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A cold dark winter evening. A small room only lit by the blueish glow that is of the dreary moon staring at the world in the dark red sky. A child can be seen in the room. His name is Jake. He is just sitting there staring outside. His parents can be heard upstairs discussing the days events. A child is bored. A sad look on his face, that only disappears when the neighbour’s dog comes to play with him or his father bringing him a comic book. This is his life. He is ill, he is very ill. Since an accident few years ago, he has lost both his legs and his head was badly hurt. He couldn’t hear since he was 4…
Ok, this may sound like a depressing story, and many of us would simply stop reading and try to forget about it. Why? Well because no-one wants to be upset by something they can avoid. People just shake their heads and think that something like that will not happen to them. But it can…..And things like that happen a lot around the world. People suffer greatly from sight, hearing and developmental problems. Getting over a disability is hard, and especially so for a child. If a child is going through an age when he enjoys his life, makes friends in school and has hardly a worry in this world, it is extremely tough to get to grips with something as cruel as a disability. You may ask, what the hell does that have to do with gaming? Ok, I will explain…
Games have reflected society and been an integral part of their society and era. Games are events in the lives of the children and adults of their time. A computer game is a means of expression for its designers. The aim is to get players to see and hear what the designers have to say. The game is about communication, sharing and interaction. The designers of games want to approach people (especially the younger audience) , be their friends, convey the feelings they have experienced to the players and get players to share their thoughts.. When a player interacts with the game, he or she also interacts with the game’s designers through the game.
Interacting is also something disabled people need in order to continue their mental and physical development. Without interacting, people with multiple disabilities can easily fall behind in the development of communication, mobility and other areas of social competence. Then it all goes down to how seriously he disability is. If it is not serious, then the person can go out, meet friends and basically lead a normal life. But what happens if the person is paralysed, deaf or even mentally ill? What can these poor souls do to interact? Well the answer is games. Yes computer games can help disabled people keep up with the rest of the society and receive some enjoyment from it. Yes the games that are accused in causing violent behaviour in teenagers, that are accused of stealing the youth of the world and involve them in the “virtual reality” that starts playing with their minds and so on…..
Ok it is possible for the disabled to watch TV, and sure thing they will be able to gain a lot of knowledge plus keep up with the world events. They may get a lot of satisfaction from watching cartoons or sporting events, but even now in the 21st century there is one thing that Television still falls short of doing. It doesn’t provide enough interactivity that is essential for the disabled person to be able to act independently. Children need to do something in order to keep their minds “fit” and their senses active.
As with educational computer packages where young children are able to interact with the interface and do a number of easy tasks that can exercise their mind and entertain them, games are able to distract disabled people from the sad reality and transfer them to a different world where they have to worry about someone else and not themselves. They are able to take control of a character and the way they behave and think, will also affect the actions of the character. And this is a very important factor-people are able to independently take control of a certain objects-some people are unfortunate enough to not have control over their own lives. So games definitely would give these people a huge amount of confidence-success in a game can make a person believe in themselves and give them a huge amount of pride. By feeling good about themselves, these people will be able to transform their lives for the better.
So considering the scope of what games can do to disabled people, what do game developers think of their effect on the large chunk of the world’s population? Well not that much, because normally they are not even aiming their games at disabled people. Considering the fact that disabled people are still the minority of the population and with developers with mostly money on their minds, it is not a huge surprise that disabled people are not included in the target audience profiles of the developers. So just think what would happen if developers actually thought about disabled gamers and their needs. Games as they are bring a lot of joy in many people’s homes and should development houses begin to care slightly, they can really change lives.
But what do disabled gamers actually require? What do they need developers to do in order for them to receive what many have been waiting for-games that have actually been adjusted to suit their needs. So maybe, people with sight problems may require an option to resize the gaming environments and the characters themselves. Maybe specific joypads with bigger buttons and smoother, easier control. People with mental difficulties may require games that just involve simple tasks set in simple, colourful environments. And the deaf? Well subtitles in all games would to be a great start, colour coding to distinguish the characters speech, text speed control to choose how fast or slow they want the text to move. Yes, it he deaf gamers are probably the easiest to satisfy. So why is there just a few games that accommodate the required options? Final Fantasy games of course had written speech all the way through the game. But that wasn’t done with disabled people in mind; PSone couldn’t store that much human speech so developers had to get round that. Fair enough some games have options to switch on subtitles but there are far and few in between and might not feature subtitles during cut-scenes etc. In the new age of next-generation consoles only a handful of PS2 games provides subtitles for death gamers. An average The Mummy Returns is fully subtitled, but why not other games? If the developers of TMR bothered to do it, why don’t the bigger companies start implementing such options into their games?
