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Disabled Fans Shut Out of Galaxies

Posted by Zonk on from the how-to-make-friends-and-influence-people dept.

Ant writes "Wired News' Game|Life reports on Nick Dupree, a disability rights activist and writer who is confined to a wheelchair with severely limited mobility. He used to use one thumb and an index finger to play MMORPG Star Wars: Galaxies. This limited mobility was more than adequate to play the game when it was a sandbox-style adventure, and he was a devotee of the game. With the New Game Enhancements, he is no longer able to play because of the reliance on keyboard/mouse combinations and the action-style combat." There really is nothing good to report on this game update.

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  1. On the other hand... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    He could just set up a bot to play for him like half the other people who used to play galaxies...

    1. Re:On the other hand... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      On the other hand...

      Isn't that a rather insensitive thing to say to a disabled person?

  2. Not everyone can play. by DiGG3r · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have full function of all my limbs, and I still have a hard time playing these games.

  3. Re:It's all well and good one way by John+Nowak · · Score: 2, Funny

    should we all go around and change every gui so it can be used with a one button mouse and three keys on the keyboard?

    Certainly not! Why the hell would you need three keys if you have a mouse AND one button!

    /life-long mac user

  4. Re:ah-dur by toriver · · Score: 4, Funny

    When you're handicapped, you can't do the same things "normal" people can do.

    "Normal" people don't play Star Wars: Galaxies in the first place. :P

  5. Re:WTF? by hey! · · Score: 2, Funny

    Someone cry him a river.

    I see. Because you can't be bothered.

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  6. Re:Oh don't be a twat. by Corbu+Mulak · · Score: 2, Funny

    I also play with subtitles, but usualy because it is hard to hear the voices when rockets are exploding and people are dying.