[blparent] FW: video games

[Leanne Merren]

Rhonda,
There are games you can play on the Wii.  I have a friend who is blind and 
she plays games with her husband.  She plays games like American Idol and 
bowling.  On one you actually sing into a microphone and the other you act 
like you're rolling a bowling ball...  I haven't actually tried it this is 
just what she tells me so it sounds like a possibility for blind parents to 
play with their kids.  Much more than other systems anyway.
Leanne
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rhonda Scott" <earthmagic7 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 6:54 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] FW: video games


> Hi Allison
>
> I know for sure that Shades of Doom doesn't have graphics, not sure about
> any others. I had that thought too that if any of them were audio as well 
> as
> visual, I might be able to play them with Deven. He insists that his dad 
> and
> I could play games with the Wii, but I've never seen a Wii, so I don't 
> know
> about that.
>
> Rhonda
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Allison (NFBA)" <nfbarizona at gmail.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 11:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] FW: video games
>
>
> Hi Veronica,
>
> Thanks for forwarding this!  Do you know if any of these accessible 
> computer
> games have graphics in addition to their sounds?  Could you ask your 
> friend?
> I've been thinking of buying an accessible comp game, but I'm afraide the
> audible ones won't be interesting for a sighted kid.  Especially not one
> like Nathaniel who's used to action-packed games like World of Warcraft.
> But it'd be fun to find at least one comp game I could play with him.  The
> website All In Play has free memberships available through Dec 31 and I 
> plan
> to give that a try with Nathaniel to see if he likes playing those with 
> me.
> We'll see.  I'll let you all know how that goes.  I think All In Play is
> kinda exspensive, but I'm greatful for their free trial option this month.
>
> Allison
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 8:05 PM
> Subject: [blparent] FW: video games
>
>
>>I asked a friend of mine who is blind from birth about video games.  Of
>> course he is 21, but has been playing some of these games for years.  I
>> thought I'd share his reply.  V
>>
>> Hello veronica. A few games for the blind that I really enjoy playing 
>> are:
>> 1. Shades of doom. This game is found at www.gmagames.com and costs $35
>> 2. Lone wolf. Also found at www.gmagames.com. This game costs $30 as 
>> well.
>> 3. GMA Tank Commander also at www.gmagames.com.
>> A great site to check out is www.audiogames.net. It has loads of info
>> on just about every audio game.
>> I also enjoy playing Madden NFL which is produced for xbox playstation
>> and nentendo. With Madden and games of that nature I usually have some
>> one read me the lay out of the screen so I can memorize it. otherwise
>> I wouldn't reccomend it.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
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