Re: [Audyssey] compairison between latest and old audio games.

2014-10-30 Thread Josh k
the clone wars map pack. On 10/30/2014 10:16 AM, Thomas Ward wrote: Hi Josh, Which Star Wars map pack are you referring to? There is a Clone wars and a New Hope map pack. I'll grab both but I was wondering which you were specifically referring to. Cheers! On 10/29/14, Josh k wrote:

Re: [Audyssey] compairison between latest and old audio games.

2014-10-29 Thread Josh k
download tacticle battle then go into the game then arrow to download map packs and hit enter. its easy. On 10/29/2014 6:47 PM, Thomas Ward wrote: Hello Josh, Where does one go to get the map packs etc that you mentioned? Thanks. On 10/29/14, Josh k wrote: try star wars star trek and age

Re: [Audyssey] compairison between latest and old audio games.

2014-10-29 Thread Josh k
ny of the map packs. So any opinions I might voice currently would be based exclusively on the sample maps etc that comes with the stock game not the extra downloads of map packs and so forth. Cheers! On 10/29/14, Josh k wrote: and don't forget tacticle battle and all its map packs.

Re: [Audyssey] compairison between latest and old audio games.

2014-10-29 Thread Josh k
try star wars star trek and age of warlords and you'll change your mind quickly about tacticle battle! On 10/29/2014 6:02 PM, Thomas Ward wrote: Hi Dark, I confess I haven't played much with Tactical Battle either. I basically played some of the sample maps, found it sort of blah, and gave it

Re: [Audyssey] compairison between latest and old audio games.

2014-10-29 Thread Josh k
oh yes they sure have! go get it and try some map packs! On 10/29/2014 5:34 PM, dark wrote: Hi Tom. tactical battle is more the possibility of the engine than the initial game maps. I confess I've not played the game hugely, ut I do get the impression some people have done some pretty astou

Re: [Audyssey] compairison between latest and old audio games.

2014-10-29 Thread Josh k
and don't forget tacticle battle and all its map packs. On 10/29/2014 5:32 PM, dark wrote: Hi Tom. Technical discussions aside, I confess I disagree on the lack of audio game progress in design terms. While you might be correct on shades of doom, Shades of doom is hardly the cutting edge of a

Re: [Audyssey] compairison between latest and old audio games.

2014-10-29 Thread Josh k
you are forgetting tacticle battle audio game. On 10/29/2014 1:21 PM, Thomas Ward wrote: Hello Ishan, Honestly, I don't think there has been any dramatic progress in audio games for the last ten to fifteen years. From a purely technical perspective they seem to be more or less the same. For ex

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-29 Thread Josh k
its true no screen reader will work at all with it. it is completely inaccessible not even worth trying. On 10/28/2014 3:18 PM, shaun everiss wrote: just quickly on this, because I know its closing what do you think of react os it seems to have a lot going for it with its windows emulator but

Re: [Audyssey] Pizza Delivery

2014-10-29 Thread Josh k
it would be fun if jim made an audio version of candy crush. On 10/29/2014 2:36 AM, shaun everiss wrote: well jims games are never hard they are based off old dos games or straight board games mostly and are not to bad as long as you have your wits about you. At 06:50 p.m. 29/10/2014, you wro

Re: [Audyssey] is it really progress? - Re: end of keyboards, was Throwaway Tech

2014-10-27 Thread Josh k
creating them, and still has to do everything by hand (which is why they cost so much). -- From: "Josh k" Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2014 9:13 PM To: "Gamers Discussion list" Subject: Re: [Audyssey] is it really progress? - Re: e

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-26 Thread Josh k
games and then have that game launched. Just throwing ideas out on the table... -tim On 2014-10-26 21:17, Josh k wrote: too bad there's not some sort of custom console OS that you flash onto your console and once flashed, the console is accessible with accessible games you can buy from be

