[Audyssey] Mainstream games

2008-09-25 Thread Lindsay Cowell
What mainstream games are accessible for blind people? lindsay Cowell --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audy

Re: [Audyssey] Mainstream games was sl accessibility contact details

2008-09-25 Thread Mike Reiser
Agreed. I do think once the flight game from bpc is released we'll have something and also the rpg game, but I've wanted to take advantage of sl and other virtual worlds for years, thuss my willingness to test and give feedback when I can. Mike --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org

Re: [Audyssey] sl accessibility contact details

2008-09-25 Thread Mike Reiser
Don't really care for the theme my self, prefer sl which is general purpose. Still at least this is something. Mike --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at h

Re: [Audyssey] Mainstream games was sl accessibility contact details

2008-09-25 Thread Yohandy
I'm very glad you are doing this Thomas. You're right of course. There is no comparison between games for the blind and games for sighted folk. I personally just pre-ordered MK VS dc universe yesterday for ps3. can't wait for that game to be released! the voice chatting should be awesome. and t

Re: [Audyssey] Mainstream games was sl accessibility contact details

2008-09-25 Thread shaun everiss
well its not an easy business. copywrites, the issue that this is not a full time job, you don't get much from it, etc. And you don't have a team of devs doing things. At 01:34 p.m. 26/09/2008, you wrote: >Hi, >Yeah, and the wait between accessible game releases isn't the only reason >blind game

[Audyssey] Mainstream games was sl accessibility contact details

2008-09-25 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Yeah, and the wait between accessible game releases isn't the only reason blind gamers are looking at mainstream games. For me personally I tend to find the majority of audio games produced for the blind do not hold my personal interest. We have plenty of card games, board games, Space In

Re: [Audyssey] sl accessibility contact details

2008-09-25 Thread Orin
Most people are at least trying mainstream games, or attempting to. Wanna know why? Think about this. When in audio games did we have the last "big" rlease? Rail Racer which, as of now was released a year ago. Heck, I don't even know what the last big release was. Been so long. On Sep 25,

Re: [Audyssey] sl accessibility contact details

2008-09-25 Thread shaun everiss
hmm. I wander why the secondlifefortheblind site on blogspot said it was. it is simular because you can chat to others but yeah its not like sl. Not that I really care either way, but I understand why people here want to stay with audio games. The mainstream have not got it right yet not that the

Re: [Audyssey] sl accessibility contact details

2008-09-25 Thread shaun everiss
No idea. I used it on my pc with 2gb of ram but although it shows potentual I am not impressed although I tried it twice making sure I understood things. I had issues with getting a username to work and then to actually when I got one working, ie it didn't error and returned to the dialog to logi

Re: [Audyssey] sl accessibility contact details

2008-09-25 Thread Yohandy
extremely different. second life is just what it sounds, but virtually. - Original Message - From: "Orin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 7:32 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] sl accessibility contact details I don't think Power Up is sim

Re: [Audyssey] sl accessibility contact details

2008-09-25 Thread Orin
I don't think Power Up is similar to SL at all. Very different. On Sep 25, 2008, at 2:16 AM, shaun everiss wrote: mike and all. just found a game simular to second life called power up. www.powerupthegame.org I have played it but I have not had much luck in getting online, single player is ok

Re: [Audyssey] sl accessibility contact details

2008-09-25 Thread Mike Reiser
Yes have looked at it, runs slowly on my pc due to me having only a gig of ram. It doesn't give you any feedback as to whether your character was created successfully. Anyone we can contact to give feedback to about this? Mike --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to l