[games_access] Disabled game characters?

[Barrie Ellis]

Good call!

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From: "Jonathan Chetwynd" <j.chetwynd at btinternet.com>
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 9:37 PM
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
Subject: Re: [games_access] Disabled game characters?


> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_X-Men_video_games

> 

> If you dont know the story & characters, worth a look

> 

> second only to the Watchers in my youth

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> ~:"

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> 

> On 19 Apr 2010, at 20:19, thomas at pininteractive.com wrote:

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>> Hi

>>

>> A few years ago a couple of my students made a 3d game with the PhysX

>> engine, called "Wheelchair parkour". This got me thinking about to

>> what extent are there game characters with disabilities? I can't think

>> of any one at all. Can this be true?

>>

>> Of course, you could argue that when playing a game you want to have

>> abilities like magic etc but character appeal often is a mix of

>> contradictions. So I think finding out the answer to the question

>> above is interesting.

>>

>> Kind regards,

>> Thomas

>>

>> (Sent from my mobile)

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