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Idle Weekend November 13, 2016: Even the Advocates

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Idle Weekend November 14, 2016:

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Even the Advocates
We recorded this weekend's episode before the election, so there is little talk of presidential politics and despair this time around. But we do talk about games that we really love, and want to advocate for. It's a healing salve for things that ail us on this dreary week.

Discussed: Even the Ocean, Grey Goo, Ruse, Presumed Innocent, Mass Effect 2, Westworld, Witcher3, Skyrim, Stardew Valley, Chrono Trigger, Dance Central,  World of Warcraft, Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective, Overwatch


 

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Sorry, there was a mistake with the original upload, and I pulled the episode but not the thread. Fixing it now.

 

edit - Fixed!

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Hi Danielle & Rob.

I have become a loyal listener of your podcast (started with Terminal 7, then 3MA, then Idle Thumbs) and really value a female voice in games journalism. For Danielle, I recall you talking about a genius ex who became a doctor at a young age; have you read Dan Brown's Inferno or seen the new movie of the same name? I think that Dan Brown is the best of Junk food Pop Fiction.

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This doesn't have anything to do with the episode, but I'm casting about for games for blind people.  My girlfriend's daughter is a college-age blind person, and I was wondering if there were any computer games that would be fun for her.  I was thinking that card games like Hearthstone might be reasonable if they have a usable interface, since it doesn't require reaction time (as far as I know).  Anyway, if anyone has any pointers I'd appreciate it.

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Laaaaaaate replay incoming, @murdocj:

 

On 11/19/2016 at 1:54 PM, murdocj said:

This doesn't have anything to do with the episode, but I'm casting about for games for blind people.  My girlfriend's daughter is a college-age blind person, and I was wondering if there were any computer games that would be fun for her.  I was thinking that card games like Hearthstone might be reasonable if they have a usable interface, since it doesn't require reaction time (as far as I know).  Anyway, if anyone has any pointers I'd appreciate it.

 

Hearthstone has turn timers, which might be a problem. I would look and see if any turn-based iOS games have VoiceOver support. I imagine you could make interactive fiction games like 80 Days or board game ports and other strategy games work with it.

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On 11/19/2016 at 11:54 AM, murdocj said:

This doesn't have anything to do with the episode, but I'm casting about for games for blind people.  My girlfriend's daughter is a college-age blind person, and I was wondering if there were any computer games that would be fun for her.  I was thinking that card games like Hearthstone might be reasonable if they have a usable interface, since it doesn't require reaction time (as far as I know).  Anyway, if anyone has any pointers I'd appreciate it.

 

There are a bunch of audio only games for iOS?

http://toucharcade.com/2013/05/03/the-nightjar-review-an-impressive-auditory-maze-of-fright/

http://toucharcade.com/2011/01/26/papa-sangre-review-a-clever-binaural-audio-game-without-graphics/

http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPad/Papa+Sangre+II/review.asp?c=54974

http://www.blindsidegame.com/

http://www.freeq-game.com/

http://www.codenamecygnus.com/

 

Of these, I have only played codename cygnus which is basically a twine game where everything is read out to you and you just make binary choices at each step.

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