Blind Teen Amazes With Video-Game Skills

[Jack & Coke]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=528&e=4&u=/ap/20050727/ap_on_hi_te/games_blind_gamer

Blind Teen Amazes With Video-Game Skills

[RogueFactoryKid]

Mortal Kombat sucks, Donkey Kong is better.

[Jakedubbleya]

thats tight. whats he going to do with video game design and how is he going to do it? i mean games for blind kids is about as far as he'll be able to contribute.

its great that hes done this but he also needs to realize theres more to life than video games, even if you are blind.

[FactsOfLife]

I'm impressed.

The VAST majority of gamers I run into are basically brainless, slackjawed, mouthbreathing morons.

It amazes me that they can even get a game started, much less actually play.

[ojhspyro89]

Man, i was REALLY hopin for a video lol. Thats pretty amazing. I cant even play those games WITH eyes.

[RingOfScale]

Daammnn ... so does he just keep smashing combos so u cant even get close? Thats pretty pimp. Mad props to that kid.

ANyone know any good blind PBallers? Seems like yah might be able to play only off your ears ... would be hard tho... but suposidly blind people hear better, or at least appear to, since they only have 4 sense to pay attention to instead of 5.

-rIng

[tribalman]

"the affable and smiling Mellen remained humble."

"'I'll challenge them, maybe. If I feel like a challenge,' he said, displaying an infectious confidence. "
"'I'm getting bored,' Mellen said in jest as he won game after game."

doesn't sound humble to me.

[fire1811]

"Even on my usual table
He can beat my best
His disciples lead him in
And he just does the rest
He's got crazy flipper fingers
Never seen him fall
That deaf, dumb and blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball"

[RingOfScale]

lol awsome poem ..

[FactsOfLife]

lol awsome poem ..

you do know where that came from yes?

[fire1811]

lol awsome poem ..

its not a poem its a song, and a good one if I do say so myself

Performed by The Who

Pinball Wizard
( The Who )

Ever since I was a young boy
I've played the silver ball
From Soho down to Brighton
I must have played them all
But I ain't seen nothing like him
In any amusement hall
That deaf, dumb and blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball

He stands like a statue
Becomes part of the machine
Feeling all the bumpers
Always playing clean
He plays by intuition
The digit counters fall
That deaf, dumb and blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball

He's a pinball wizard
There's got to be a twist
A pinball wizard
He's got such a supple wrist

How do you think he does it?
(I don't know)
What makes him so good?

He ain't got no distractions
Can't hear those buzzers and bells
Don't see lights a flashin'
Plays by sense of smell
Always gets a replay
Never tilts at all
That deaf, dumb and blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball

I thought I was
The Bally table king
But I just handed
My pinball crown to him

Even on my usual table
He can beat my best
His disciples lead him in
And he just does the rest
He's got crazy flipper fingers
Never seen him fall
That deaf, dumb and blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball

[Echo419]

Mortal Kombat sucks, Donkey Kong is better.

[quik]

Just unplug his controller before the game starts.


Wammo you win.

[Billz804]

Just unplug his controller before the game starts.


Wammo you win.

Not sure why, but that made me laugh. =)

[lopxtc]

Yeah but how good is he at Zork

Aaron