wouldn't be surprised if you were leaving half
of the available games off the table with the current listing
requirements.
The closest analogy I can come up with is that it's like making a list
of the all time greatest songs and leaving out anything that uses a
drum machine.
Given that the current 'top 25' list is set up more as 'top 25 plus a
bunch of extra lists for overflow material', perhaps it would be
better for the blind community to do some kind of multiple list or
hierarchical setup: the years best individual games, downloadable game
sites, online games, game developers, that sort of thing. Right now,
the currently list is so widely variable in quality and landing page
type that its usefulness is diminished.
Dennis Towne
Alter Aeon MUD
http://www.alteraeon.com
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 6:35 AM, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote:
Hi eleanor.
while I understand not reviewing sites for uniquely online games such as
muds, I'm afraid I'm a litle confused why you would list a game like
Sound
rts or the topspeed series from playinginthedark, who's primary interest
is
it's online play, without considdering the online audio games available
such
as Blind adrenalin, Quentin C playroom and Rs client.
Pluss, as far as Blind adrenaline goes there is the Rail racer game,
which
is also playable offline.
while I appreciate the methodology, perhaps a more complete explanation
of
what does or does not count as "online" in this context would be a good
thing, ---- and also as I said, might influence the final list.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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