Well again it all comes down to money. No one is going to bother thinking of minorities when there is no positive financial outcome in prospect. Whats the way round this you ask? Government funding is an idea, but this isn’t as easy as it sounds since the people running our country are much more interested in giving money to the Lottery. What about associations responsible for helping disabled people? It is hard to imagine companies like these parting with money they hardly ever get and they have many other needs to care for.
O what does the future for disabled gamers look like? Well many developers such as Capcom insist that all of their titles that have strong narratives have subtitles. Soon-to-be-released Metal Gear Solid 2 also is fully-subtitled. The Codec chats plus the cut-scenes are all accompanied by text. Its just that more developers need to be involved in projects such as adding options for disabled gamers. Its no good just having a couple of games boasting these opportunities for people. The industry needs to consider that even minorities will part with their money if they know that they are being served properly. Such small things as printing the details of subtitles support on the game cases would be an easy way of saving the customers a lot of time and money. And its not that developers are going to lose money by simply including a few lines of text-every single DVD release out there has them. So why not games?
If disabled gamers feel that they are being ignored by game publishers, they simply need to do something about it. Contacting local authorities and discussing the matter with them or maybe checking the Internet for possible contacts.
Disabled people can often play exactly the same computer games as non-disabled people when the conditions are right. Playing different types of games will also widen peoples visual experiences and the improvement of their social skills will be also promoted. So this is a call out to game developers out there; think about everyone, what people want and how much happier you can make the minorities out there. Don’t make excuses such “We have a very tight deadline” because in case of subtitles they cannot take THAT long to input. Ok maybe it is still too early to talk about improvements for disabled people with mental problems; they will have to do with specialist software etc. But slowly step-by-step, disabled people will become more involved in computer games if they are given a chance. So make it happen and remember that computer games make children like Jake more equal in this world…
Thank you and what have you got to say on this matter?
Ok, this may sound like a depressing story, and many of us would simply stop reading and try to forget about it. Why? Well because no-one wants to be upset by something they can avoid. People just shake their heads and think that something like that will not happen to them. But it can…..And things like that happen a lot around the world. People suffer greatly from sight, hearing and developmental problems. Getting over a disability is hard, and especially so for a child. If a child is going through an age when he enjoys his life, makes friends in school and has hardly a worry in this world, it is extremely tough to get to grips with something as cruel as a disability. You may ask, what the hell does that have to do with gaming? Ok, I will explain…
Games have reflected society and been an integral part of their society and era. Games are events in the lives of the children and adults of their time. A computer game is a means of expression for its designers. The aim is to get players to see and hear what the designers have to say. The game is about communication, sharing and interaction. The designers of games want to approach people (especially the younger audience) , be their friends, convey the feelings they have experienced to the players and get players to share their thoughts.. When a player interacts with the game, he or she also interacts with the game’s designers through the game.
Interacting is also something disabled people need in order to continue their mental and physical development. Without interacting, people with multiple disabilities can easily fall behind in the development of communication, mobility and other areas of social competence. Then it all goes down to how seriously he disability is. If it is not serious, then the person can go out, meet friends and basically lead a normal life. But what happens if the person is paralysed, deaf or even mentally ill? What can these poor souls do to interact? Well the answer is games. Yes computer games can help disabled people keep up with the rest of the society and receive some enjoyment from it. Yes the games that are accused in causing violent behaviour in teenagers, that are accused of stealing the youth of the world and involve them in the “virtual reality” that starts playing with their minds and so on…..
Ok it is possible for the disabled to watch TV, and sure thing they will be able to gain a lot of knowledge plus keep up with the world events. They may get a lot of satisfaction from watching cartoons or sporting events, but even now in the 21st century there is one thing that Television still falls short of doing. It doesn’t provide enough interactivity that is essential for the disabled person to be able to act independently. Children need to do something in order to keep their minds “fit” and their senses active.
