Comments on: Natal hates the cripples

By: Chip

Chip — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:19:23 +0000

Wow this article got a lot more attention than I thought it would. I hope you all realize I was writing this is an extremely sarcastic undertone. The N4G comments made it sound like it was a sad article. It’s not supposed to be. It should be funny but ironic. Natal is pointing gaming in a new direction and I just wanted to poke fun at it all.

But I really do have one leg and all you people who are able to run are total show offs…

See, I can’t help it. Sarcasm is my curse!

By: Rob Rhine

Rob Rhine — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:18:24 +0000

@ano: Nice point! Natal type technologies could be used as adaptive and interpretive interfaces. Sweet for the cripples.

This idea is for the future, but if the technology becomes reliable and secure enough, it could even enable things like allowing people without legs to drive as if they could reach the peddles themselves.

By: Bobbo

Bobbo — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:44:14 +0000

“Apple the leader and all other MP3 makers in discrimination against the hearing impaired!”

http://www.apple.com/accessibility/itunes/hearing.html

By: Fullmetal X

Fullmetal X — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:29:19 +0000

At the same time, however, the Wii is a Casual Gamer’s console. Of course games for the Wii are gonna be gimmicky…most companies just throw some crap together, make it cartoony and throw in the motion-control stick-waggling as an after thought.

Motion-controlled games have potential. Developers need to be able to build a game around the control system itself, not implement them as an afterthought (which tends to happen a lot, making motion controls feel tacked on). But it can work if done properly.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:09:19 +0000

The Playstation Eye is available for PS3 which replaces the EyeToy there’s just not that many games for it.

By: Samuel

Samuel — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:43:15 +0000

The Wii already proved that any motion-controlled games are a gimmick.
If you ask people what the best Wii games are, they’ll tell you it’s super mario galaxy and zelda. Two games who would’ve been just as good if you would play them with a regular controller.

Wii Sports got old a week after I bought it, I still regret buying my Wii.

By: sNsKid

sNsKid — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:40:16 +0000

Nice article. Your reasoning makes the best sense to me.

By: Allan

Allan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:05:05 +0000

And then suddenly, people know where I’m coming from..

By: blade

blade — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:00:17 +0000

Now on the serious side. Sorry to hear that you lost your legs to Cancer. Really I am.

But there is a big difference between making a product intended for the mass intended target audience.

The same can be said about any product. Accusing a company or product of discriminating against some persona with some sort of impairment is a little exaggerated don’t you think?

What about those people who have no hands. Would then be saying Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft hate them because they can’t hold a remote like most people can?

By: blade

blade — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:52:28 +0000

I don’t think Natal is the only company here at fault! they are all a bunch of blood sucking discriminative companies!

Damn TV manufacturers like SamSung, Panasonic and Sony for discriminating against the blind!

Apple the leader and all other MP3 makers in discrimination against the hearing impaired!

All singer who discriminate against the people that can’t hear.

All the painters who discriminate against the blind!

Those shoe makers who discriminate against those who lost their legs during wars.

Mother nature who discriminate against the color blind!

Freaken Lamborghini who discriminate against those who can’t afford $300K – $400K!

Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo who discriminate against the blind, people who are missing a hand…

damn them all!

Damn the one who discriminate against those who discriminate the discriminator who never stop discriminating his discriminative discrimination as he pursue the art of discriminativism.