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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...

  2. 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