Visually-impaired gamer sues Sony

Sony is being sued again, this time it is a visually-impaired gamer who does not feel he is getting proper support from the gaming company. You can also read a report at Gamepolitics.Here are a couple of articles with different viewpoints of the case.

From the Website Ablegamers (for challenged gamers of all types)

This comment on Gamertell thinks it may be a bit frivolous…

Just a personal note: a gaming environment is an ideal environment for people with challenges of all types to lift themselves up and gain valuable experience in life and also in work environments.

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Here are some representative articles covering the same subject.

Please read this article in the Jerusalem Post about the “White Cane” for a blind person. The most remarkable quote about the software is “Users can can feel tension beneath their fingertips through the joystick as they navigate around a virtual environment. The joystick stiffens when the user meets a virtual wall or barrier.”

Audio game maker is The Audio Game Maker is “part of Game Accessibility.com, a series of activities conducted by the Accessibility foundation in order to improve the accessibility of computer games for players with impairments.”

Gaming with a Physical Disability (Blindness)

From Metaverse Journal, an article about amputees and gaming.

A very good Journal article (beware, large pdf) which talks about health issues in Second Life and other virtual worlds. The top 5 groups that were found were

(1) Support for Healing 899 members (Mental health and other issues)
(2) Transgender Resource Center 845 members (Gender identity issues.)
(3) Positive Mental Health 763 members
(4) Wheelies 565 members. (Disabilities themed nightclub.)
(5) Depression Support Group 427 members issues.

And some Second Life links to groups for individuals challenged in different ways.

Second Life for the Visually Impaired
Alternate viewers (that may assist the visually impaired, as well as others).. be sure to check the Second Life blog to make certain the viewer is allowable under their Terms of Service.
Second Life accessibility hasn’t been updated in a while but the links page is great.

I’d invite any SL’ers reading this column to contribute their group relevant to this discussion in the comments.

Jay Moffitt is a Tennessee attorney. This blog is for entertainment and educational purposes only and does not consitute legal advice or create an attorney/client relationship. Jay Moffitt is not certified as a specialist in this area by Tennessee and Tennessee does not certify specialists in this practice area. All comments will be answered promptly and courteously as long as they are germane to the discussion and do not contain specific game names or incidents.

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