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Title: blind gamer Post by: Zimbacca on July 27, 2005, 09:04:13 PM Quote LINCOLN, Neb. - Brice Mellen is a whiz at video games such as "Mortal Kombat." In that regard, the 17-year-old isn't much different from so many others his age. Except for one thing: He's blind. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/games_blind_gamer;_ylt=At0igKuzs6OW6ZFyItk1aVsDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl I am impressed. Title: Re: blind gamer Post by: Lord Nepenthean on July 27, 2005, 10:55:58 PM I have never been so speechless in my life. I'd like to talk with that guy and express how impressed I am to him. That's incredible...... just.... wow.........
Title: Re: blind gamer Post by: CatchFiveBats on July 28, 2005, 01:22:53 AM That's incredible... I have no idea how to react to that except for...wow...
Title: Re: blind gamer Post by: den68 on July 28, 2005, 04:50:24 AM That is pretty amazing. I would imagine it's possible to get lucky sometimes just mashing buttons in fighting games but to win consistently... wow.
Title: Re: blind gamer Post by: phoenix1967 on July 28, 2005, 05:26:07 AM Outstanding story! And fighting games are tough enough WITH eyesight, let alone without it!
Title: Re: blind gamer Post by: Sauza12 on July 28, 2005, 06:24:20 AM Great. Now blind kids are going to beat the snot out of me at Soul Calibur. |D
Seriously though, that is very impressive. I would love to see him play just to see his play style. Title: Re: blind gamer Post by: Hydrobond on July 28, 2005, 07:14:27 AM Amazing.
But what I dont understand is how he is going to go into game design. Programming is nothing but reading, especially when there is a bug, and he certainly cannot do anything with the visual design. Now that I think about it, he coud work with the sound. Come to think of it, its prolly a good thing, it would certainly force the audible cues in the game to make it more intuitive. That is still impressive. Sounds like a Weekly World News article. Title: Re: blind gamer Post by: The Metamorphosing Leon on July 28, 2005, 07:22:43 AM I bet i can take him in Tekken 3.
Title: Re: blind gamer Post by: Tynstar on July 28, 2005, 07:30:05 AM Nice to see a good story about video games for a change.
Awesome! Title: Re: blind gamer Post by: bum-man on July 28, 2005, 08:01:02 AM I know there was that one deaf, dumb and blind kid that was good at pinball, but this is cool.
Title: Re: blind gamer Post by: Antimind on July 28, 2005, 08:42:20 AM What I'd like to know is, what the hell does a blind dude need a big screen tv to play games on for? :jester:
Title: Re: blind gamer Post by: Tynstar on July 28, 2005, 09:57:12 AM Quote What I'd like to know is, what the hell does a blind dude need a big screen tv to play games on for? :jester: I said the same thing to a coworker. But the people he beats up on need a TV. Title: Re: blind gamer Post by: The Metamorphosing Leon on July 28, 2005, 03:16:26 PM OK, so I just played a little Tekken and I'm going to have change my earlier remark to Bushido Blade 2.
Title: Re: blind gamer Post by: Izret101 on July 29, 2005, 07:31:39 AM That is wicked cool.
BW i noticed he is playing MK: Deception which struck me as odd seeing as they spent a bulk of the article with him playing Soul Calibur 2 I am surprised there arn't scientists trying to get to this kid to see if he has "extra sensory powers" that alow him to do so damn good. Title: Re: blind gamer Post by: Sauza12 on July 29, 2005, 07:37:55 AM I actually saw a little bit of this kid playing this morning. He had a clip on Sportscenter this morning. It looked like he just goes on the attack from the matches begining, though i did see him run at somebody (on MK Deception), duck a kick, and then go into a combo. I was VERY impressed by that.
Title: Re: blind gamer Post by: Izret101 on July 29, 2005, 08:35:34 AM Quote It looked like he just goes on the attack from the matches begining, though i did see him run at somebody (on MK Deception), duck a kick, and then go into a combo. I was VERY impressed by that. Heh i bet he just catches alot of people off gaurd then. I MK and SC you can easily dodge someone who rushes you and get them from beside or behind. In Deception Scorpion has an attack where you turn around your opponant and slash them. You can link that into a juggle and then once you drop the juggle you can hit your opponant again from the side and repeat. I really would like to see how this kid plays. Pics don't do it for me. I wonder who his player of choice was for the other games he played... Title: Re: blind gamer Post by: atari_wizard on July 29, 2005, 01:43:52 PM amazing story! i too saw this on sports center. it's good to hear that even though he is blind, that doesn't stop him from gaming. if he does go into design, i am sure he will make his projects for the blind. great story, wow.
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