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Mar. 14th, 2005 12:27 am
Mar. 14th, 2005
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Mar. 14th, 2005 11:04 am"The Blind Fragging The Blind" - audio-only video games
Michael Feir is an avid gamer. He spent so much time playing games in college he created his own online gaming magazine. But Feir doesn't play the best-selling games and has never seen World of Warcraft -- he's blind.
It doesn't matter. A growing library of computer games has been built specially for blind gamers, using sound instead of visuals to let players know what's going on around them.
Michael Feir is an avid gamer. He spent so much time playing games in college he created his own online gaming magazine. But Feir doesn't play the best-selling games and has never seen World of Warcraft -- he's blind.
It doesn't matter. A growing library of computer games has been built specially for blind gamers, using sound instead of visuals to let players know what's going on around them.
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Mar. 14th, 2005 12:21 pm
Edit: Also, a matamata turtle
And a monkfish (no peanut butter, though.)
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Mar. 14th, 2005 01:25 pmLondon businessman murders elderly man with an axe, on the street, in public.
When asked why he had done it, he told officers: "It's complicated. It's private."
Multiple stories on thisisLondon, more on BBC.
When asked why he had done it, he told officers: "It's complicated. It's private."
Multiple stories on thisisLondon, more on BBC.
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Mar. 14th, 2005 06:47 pmThe troops who shot the Italian journalist and her guards were John Negroponte's security.
You all remember Negroponte, right?
If not, google ["El Salvador" "Death squad" negroponte]. I'll wait.
Back now? Got that?
See my point yet?
You all remember Negroponte, right?
If not, google ["El Salvador" "Death squad" negroponte]. I'll wait.
Back now? Got that?
See my point yet?