As with educational computer packages where young children are able to interact with the interface and do a number of easy tasks that can exercise their mind and entertain them, games are able to distract disabled people from the sad reality and transfer them to a different world where they have to worry about someone else and not themselves. They are able to take control of a character and the way they behave and think, will also affect the actions of the character. And this is a very important factor-people are able to independently take control of a certain objects-some people are unfortunate enough to not have control over their own lives. So games definitely would give these people a huge amount of confidence-success in a game can make a person believe in themselves and give them a huge amount of pride. By feeling good about themselves, these people will be able to transform their lives for the better.
So considering the scope of what games can do to disabled people, what do game developers think of their effect on the large chunk of the world’s population? Well not that much, because normally they are not even aiming their games at disabled people. Considering the fact that disabled people are still the minority of the population and with developers with mostly money on their minds, it is not a huge surprise that disabled people are not included in the target audience profiles of the developers. So just think what would happen if developers actually thought about disabled gamers and their needs. Games as they are bring a lot of joy in many people’s homes and should development houses begin to care slightly, they can really change lives.
But what do disabled gamers actually require? What do they need developers to do in order for them to receive what many have been waiting for-games that have actually been adjusted to suit their needs. So maybe, people with sight problems may require an option to resize the gaming environments and the characters themselves. Maybe specific joypads with bigger buttons and smoother, easier control. People with mental difficulties may require games that just involve simple tasks set in simple, colourful environments. And the deaf? Well subtitles in all games would to be a great start, colour coding to distinguish the characters speech, text speed control to choose how fast or slow they want the text to move. Yes, it he deaf gamers are probably the easiest to satisfy. So why is there just a few games that accommodate the required options? Final Fantasy games of course had written speech all the way through the game. But that wasn’t done with disabled people in mind; PSone couldn’t store that much human speech so developers had to get round that. Fair enough some games have options to switch on subtitles but there are far and few in between and might not feature subtitles during cut-scenes etc. In the new age of next-generation consoles only a handful of PS2 games provides subtitles for death gamers. An average The Mummy Returns is fully subtitled, but why not other games? If the developers of TMR bothered to do it, why don’t the bigger companies start implementing such options into their games?
Well again it all comes down to money. No one is going to bother thinking of minorities when there is no positive financial outcome in prospect. Whats the way round this you ask? Government funding is an idea, but this isn’t as easy as it sounds since the people running our country are much more interested in giving money to the Lottery. What about associations responsible for helping disabled people? It is hard to imagine companies like these parting with money they hardly ever get and they have many other needs to care for.
O what does the future for disabled gamers look like? Well many developers such as Capcom insist that all of their titles that have strong narratives have subtitles. Soon-to-be-released Metal Gear Solid 2 also is fully-subtitled. The Codec chats plus the cut-scenes are all accompanied by text. Its just that more developers need to be involved in projects such as adding options for disabled gamers. Its no good just having a couple of games boasting these opportunities for people. The industry needs to consider that even minorities will part with their money if they know that they are being served properly. Such small things as printing the details of subtitles support on the game cases would be an easy way of saving the customers a lot of time and money. And its not that developers are going to lose money by simply including a few lines of text-every single DVD release out there has them. So why not games?
If disabled gamers feel that they are being ignored by game publishers, they simply need to do something about it. Contacting local authorities and discussing the matter with them or maybe checking the Internet for possible contacts.
Disabled people can often play exactly the same computer games as non-disabled people when the conditions are right. Playing different types of games will also widen peoples visual experiences and the improvement of their social skills will be also promoted. So this is a call out to game developers out there; think about everyone, what people want and how much happier you can make the minorities out there. Don’t make excuses such “We have a very tight deadline” because in case of subtitles they cannot take THAT long to input. Ok maybe it is still too early to talk about improvements for disabled people with mental problems; they will have to do with specialist software etc. But slowly step-by-step, disabled people will become more involved in computer games if they are given a chance. So make it happen and remember that computer games make children like Jake more equal in this world…
Thank you and what have you got to say on this matter?
