ASÍ JUEGA UN CIEGO
En nuestra nueva e inexistente sección «nuestro héroe de hoy» conocemos la historia de una persona ciega que juega a los videojuegos, logicamente guiándose gracias al único sentido que puede orientarle, el oído. El muchacho se llama Terry Garrett, es ingeniero y puede pasarse juegos como Abe’s Exoddus sin pestañear, ups perdón. El muchacho comenta cual es su modus operandi:
After finding out they are either 2D scrollers or 3D worlds I first have a sighted person describe the menus to me, so I can get the game started on my own. Then I go to the internet and seek a walkthrough (especially for 3d games). If it becomes to difficult, I will also watch walk through videos on youtube.
However, I did not need a walk through or video walk through for Abe. When I start playing I track sound landmarks (foot steps, objects, sound of running or pushing against walls). After this, I start exploring to see what does what. Always looking for land mark sounds to get my orientation down (sound of water, sound of footsteps changing from grass to dirt).
Finally, I have a great sense of the minds eye. Once I know what is in an area and how they are laid out, I can make a real time picture of what is going on in front of me just through sound. even in 3D. If this is hard to picture I know, I can’t explain it better than that.
Lo dicho, ahora en serio, una persona admirable, un ejemplo de superación personal ante la adversidad encomiable.