Re: [Audyssey] is it really progress? - Re: end of keyboards, was Throwaway Tech

2014-10-26 Thread Josh k
yes I am glad I know how to use my slate and stylus and perkins brailler and cranmer abacus from APH american printing house for the blind. On 10/26/2014 9:45 PM, hayden presley wrote: Dark, I think likening reading via braille to chopping down firewood is a rather absurd and unrealistic analog

Re: [Audyssey] is it really progress? - Re: end of keyboards, was Throwaway Tech

2014-10-26 Thread Josh k
how can a synthesizer teach you spelling? On 10/26/2014 8:13 PM, dark wrote: To me that is a narrow definition of reading charlse. If an author wrote the words and I understand them, I've read them, heck even when I used to read books in braille I always imagined the sound of the words in my b

Re: [Audyssey] a polite request.

2014-10-26 Thread Josh k
ught it yet I'd certainly recommend doing so sinse it's awsome. All the best, Dark. Take them to the refirbished chamber that was once bad! - Original Message - From: "Josh k" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2014 8:15 PM Subject: Re: [Audy

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-26 Thread Josh k
o mod the console games in a lot of cases. More and more console games are being modded and customized than you might think. Cheers! On 10/26/14, Josh k wrote: but the hard core gamers cannot mod their games with a console. you cannot make game mods. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.o

Re: [Audyssey] is it really progress? - Re: end of keyboards, was Throwaway Tech

2014-10-26 Thread Josh k
or if we had much cheaper braille displays then we would have more access to braille. for all the complaining the nfb does about pushing braille literacy, they are not doing anything to make braille printers and braille displays more affordable. On 10/26/2014 7:18 PM, tim wrote: If it wasn't f

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-26 Thread Josh k
AM and CPU power for virtual machines, and I just don't see people doing that unless they absolutely had to. Cheers! On 10/26/14, Josh k wrote: so if we all have tablets like IOS or android how will school students write their 5 to 20 page papers? How will people who like to tinker and run vi

Re: [Audyssey] is it really progress? - Re: end of keyboards, was Throwaway Tech

2014-10-26 Thread Josh k
I guess if you want a braille display or embosser you have to buy one on ebay and hope that it works. On 10/26/2014 7:18 PM, tim wrote: If it wasn't for these so called machine doing the reading. Than thousands of books wouldn't be available for those to read even if you know brail. Because no

Re: [Audyssey] is it really progress? - Re: end of keyboards, was Throwaway Tech

2014-10-26 Thread Josh k
yes I can use an abacus slate and stylus and perkins brailler very well. On 10/26/2014 3:46 PM, Charles Rivard wrote: We have caller ID so that we know who is calling us, and we have answering machines either built into the phone or as a service from our provider so that we don't have to answer

Re: [Audyssey] is it really progress? - Re: end of keyboards, was Throwaway Tech

2014-10-26 Thread Josh k
I know how to use an abacus so I'll survive. On 10/26/2014 3:46 PM, Charles Rivard wrote: We have caller ID so that we know who is calling us, and we have answering machines either built into the phone or as a service from our provider so that we don't have to answer the phone. We have spell

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-26 Thread Josh k
d for that sort of thing. Never were, and I doubt ever will. They have limited storage capacity, don't have enough RAM and CPU power for virtual machines, and I just don't see people doing that unless they absolutely had to. Cheers! On 10/26/14, Josh k wrote: so if we all have tablet

Re: [Audyssey] a polite request.

2014-10-26 Thread Josh k
do they still sell entombed? or has it been discontinued? On 10/26/2014 4:12 PM, dark wrote: Hi Ishen. I don't have a recording of the drake but I can give you some advice. The drake is big, tough, hard to damage, however he has one weakness. There is only one of him. My usual stratogy is t

Re: [Audyssey] end of keyboards, was Throwaway Tech

2014-10-26 Thread Josh k
try doing dictation in a noisy environment. it won't work well at all. On 10/26/2014 3:04 PM, Thomas Ward wrote: Hi Phil, I suppose that is always possible. I'm seeing more and more voice dictation all the time, and although I can't really use it myself I do see the mainstream using it as a rep

