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Thoughts (Gaming)

by SonofMacPhisto @, Sunday, November 03, 2013, 17:35 (4041 days ago) @ RC

You have to be literate to read books. No real debate on the merits of this, yeah?

Do video games have a kind of barrier, a literacy, before you can play them?

Should they?


Books have varied barriers: sentence style, length, complexity. Whether they have visual or audio aids/ques. What range of vocabulary these use.

Similar with games.

It's up to the designer what kind of access barriers they put in place. There are no shortage of varied input devices and methods these days. No end to the variety of in-game and out-game training you can implement to overcome said barriers.

Not sure how this relates to the article though.

It doesn't really relate, it was just a thought that was inspired from the article and folks responses to it and few other things I've been thinking lately.

I think the answer is pretty obvious (yes, there are, and yes, they are fine) but asking the question let's me step back and consider possibilities.


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