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https://www.humblebundle.com/games/one-special-day-2020?partner=buzzyn">https://www.humblebundle.com/games/one... Hey y& #39;all, there& #39;s a special, one-day bundle over at Humble Bundle, and it& #39;s to benefit Special Effects. I care about this charity a lot, and I feel they deserve your support, plus a pretty decent selection of games. Please turn my share off and put it 1/
towards the charity, which aims to make gaming accessible to gamers with disabilities. While I& #39;m lucky enough that my hearing impairment jumps around a lot, I realized just yesterday that some don& #39;t even know about it so I thought I& #39;d share with you all. I have an issue with 2/
my eustachian tubes (the passage running from your sinuses to your ears) and when left unchecked, it can severely restrict my hearing. For anyone who& #39;s dealt with me in person when I& #39;m dealing with it, it& #39;s pretty frustrating to talk to me. It& #39;s not much better on voice chats 3/
and I have to really crank up the volume on my headset. I recently had luck and my right ear opened up, but my left ear is still hearing at maybe 5% of normal hearing, leaving me functionally-deaf on that side. If you& #39;ve watched my streams at all - particularly RDR2 - you& #39;ve 4/
probably heard me complain about games that don& #39;t give you some visual compensation and leave everything to auditory cues (shout out to all the unfortunate settlers who got eaten by animals because I couldn& #39;t find where they were calling from). This is why. I don& #39;t really hear 5/
stereo or surround, sometimes up to 90% of the year. At present, I haven& #39;t had both ears functioning all year. So, I care about access to gaming for the disabled, from my fairly lucky position. I hope if you consider the bundle, you& #39;ll make sure to give the charity a solid 6/
share of your funds. I also wanted to shout out a game that does a really good job of not leaving the cues to a single sense: @hellogames - developers of No Man& #39;s Sky - seem to have this down to an art. Is there a predator chittering nearby? Icon and waypoint in the HUD. Is 7/
something shooting at me? HUD tells me where it came from, so I don& #39;t need to rely on surround audio. They combine cues all the time and seem to be very inclusive in my experience. Lastly, and not least, I wanted to thank my friends and family for being patient with my hearing 8/
when I know they get tired of me saying, "What was that?" But in this thread, specifically, the friends I game with seem to just innately know they pick up things that I don& #39;t. A-Chan always calls out when she hears zombies in the grass in @7DaystoDie because she knows I don& #39;t 9/
