[games_access] Christmas, Wii, touch generation

[Sandra Uhling]

Hi all, merry Christmas,

I got a Wii and now I can see how my parents play games.

The Game "Big Brain Academy" is still too difficult for them.
The Animation are too fast. Here I would love an option to adapt the game
speed.

This is my personal point of view:
The "touch generation" by Nintendo is still too difficult for people
who never use a PC or some kind of technology. The control is still complex
you cannot reduce it. The introduction could be better. Sometimes there is
only text.
For Motion Plus there is a video to explain it, but there are no subtitles.

What is "touch generation", when it is still too complex and difficult?
Also the buttons on the Wii console are too small.
Is it just marketing?

*************
I will try Tony Hawks RIDE next week :-)
When I talk with people about the game, they usually mention the "rubber
band" function.
For them it is a usability function and it is normal that this function is
there :-)

Best regards,
Sandra


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-
> bounces at igda.org] Im Auftrag von Mark Barlet
> Gesendet: Samstag, 26. Dezember 2009 06:42
> An: inrnette at aol.com; IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
> Betreff: Re: [games_access] Game Informer - Accessibility Buyer's Guide
> 
> Sorry John I am behind in my email, Most of level one is one switch
> games. level 2 and 3 need a little more than a single button but given
> that you can slow the game down to like 20 or 25% speed the flexibility
> is great.
> 
> If you want to send me an email off list I can boot the game up and
> send you screenshots of the options and if you give me a scenario or
> use case I can see what I can do with it. All in all it is a great game
> and well worth the $50 to have on hand.
> 
> My email is mark at ablegamers.com
> 
> As I said, it is right here on my laptop so I can test out if you just
> tell me what the output of the devices are... what the PC will see and
> I can see what I can do.
> 
> Mark Barlet
> AbleGamers
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 11:42 PM, John Morgan <inrnette at aol.com> wrote:
> > How can I obtain a copy of the football game to try with my students
> with cognitive and/or physical disabilities? Will this program work
> with a switch interface device like the Switch Hopper and switches?
> > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Greg Rahn <g at soundmindz.com>
> > Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:09:02
> > To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List<games_access at igda.org>
> > Cc: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List<games_access at igda.org>
> > Subject: Re: [games_access] Game Informer - Accessibility Buyer's
> > Guide
> >
> > Thanks Rach! Merry Christmas and Happy NEw yr!
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Dec 23, 2009, at 9:12 PM, "D. Michelle Hinn" <hinn at uiuc.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Forwarded to Annette as she just asked to be on this list to help
> put
> >> together next year's guide a little easier. :)
> >>
> >> My football game is not just for cognitive disabilities but also
> >> mobility disabilities, as it slows down game speeds making it easier
> >> for some with very little mobility. Definitely a great game!
> >>
> >> Happy Holidays everyone! :)
> >> Michelle
> >>
> >> On Dec 23, 2009, at 8:50 AM, Mark Barlet wrote:
> >>
> >>> Great story Annette! Glad to see this getting some quality air
> time!
> >>>
> >>> I have a copy of the My Football Game, it is a perfect piece of
> work
> >>> for the special needs gamer!
> >>>
> >>> Mark
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Barrie Ellis
> >>> <oneswitch at googlemail.com
> >>> > wrote:
> >>>> There's an excellent "Accessibility Buyer's Guide" over at Game
> >>>> Informer written by Annette Gonzalez:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> http://gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/12/21/accessibility
> >>>> -buyer-s-guide.aspx
> >>>>
> >>>> There's some positive comments there alongside some fairly
> ignorant
> >>>> ones too. I do understand the complaints about the price of
> >>>> accessible controllers being much more than a standard controller
> -
> >>>> but I don't see any magic fix for that anytime soon.
> >>>>
> >>>> Have a fantastic Christmas/Holiday season everyone, and I wish you
> >>>> all the best in 2010.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers!
> >>>>
> >>>> Barrie
> >>>> www.OneSwitch.org.uk
> >>>>
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