2:00 PM on 05.08.2007
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Niero
For the average gamer, picking up a next-gen console joystick and plugging away is an effortless activity. To a person with physical disabilities, this feat is simply not within the realm of possibility. While the many tightly arranged buttons make the task insurmountable, this hasn't stopped clever engineers from making hardcore gaming a reality for disabled persons.
KQED has produced a video for Quest documenting the lifestyles of a handful of inspirational disabled gamers, the innovative solutions they use to interact with modern games, and a critical view of an industry that underfunds the development of these products. I was floored. This is eye-opening and incredibly humbling.
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I practically vomited when that woman said that.
But on topic its good to see that they are making the gaming world more accessable and showing that games are also helping people live fuller lives.
But still, this feature was incredible and, like Niero said, humbling.
agreed...quite humbling.
I think perhaps this movement will bring about either specialized games, or take forever to implement. But it is incredibly insightful. I'd never really thought about disabled people playing games before. It's kind of a no-brainer.
It'll be like "Mario is Missing". It's cool someone developed that Idea into a game, but I'll never touch it. Unless I'm at my grandma's house and bored...
What if Congress eventually MANDATES that ALL games must be accessible to all. Like sidewalk ramps at super-markets, etc..
/also fascists
It was a good documentary. Unfortunately, I don't think any change is going to come from within the industry. As one of the people said, developers like to make games challenging and complex. By tailoring an action game to suit quadriplegics, a lot of the appeal would probably be lost to able bodied players. I do however imagine most RPGs and many casual games would be fairly well suited to disabled peoples needs, the main problem is the lack of sufficient control interface. I imagine the DS' touch screen would work pretty well in that regard.
cept for that lolworthy MS PS3 and Sony 360 mishap. humor gold right there for the fanboys
We know! We know! We fixed it today and will post the corrected clip tomorrow.
It was just a typo in the script. Sorry!