also, wouldn't being able to tell your sighted friends if you had any that you have a star wars game similar to theirs and you beat this level or that level give you something more in common with them?
Josh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:41 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Illegal activity was: star wars sounds > Hi Che, Liam, and all, > What we are discussing here has some deep ethical concerns I don't think > we can solve. On One hand you have the die-hard SW fans on here that > would do anything for an accessible SW game. On the other hand you have > the major companies with the licenses saying no way buddy show us the > big cash. You then end up with a no win situation. > Che is correct there are plenty of original ideas that can be used. From > what I know of Che he likes new and original things as rather to others > ideas. That is great, and originality is a wonderful thing. > However, not everyone shares that, and wishes to enter some of the > fantacies, stories, and tv shows others have created before. Just > walking through aspce station killing aliens might be enough for some > people. Add a light saber, force powers, and a bunch of storm troopers > and the SW fans will go mad for it. That is just how a really good story > works. > Look at Harry Potter as an example. When the last book came out there > were people waiting in the parking lot for hours waiting for the stores > to open there doors so they could buy the new Harry Potter book. That is > the hold it has on people. > Yes, using sounds trade marks, etc is probably steeling. Steeling is > wrong, but that leaves us with the ethical situation of walking away > from the thing we want most in life. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
