Comments on: Grumpy Gurevitz: Accessible my arse

By: KrazyFace

KrazyFace — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:43:49 +0000

I see exactly what you’re saying here Grump-o! I could probably get my partner into gaming but it’s a lot of hassle for her to try and remember button configurations, various game rules and some of the odd restrictions they put in games that we as gamers are used to, confuse the hell out of her.

My GF Playing Red Dead: “It won’t let me go over there!?”

Me: “That’s because the game world dosen’t go any further”

My GF: “But I want to see that thing over there!”

Me; “Yes but, there’s an invisible wall there, that’s where the game world ends so…”

My GF: “But why is there a wall there if you can see past it, it LOOKS like you can go over there!”

Me: “Just turn around, you can’t get any further”

My GF: “But…”

And so on. The other issue is control and while Move and Kinect SAY they’re easier to use, to a casual player configuring calibrations is just as much a needless hassle as learning buttons. I have recently been playing Fallout 3 on the PC using mouse and keyboard as control for the first time ever, and after sticking with it for the last two weeks I’ve now just stopped bothering with it until my 360 to PC pad is delivered because I just can’t funtion properly! I’m running side-ways off cliffs, banging into furniture, bringing up menu screens in the middle of fights and generally playing like a drunken hobo with only one arm. So, I now deeply undrestand why games are still hard to get into for first-timers. Great article Grump!

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By: Smootherkuzz

Smootherkuzz — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:26:20 +0000

It seems she likes Wii. All games and systems are not for everyone but the choice factor is always nice to have, thats what really make gaming so great.

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By: ur lazy

ur lazy — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:58:29 +0000

sorry about the posting twice…

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By: ur lazy

ur lazy — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:57:33 +0000

Are you really b@tching that much about having to calibrate the move?. Its not that painful. It never takes me more then like 5 or 10 seconds at the most to calibrate a move game and i make SURE to calibrate it precisely. Stop being a little baby and start enjoying the fact that you now have a more realistic and better way to play videogames.

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By: ur lazy

ur lazy — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:56:04 +0000

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By: kapy

kapy — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:50:08 +0000

Great read and a valuable lesson: it has nothing to do with the tech. Gaming will never appeal to some just because it’s too much of an effort. That is exactly why chess, as great as it might be, will never appeal to a lot of people. Same can be said about reading books (as incredible as it might seem). We can then conclude the movie industry has many great years ahead, especially if they keep churning out light comedies and brainless action movies!

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