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Terry Proves Gaming While Blind is Possible.
Terry Garrett, a mechanical engineering student from Colorado is able to play an almost perfect game of Abes Exoddus. Not impressed? When if I told you this player was not only an excellent gamer but that he is also blind.
Having lost his first eye at the age of five and his second eye at the age of 10, Terry relies upon sounds, learning limitations of the world through trial and error, and quick-save convenience.
2D games, which are easier to navigate and those that pack great sounds, making it less of a challenge to track [...]

EVIL CONTROLLERS IS HERE TO EDUCATE GAMERS

After the successful launch of the Evil D-Pad, it appears that the un-convinced gamers are missing some
information crucial to understanding the power of the Evil D-Pad.

Tempe, AZ. (November 2010) "€œ The launch of the Evil D-Pad happened officially on Saturday October 23rd and the gamers demand for a reliable, fuctioning D-Pad was met.The problem however, was that some gamers didn't know it. What the Evil D-Pad did was remove the axis-design typically used on a console controller to give each direction on the controller it's own proper button. It's an [...]

Girl Gaming - Down a percentage

A recent UK study observed at female presence in the games industry and showed a drastic decrease within the past four years. 12% of gamers in 2006 were female, compared to only 4% today. The survey, conducted by Liverpool PhD student Julie Prescott surveyed 450 UK women. The results showed the rise in females in business as a major factor.
32% of the sample claimed to work over 45 hours a week, with 22% that worked between 6 and 55 hours a week, and 10% that worked more than 56 hours. 43% of surveyed women said [...]