Audio-only game Grail to the Thief puts a blind-accessible spin on old-school adventures

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Games that are accessible to the blind are few and far between, and – aside from a handful of stellar exceptions like Somethin’ Else’s Papa Sangre series on iOS – those that do exist tend to be amateurish at best. But a recently-funded Kickstarter project (which still has a few days to go) aims to rectify the problem. Grail to the Thief harks back to classic adventure games like Zork, Day of the Tentacle, and Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, except that instead of text-only descriptions of twisty little passages and the like, it presents the entire game through audio. .. Continue Reading Audio-only game Grail to the Thief puts a blind-accessible spin on old-school adventures



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Tags: Accessibility, Audio Games, Blind, Kickstarter, Video Games



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