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A cold dark winter evening. A small room only lit by the blueish glow that is of the dreary moon staring at the world in the dark red sky. A child can be seen in the room. His name is Jake. He is just sitting there staring outside. His parents can be heard upstairs discussing the days events. A child is bored. A sad look on his face, that only disappears when the neighbour’s dog comes to play with him or his father bringing him a comic book. This is his life. He is ill, he is very ill. Since an accident few years ago, he has lost both his legs and his head was badly hurt. He couldn’t hear since he was 4…
Ok, this may sound like a depressing story, and many of us would simply stop reading and try to forget about it. Why? Well because no-one wants to be upset by something they can avoid. People just shake their heads and think that something like that will not happen to them. But it can…..And things like that happen a lot around the world. People suffer greatly from sight, hearing and developmental problems. Getting over a disability is hard, and especially so for a child. If a child is going through an age when he enjoys his life, makes friends in school and has hardly a worry in this world, it is extremely tough to get to grips with something as cruel as a disability. You may ask, what the hell does that have to do with gaming? Ok, I will explain…
Games have reflected society and been an integral part of their society and era. Games are events in the lives of the children and adults of their time. A computer game is a means of expression for its designers. The aim is to get players to see and hear what the designers have to say. The game is about communication, sharing and interaction. The designers of games want to approach people (especially the younger audience) , be their friends, convey the feelings they have experienced to the players and get players to share their thoughts.. When a player interacts with the game, he or she also interacts with the game’s designers through the game.
Interacting is also something disabled people need in order to continue their mental and physical development. Without interacting, people with multiple disabilities can easily fall behind in the development of communication, mobility and other areas of social competence. Then it all goes down to how seriously he disability is. If it is not serious, then the person can go out, meet friends and basically lead a normal life. But what happens if the person is paralysed, deaf or even mentally ill? What can these poor souls do to interact? Well the answer is games. Yes computer games can help disabled people keep up with the rest of the society and receive some enjoyment from it. Yes the games that are accused in causing violent behaviour in teenagers, that are accused of stealing the youth of the world and involve them in the “virtual reality” that starts playing with their minds and so on…..
Ok it is possible for the disabled to watch TV, and sure thing they will be able to gain a lot of knowledge plus keep up with the world events. They may get a lot of satisfaction from watching cartoons or sporting events, but even now in the 21st century there is one thing that Television still falls short of doing. It doesn’t provide enough interactivity that is essential for the disabled person to be able to act independently. Children need to do something in order to keep their minds “fit” and their senses active.
As with educational computer packages where young children are able to interact with the interface and do a number of easy tasks that can exercise their mind and entertain them, games are able to distract disabled people from the sad reality and transfer them to a different world where they have to worry about someone else and not themselves. They are able to take control of a character and the way they behave and think, will also affect the actions of the character. And this is a very important factor-people are able to independently take control of a certain objects-some people are unfortunate enough to not have control over their own lives. So games definitely would give these people a huge amount of confidence-success in a game can make a person believe in themselves and give them a huge amount of pride. By feeling good about themselves, these people will be able to transform their lives for the better.
So considering the scope of what games can do to disabled people, what do game developers think of their effect on the large chunk of the world’s population? Well not that much, because normally they are not even aiming their games at disabled people. Considering the fact that disabled people are still the minority of the population and with developers with mostly money on their minds, it is not a huge surprise that disabled people are not included in the target audience profiles of the developers. So just think what would happen if developers actually thought about disabled gamers and their needs. Games as they are bring a lot of joy in many people’s homes and should development houses begin to care slightly, they can really change lives.
But what do disabled gamers actually require? What do they need developers to do in order for them to receive what many have been waiting for-games that have actually been adjusted to suit their needs. So maybe, people with sight problems may require an option to resize the gaming environments and the characters themselves. Maybe specific joypads with bigger buttons and smoother, easier control. People with mental difficulties may require games that just involve simple tasks set in simple, colourful environments. And the deaf? Well subtitles in all games would to be a great start, colour coding to distinguish the characters speech, text speed control to choose how fast or slow they want the text to move. Yes, it he deaf gamers are probably the easiest to satisfy. So why is there just a few games that accommodate the required options? Final Fantasy games of course had written speech all the way through the game. But that wasn’t done with disabled people in mind; PSone couldn’t store that much human speech so developers had to get round that. Fair enough some games have options to switch on subtitles but there are far and few in between and might not feature subtitles during cut-scenes etc. In the new age of next-generation consoles only a handful of PS2 games provides subtitles for death gamers. An average The Mummy Returns is fully subtitled, but why not other games? If the developers of TMR bothered to do it, why don’t the bigger companies start implementing such options into their games?
Well again it all comes down to money. No one is going to bother thinking of minorities when there is no positive financial outcome in prospect. Whats the way round this you ask? Government funding is an idea, but this isn’t as easy as it sounds since the people running our country are much more interested in giving money to the Lottery. What about associations responsible for helping disabled people? It is hard to imagine companies like these parting with money they hardly ever get and they have many other needs to care for.