Re: [Audyssey] end of keyboards, was Throwaway Tech

2014-10-26 Thread Josh k
and if the dictation gets your spelling wrong? editing may be a bit of a pain on a touch only device. And what if you want to write something down in a busy public place with lots of noise? sort of difficult using dictation only due to heavy background noise. On 10/26/2014 2:01 PM, Phil Vlasak

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-26 Thread Josh k
can be done on tablets and phones provided they have a keyboard available for the device. Cheers! On 10/26/14, Josh k wrote: try typing a paper on a touch screen for college or writing reports. it won't work and will frustrate you because typing on touch screen is slow. --- Gamers ma

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-26 Thread Josh k
so if we all have tablets like IOS or android how will school students write their 5 to 20 page papers? How will people who like to tinker and run virtual machines do that on a IOS tablet? How will the hard-core gamers play their games on the big screen with racing wheels joysticks and big scre

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous TopicofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-26 Thread Josh k
er to use the stock desktop when and where possible. cheers! On 10/26/14, Josh k wrote: hi thomas, do you use gnome shell 3.12 or the fallback mode? I use the gnome shell where you press control alt tab to get to the different options and things. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org I

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-26 Thread Josh k
well if I must switch to a tablet I'll go with android before apple just because android is more open like linux and windows. On 10/26/2014 9:43 AM, Thomas Ward wrote: Hi Shaun, Not sure what you mean by "on the go" but I do agree a massive migration to Linux won't happen. If anything people s

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-26 Thread Josh k
n Walmart since they mainly deal with the home versions given they are selling to the average consumer, but it is not hard to find Windows pro, business, or ultimate. Places like Amazon carry any and all versions of Windows. Cheers! On 10/26/14, Josh k wrote: if I have to I'll get a business

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-26 Thread Josh k
also if you developed for ubuntu you would get most of the linux market because most people use ubuntu according to distrowatch.com page hit rankings website. On 10/25/2014 2:59 PM, shaun everiss wrote: you are probably right, and most of the time I don't mind that but I'd still like the local

Re: [Audyssey] Pizza Delivery

2014-10-26 Thread Josh k
I like that pizza game, its lots of fun. On 10/25/2014 3:09 PM, shaun everiss wrote: well volxwagen is german, ironically and from some thing I read it was the only good thing hitler ever actually did, basically he wanted people to move round in a n affordable vehicle so made that idea go. So t

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-26 Thread Josh k
I will never want critical info such as bank info in the cloud. On 10/25/2014 3:21 PM, shaun everiss wrote: I agree, I'd like to control where my data is saved, I do have a few things in the cloud but nothing critical. I just want to know where I put some of my stuff. At 06:55 a.m. 26/10/2014,

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-26 Thread Josh k
what you will do after January? because now microsoft will not provide drivers and other things. The company want to end the technical support. Thanks Ishan On 10/23/14, Josh k wrote: > if you are on a low income you can get laptops from newegg and from > blaire technology group for bet

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-26 Thread Josh k
companies. You'd have better luck betting on Apple's Mac OS X being the next big thing. On 10/25/14, Josh k wrote: ok then if ms won't do those things then I hope everybody and all developers will start switching to ubuntu gnome. NVDA for ubuntu gnome or a better orca and more voi

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-26 Thread Josh k
some sort of break or slightly different policy than the usual home version that ships on laptops and desktop machines. However, that is just a guess on my part. Cheers! On 10/25/14, Josh k wrote: and do you really think businesses are gunna want to use microsoft accounts for everything? I

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous TopicofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-26 Thread Josh k
hi thomas, do you use gnome shell 3.12 or the fallback mode? I use the gnome shell where you press control alt tab to get to the different options and things. On 10/26/2014 6:40 AM, Thomas Ward wrote: Hi John, Not Sure what version of Gnome you are talking about but I find Gnome is quite acce

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous TopicofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-25 Thread Josh k
hmmm, last time I used gnome-shell it worked just fine for me. On 10/25/2014 9:27 PM, john wrote: The entirety of the "start menu", for starters. Never mind the settings panel and a host of other things that only half way work. -- Fro

