Here\u2019s a question for all you sighted readers out there. Have you ever looked at a game, maybe via a trailer, or maybe even actual gameplay, and thought \u201cHmm. I might like to play that game, but I\u2019m not sure.\u201d Have you had a situation where you remain undecided until the very moment you play the game? I ask you to consider that feeling for a second, and then apply it to a situation in which a game someone may wish to try is inaccessible to them. Pretty lousy, huh? Well, let\u2019s talk about it.<\/p>\n
The inspiration for this blog came from a conversation about, of all things, Fortnite. I know that, in its current form, Fortnite is inaccessible to the blind. I can listen to others play it, though, and have done so, but during this conversation I\u2019ve mentioned, I realized something. Even though I\u2019ve listened to many, many Fortnite matches, I am even now unsure if I would like the game even if I could play it. I was intrigued by this feeling, and decided to consider it more deeply.<\/p>\n
On the one hand, I personally am a very story-driven gamer. I love a game with a narrative I can sink my teeth into. Fortnite has almost none of that. This is an automatic turnoff. It would, I should think, be very difficult for me to get into a game that doesn\u2019t have one of my favorite aspects of gaming. Yet, I enjoy games like Feer, a game I blogged about previously, and offered tremendous praise to. So\u2026 Maybe it wouldn\u2019t matter after all?<\/p>\n
Looking at Fortnite\u2019s positives, though, it\u2019s tremendously popular for a reason. It has loads and loads of ever-changing challenges to complete, it has lots of unlockables and game mechanics, and it even has world events that chane aspects of the game. All this sounds great. It sounds like it would really hook me, and enable me to get past the things it doesn\u2019t have. All that on top of an ability to play the game with my friends would admittedly be pretty awesome.<\/p>\n
This is where it gets unique, though. For me, for us blind gamers, that\u2019s where the consideration ends. Not only can we not play Fortnite, but we don\u2019t have a Fortnite equivalent that we can play either. So this wonderment I feel, this question of whether I would get into it if I could play it or not, will never have an answer, or rather, won\u2019t have one until some very drastic things happen in the world of accessible gaming. Minecraft is another case like this, where I\u2019m not sure if I\u2019d end up liking it or not.<\/p>\n
Again, there isn\u2019t really a message here, save for the constant push to further the cause of accessibility. I was just stricken by how intriguing our position as gamers is sometimes. Our gaming palates aren\u2019t even fully formed, as blind accessibility hasn\u2019t broken into some genres just yet. It\u2019s an interesting thought, and that\u2019s really the only point I had. I hope all this has interested you in some way as well, and I thank you for reading my ramblings. As always, continue to be awesome!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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