O what does the future for disabled gamers look like? Well many developers such as Capcom insist that all of their titles that have strong narratives have subtitles. Soon-to-be-released Metal Gear Solid 2 also is fully-subtitled. The Codec chats plus the cut-scenes are all accompanied by text. Its just that more developers need to be involved in projects such as adding options for disabled gamers. Its no good just having a couple of games boasting these opportunities for people. The industry needs to consider that even minorities will part with their money if they know that they are being served properly. Such small things as printing the details of subtitles support on the game cases would be an easy way of saving the customers a lot of time and money. And its not that developers are going to lose money by simply including a few lines of text-every single DVD release out there has them. So why not games?
If disabled gamers feel that they are being ignored by game publishers, they simply need to do something about it. Contacting local authorities and discussing the matter with them or maybe checking the Internet for possible contacts.
Disabled people can often play exactly the same computer games as non-disabled people when the conditions are right. Playing different types of games will also widen peoples visual experiences and the improvement of their social skills will be also promoted. So this is a call out to game developers out there; think about everyone, what people want and how much happier you can make the minorities out there. Don’t make excuses such “We have a very tight deadline” because in case of subtitles they cannot take THAT long to input. Ok maybe it is still too early to talk about improvements for disabled people with mental problems; they will have to do with specialist software etc. But slowly step-by-step, disabled people will become more involved in computer games if they are given a chance. So make it happen and remember that computer games make children like Jake more equal in this world…
Thank you and what have you got to say on this matter?
Ok, this may sound like a depressing story, and many of us would simply stop reading and try to forget about it. Why? Well because no-one wants to be upset by something they can avoid. People just shake their heads and think that something like that will not happen to them. But it can…..And things like that happen a lot around the world. People suffer greatly from sight, hearing and developmental problems. Getting over a disability is hard, and especially so for a child. If a child is going through an age when he enjoys his life, makes friends in school and has hardly a worry in this world, it is extremely tough to get to grips with something as cruel as a disability. You may ask, what the hell does that have to do with gaming? Ok, I will explain…
Games have reflected society and been an integral part of their society and era. Games are events in the lives of the children and adults of their time. A computer game is a means of expression for its designers. The aim is to get players to see and hear what the designers have to say. The game is about communication, sharing and interaction. The designers of games want to approach people (especially the younger audience) , be their friends, convey the feelings they have experienced to the players and get players to share their thoughts.. When a player interacts with the game, he or she also interacts with the game’s designers through the game.
Interacting is also something disabled people need in order to continue their mental and physical development. Without interacting, people with multiple disabilities can easily fall behind in the development of communication, mobility and other areas of social competence. Then it all goes down to how seriously he disability is. If it is not serious, then the person can go out, meet friends and basically lead a normal life. But what happens if the person is paralysed, deaf or even mentally ill? What can these poor souls do to interact? Well the answer is games. Yes computer games can help disabled people keep up with the rest of the society and receive some enjoyment from it. Yes the games that are accused in causing violent behaviour in teenagers, that are accused of stealing the youth of the world and involve them in the “virtual reality” that starts playing with their minds and so on…..
Ok it is possible for the disabled to watch TV, and sure thing they will be able to gain a lot of knowledge plus keep up with the world events. They may get a lot of satisfaction from watching cartoons or sporting events, but even now in the 21st century there is one thing that Television still falls short of doing. It doesn’t provide enough interactivity that is essential for the disabled person to be able to act independently. Children need to do something in order to keep their minds “fit” and their senses active.
As with educational computer packages where young children are able to interact with the interface and do a number of easy tasks that can exercise their mind and entertain them, games are able to distract disabled people from the sad reality and transfer them to a different world where they have to worry about someone else and not themselves. They are able to take control of a character and the way they behave and think, will also affect the actions of the character. And this is a very important factor-people are able to independently take control of a certain objects-some people are unfortunate enough to not have control over their own lives. So games definitely would give these people a huge amount of confidence-success in a game can make a person believe in themselves and give them a huge amount of pride. By feeling good about themselves, these people will be able to transform their lives for the better.
So considering the scope of what games can do to disabled people, what do game developers think of their effect on the large chunk of the world’s population? Well not that much, because normally they are not even aiming their games at disabled people. Considering the fact that disabled people are still the minority of the population and with developers with mostly money on their minds, it is not a huge surprise that disabled people are not included in the target audience profiles of the developers. So just think what would happen if developers actually thought about disabled gamers and their needs. Games as they are bring a lot of joy in many people’s homes and should development houses begin to care slightly, they can really change lives.