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous TopicofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-25 Thread Josh k
what part of gnome is not accessible? On 10/25/2014 6:22 PM, john wrote: A giant part of gnome is inaccessible... just saying. Also, it's the desktop, not orca, that's got the problem, so its nothing improved orca could do. -- Fro

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-25 Thread Josh k
and do you really think businesses are gunna want to use microsoft accounts for everything? I would not. On 10/25/2014 9:18 AM, Thomas Ward wrote: Hi Shaun, Well, as the MS account is pretty much core to Microsoft's new security policy as well as their services I definitely don't see that goin

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-25 Thread Josh k
ok then if ms won't do those things then I hope everybody and all developers will start switching to ubuntu gnome. NVDA for ubuntu gnome or a better orca and more voices available in its app store. and if I want to run windows I'll run windows xp or windows7 in a vm on the ubuntu host until eve

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-25 Thread Josh k
and if your internet goes out or down, oh well you no longer have access to your software. On 10/25/2014 9:18 AM, Thomas Ward wrote: Hi Shaun, Well, as the MS account is pretty much core to Microsoft's new security policy as well as their services I definitely don't see that going away. Its on

Re: [Audyssey] jim's pizza delivery game

2014-10-25 Thread Josh k
maybe you have a virus or are getting updates? On 10/24/2014 7:01 PM, Bryan Peterson wrote: That's certainly strange. Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, Ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul. -Original Message- From: Nicol Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 4:52 PM To: 'Game

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-25 Thread Josh k
e: Hi josh sir! but what you will do after January? because now microsoft will not provide drivers and other things. The company want to end the technical support. Thanks Ishan On 10/23/14, Josh k wrote: > if you are on a low income you can get laptops from newegg and from > blaire technol

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-25 Thread Josh k
I like having my local account! if I were an IT manager and if I were running a company I would not save stuff in the cloud I would want it where I know I could get at it. backups in the cloud? maybe if they were super secure. primary employee stuff would be local. and if I ran a company an ms

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-25 Thread Josh k
o desire to even think of upgrading. At 07:24 p.m. 24/10/2014, you wrote: Hi josh sir! but what you will do after January? because now microsoft will not provide drivers and other things. The company want to end the technical support. Thanks Ishan On 10/23/14, Josh k wrote: > if you are

Re: [Audyssey] jim's pizza game

2014-10-24 Thread Josh k
how did he get the winkit installed? i must have missed that email. On 10/24/2014 8:30 AM, Jim Kitchen wrote: Hi Austin, Cool, I'm glad that you were able to get the winkit installed. Thanks for letting me know what the problem was. I will have to mention that if others have the same problem

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-24 Thread Josh k
yes I wonder what the new mainstream business OS will be in 5 or 6 years? maybe windows10? right now businesses are staying with windows7. On 10/24/2014 8:15 AM, Thomas Ward wrote: Hello Ishan, There will still be updates for Windows 7 available past January 13 2015. What you are confused abou

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-24 Thread Josh k
end the technical support. Thanks Ishan On 10/23/14, Josh k wrote: if you are on a low income you can get laptops from newegg and from blaire technology group for between $200 and $300 and they are quite powerful and run windows7. some with windows8.1. but I've found more games run on win7

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic ofInteractiveFiction

2014-10-23 Thread Josh k
if you are on a low income you can get laptops from newegg and from blaire technology group for between $200 and $300 and they are quite powerful and run windows7. some with windows8.1. but I've found more games run on win7 even today. I tried win8.1 and it froze and made my CPU keep running at

Re: [Audyssey] Throwaway Tech was Previous Topic of InteractiveFiction

2014-10-23 Thread Josh k
yes and last night I was getting sick of browser freeze-ups and other stuff on windows8.1 including my fan running like crazy so I got windows7 64bit pro back on here windows8.1 is gone hard drive reformatted and windows7 pro is back and all is working great. better than it did in win8.1. no mo

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