[blparent] FW: video games

Fri Dec 18 16:30:47 UTC 2009

hi;
a WII is very, physical, example:
you swing the "WII remote" the controller like your bowling for bowling, and like a baseball bat for baseball. Granted, there are some games that just aren't feasible for a blind person, but my sighted girlfriend, roommate, and brother love it, as well, do i. If i can find it, no, i know there's an audio demo of the WII here:
http://blindcooltech.com
sorry i didn't get you the direct url, as my internet is not working right now.
thanks a lot
hth
mike
On Dec 18, 2009, at 2:54 AM, Rhonda Scott wrote:

> 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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