But what do disabled gamers actually require? What do they need developers to do in order for them to receive what many have been waiting for-games that have actually been adjusted to suit their needs. So maybe, people with sight problems may require an option to resize the gaming environments and the characters themselves. Maybe specific joypads with bigger buttons and smoother, easier control. People with mental difficulties may require games that just involve simple tasks set in simple, colourful environments. And the deaf? Well subtitles in all games would to be a great start, colour coding to distinguish the characters speech, text speed control to choose how fast or slow they want the text to move. Yes, it he deaf gamers are probably the easiest to satisfy. So why is there just a few games that accommodate the required options? Final Fantasy games of course had written speech all the way through the game. But that wasn’t done with disabled people in mind; PSone couldn’t store that much human speech so developers had to get round that. Fair enough some games have options to switch on subtitles but there are far and few in between and might not feature subtitles during cut-scenes etc. In the new age of next-generation consoles only a handful of PS2 games provides subtitles for death gamers. An average The Mummy Returns is fully subtitled, but why not other games? If the developers of TMR bothered to do it, why don’t the bigger companies start implementing such options into their games?
Well again it all comes down to money. No one is going to bother thinking of minorities when there is no positive financial outcome in prospect. Whats the way round this you ask? Government funding is an idea, but this isn’t as easy as it sounds since the people running our country are much more interested in giving money to the Lottery. What about associations responsible for helping disabled people? It is hard to imagine companies like these parting with money they hardly ever get and they have many other needs to care for.
O what does the future for disabled gamers look like? Well many developers such as Capcom insist that all of their titles that have strong narratives have subtitles. Soon-to-be-released Metal Gear Solid 2 also is fully-subtitled. The Codec chats plus the cut-scenes are all accompanied by text. Its just that more developers need to be involved in projects such as adding options for disabled gamers. Its no good just having a couple of games boasting these opportunities for people. The industry needs to consider that even minorities will part with their money if they know that they are being served properly. Such small things as printing the details of subtitles support on the game cases would be an easy way of saving the customers a lot of time and money. And its not that developers are going to lose money by simply including a few lines of text-every single DVD release out there has them. So why not games?
If disabled gamers feel that they are being ignored by game publishers, they simply need to do something about it. Contacting local authorities and discussing the matter with them or maybe checking the Internet for possible contacts.
Disabled people can often play exactly the same computer games as non-disabled people when the conditions are right. Playing different types of games will also widen peoples visual experiences and the improvement of their social skills will be also promoted. So this is a call out to game developers out there; think about everyone, what people want and how much happier you can make the minorities out there. Don’t make excuses such “We have a very tight deadline” because in case of subtitles they cannot take THAT long to input. Ok maybe it is still too early to talk about improvements for disabled people with mental problems; they will have to do with specialist software etc. But slowly step-by-step, disabled people will become more involved in computer games if they are given a chance. So make it happen and remember that computer games make children like Jake more equal in this world…
Thank you and what have you got to say on this matter?
Hmm, intersting points there, and an interesting topic. I agree with quite a lot of what you said there. It seems that lots of games could actually help people with disablities whether it be a physical one thats stops them from going out side, which in that case the game could help ease any boredem of the day or whether it be a learning difficulty, in which case games can easly keep the mind active and make it more active. There are many games out on the PC now that do this, mainly the most common which are for the younger audiences, which having a young sister i have had experience with. Although made for young people, at times these are rather fun to play for a short while and really can teach you something. Im sure with a little bit of adaptation games could be made for older people with a learning difficulty.
One this that got me though, you said "But what happens if the person is paralysed, deaf or even mentally ill?" Like i said earlier, games can really help people have a little more fun if they are paralysed or deaf, but im not sure about people who may be more than a little mentally ill. This sort of thing really goes back to the gaming vidoe violence topics. If the game is set up wrong, maybe as a joke type thing, if it has any sort of violence then the person maybe liable to copy the act. Same as if they got to play the likes of MGS, things could go wrong.
Still, games could help these types of people, it just depends how they play and how the games are made.
