[games_access] question game definition

[d. michelle hinn]

I completely understand -- it's a very narrow 
definition to exclude games without a screen. 
Like I said...challenge him with games that 
children play like tag and such -- no screens for 
those! Check into schools for the deaf for 
example and see how they play games like football 
where vibrations on the ground indicate field 
instructions. That's another non-screen exergame 
that has been made accessible. 
Plus...wow...there's the para-olympics and the 
special olympics. Those count too in my opinion!!

Wow...so I never really thought a lot about 
really OLD games and accessibility. Great 
discussion! It shows that game accessibility goes 
back WAY further than VIDEOGAME accessibility. 
And to limit games without screens...well, he 
should attend games for health where they show 
many, many exergames that have NO SCREENS! Some 
are sound and light based but the sounds and 
lights are on, say, towers that you hit based on 
where the sound and light is coming from (the one 
I'm thinking of has four towers that surround 
you). But there's no visual other than light and 
even that can be turned off so it can be sound 
only.

And I agree -- the tighter the definition, the 
more trouble we get into...but some people always 
want a grand term and definition for everything. 
For others? Let's get on with life! That's why I 
probably don't belong in academia. ;)

Michelle

>Hi Michelle,
>
>thank you very much.
>
>Of course we do lose a lot of time thinking about a definition.
>Maybe a short open description with examples would be better.
>
>I just did not like it, that he excluded games that are accessible,
>because they do not need a screen.
>
>Best regards,
>Sandra
>
>
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