[games_access] Disabled game characters?

[Barrie Ellis]

There's a few disabled game characters that I can think of, Thomas...

Blind Girl on the Xbox 360 (Indie Arcade) - features a blind girl (surprise 
surprise!).
The Handigo games feature disabled characters: 
http://www.handigosolidaires.com/
Help Kidz Learn games have a number of wheelchair sports: 
http://www.helpkidzlearn.com/games/hoopstars.html

CRC Formula 1 Racer: http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/2/sd-race.htm

And to excel my geek-credentials:

A wheelchair soccer hack from the 1980's: 
http://www.lemon64.com/?mainurl=http%3A//www.lemon64.com/games/list.php%3Ftype%3Dpublisher%26name%3D%28Not%2520Published%29

I'm sure there's more too.

Barrie




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From: <thomas at pininteractive.com>
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 8:19 PM
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
Subject: [games_access] Disabled game characters?

> 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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