One this that got me though, you said "But what happens if the person is paralysed, deaf or even mentally ill?" Like i said earlier, games can really help people have a little more fun if they are paralysed or deaf, but im not sure about people who may be more than a little mentally ill. This sort of thing really goes back to the gaming vidoe violence topics. If the game is set up wrong, maybe as a joke type thing, if it has any sort of violence then the person maybe liable to copy the act. Same as if they got to play the likes of MGS, things could go wrong.
Still, games could help these types of people, it just depends how they play and how the games are made.
C'mon people it aint that long.....
Its nice to see a thought out topic thats taken a different angle on gaming with some good points for a change!, good post!
So, most of you are going to ignore this post aswell i see, heh, i bet when a lot of posters come in to the topic, see there is a bit of reading to do and just hit the back button.
It does annoy me when topics like this hardly get any replys when people like Triple_H, myself and some others spend alot of time writing them and get hardly any responce. One day the forum will be all about chat.
It does annoy me when topics like this hardly get any replys when people like Triple_H, myself and some others spend alot of time writing them and get hardly any responce. One day the forum will be all about chat.
wow! thats a great post..well done.....it's good to see you pick up on this topic which i think has never been discussed before but is a important matter...well written.
Pro Evo wrote:
> So, most of you are going to ignore this post aswell i see, heh, i bet when a
> lot of posters come in to the topic, see there is a bit of reading to do and
> just hit the back button.
It does annoy me when topics like this hardly get
> any replys when people like Triple_H, myself and some others spend alot of time
> writing them and get hardly any responce. One day the forum will be all about
> chat.
Well, I think anyone who writes a long post is just trying to win GAD (which is fair enough).
It would be interesting to see if people (including yourself) would still right long topics if there was no prizes....
Obviousley having the prizes makes some people put some real effort into there posts which keeps this place interesting. But the bottom line is:
NO prizes; NO long, long, long......posts
> So, most of you are going to ignore this post aswell i see, heh, i bet when a
> lot of posters come in to the topic, see there is a bit of reading to do and
> just hit the back button.
It does annoy me when topics like this hardly get
> any replys when people like Triple_H, myself and some others spend alot of time
> writing them and get hardly any responce. One day the forum will be all about
> chat.
Well, I think anyone who writes a long post is just trying to win GAD (which is fair enough).
It would be interesting to see if people (including yourself) would still right long topics if there was no prizes....
Obviousley having the prizes makes some people put some real effort into there posts which keeps this place interesting. But the bottom line is:
NO prizes; NO long, long, long......posts
Sub wrote:
> Pro Evo wrote:
> So, most of you are going to ignore this post aswell i see,
> heh, i bet when a
> lot of posters come in to the topic, see there is a bit
> of reading to do and
> just hit the back button.
It does annoy me when
> topics like this hardly get
> any replys when people like Triple_H, myself
> and some others spend alot of time
> writing them and get hardly any
> responce. One day the forum will be all about
> chat.
Well, I think
> anyone who writes a long post is just trying to win GAD (which is fair
> enough).
It would be interesting to see if people (including yourself) would
> still right long topics if there was no prizes....
Obviousley having the
> prizes makes some people put some real effort into there posts which keeps this
> place interesting. But the bottom line is:
NO prizes; NO long, long,
> long......posts
WIL U PACK IT IN!! Some people don't appreciate people slagging them off...this is a great post.....stare at it wiith envy!
> Pro Evo wrote:
> So, most of you are going to ignore this post aswell i see,
> heh, i bet when a
> lot of posters come in to the topic, see there is a bit
> of reading to do and
> just hit the back button.
It does annoy me when
> topics like this hardly get
> any replys when people like Triple_H, myself
> and some others spend alot of time
> writing them and get hardly any
> responce. One day the forum will be all about
> chat.
Well, I think
> anyone who writes a long post is just trying to win GAD (which is fair
> enough).
It would be interesting to see if people (including yourself) would
> still right long topics if there was no prizes....
Obviousley having the
> prizes makes some people put some real effort into there posts which keeps this
> place interesting. But the bottom line is:
NO prizes; NO long, long,
> long......posts
WIL U PACK IT IN!! Some people don't appreciate people slagging them off...this is a great post.....stare at it wiith envy!
I was posting long before the GAD system came in. And actually i dont post just because of the winning GAD thing, thats a nice extra yes, but is it hard to believe that some people post because they enjoy to!?
What do you determine by a LONG POST sub? If I had a chance plus the sufficient knowledge, I would probably write even more because I want to share something with everyone and see what they have to say. You are welcome to reply, but was it really worth your time to come and say that long posts suck?
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