[SportsandRec] recreation at arcaids

[Ashley Bramlett]

Hello Joeseph,
I should change the subject line next time as I just realized I spelled 
something wrong.

If I lived anywhere near your state, Oklahoma, I'd use your nonprofit.
I live on the east coast though; not Missouri.

So where did you play ski ball? Did someone tell you how many pins were 
knocked down?
I'll reread the messages you sent to find what you said regarding air 
hockey.
Did you play shuffle board at an arcade?
I think Hard Times Café has one and if so I'll see if I can try it out.

So far, I have had a lot of sighted help playing. Like you, I am told which 
buttons to push in the games.
I think there was one video game at Dave and Busters about battleships where 
I could play it more based on sound. Someone explained what buttons to press 
to shoot the ships. There were several buttons and you pressed a particular 
button
based on what ship you wanted to target and where you wanted it to go. I 
cannot remember the name of it but it was either battleships or space ships.

Thanks for any more ideas.

I know I wrote a lot today so I'll write my other questions tomorrow!

Ashley
-----Original Message----- 
From: Joseph Bundy via SportsandRec
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2023 8:12 PM
To: Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List
Cc: Joseph Bundy
Subject: Re: [SportsandRec] recreation at arcaids

Did you see my info about air hockey when i replied to you about pool
at my uncle's? ski ball is fun. you can tell if you score and
sometimes how much by sound. shuffle board is easy. You just push a
puck across the board and try not to go off and can bump others out. i
think it depends on what games you want to play. sometimes i have
people hlep me or tell me what to push and when. I just enjoy pushing
bottons sometimes and i don't care if i win or loose. i just enjoy
being a part of it or being at the venue.

On 1/25/23, Ashley Bramlett via SportsandRec <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org> 
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I’ve asked about pool as recreation. I have a few more questions about
> indoor recreation participation.
>
> Many recreational activities are visual and are not so physical.
> I’d really like to play those arcaid games which are often part of
> restaurants. For instance, Glory Days has some. Dave and Busters also has
> some.
>
> Other than a few games with some sighted assistance, I’ve not done 
> arcaids.
>
>
> How can a blind or low vision person play those video games? Some arcaids
> have ball games such as air hockey or ski ball.
>
> I probably could play air hockey if someone explained how I could play it.
>
> Here is what I’ve done so far. Any more ideas? I have some central vision.
> I have low vision in both eyes.
>
> I played ski ball at Dave and Busters. That is similar to bowling.
> In ski ball, there is no screen to see.
> The person I was with just told me how many pins I knocked down and where
> the balls were.
>
> I also played some bumper car game. I did this by primarily listening and
> someone told me what the controlls did so I knew which one to use.
>
> Finally, I’ve played the pin ball machine. I used my vision to track the
> ball coming down. The ball made a different sound when going up so I
> listened to see how far it went up.
>
> Thanks.
> Ashley
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