[Electronics-talk] alternatives to video games and visual games

[Tone]

do you have skype or zello? or if you want email of the list, and I'll  tell 
you of some games
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
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Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 8:06 PM
Subject: [Electronics-talk] alternatives to video games and visual games


> Hi all,
>
> As you know, more and more games are developed on gadgets. Some are 
> portable; others are for home use.
> For at home we have the WII, Playstation and xbox. For portable options, 
> there are numerous ones. All tablets and smart phones have games. Then you 
> have the Kindle, Nook, and more.
>
> So what technology, if any, do you use as an alternative to these on 
> screen games?
> Games range from adaptations of real card or board games to new ones 
> developed for these portable book readers and tablets.
>
> Scrabble, Hangman, monopoly, and word searches are some games.
> I am beginning to feel left out when people talk about all these games. My 
> mother, who usually hates technology, has fallen in love with a few games 
> on her new Kindle Fire; of course, not accessible to us. My mom is 
> intimidated by computers, yet somehow picked up the concept in the kindle 
> okay. She has games, music aps, and books on it.
>
> Perhaps, there are IOS games out there. I suppose there are computer games 
> which I just haven’t looked at.
> I’d love to have a version of hangman, word puzzles, and card games for 
> the pc.
>
> There are two games I had as a kid; I don’t know if both still exist as 
> its old technology. But one does.
> 1. The Speak n Spell was a handheld thing; like a primative computer. You 
> used it as a dictionary and it had academic games on it such as guessing 
> partial words, a word scramble where you had to unscramble letters to make 
> a word, word matching, and more games.
> 2. The Franklin Language master still exists; I saw it online. Most have 
> the pc for a dictionary. But for those who want another portable option or 
> a way to expand your vocabulary, this is excellent. It is lightweight with 
> a qwerty style keyboard and speaks everything as well as a way to magnify 
> the text. You can play word games on it such as hangman, word scramble, 
> flash cards, word train, creating anagrams and more. I think there’s ten 
> games on it.
>
>
> So what else is out there? Maybe something from APH?
>
> Thanks.
> Ashley
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