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July 28, 2005
The Zatoichi of Videogames
He's blind and he can own you in Mortal Kombat or Soul Caliber 2. An inspirational story for kids struggling with their videogame skills. He plays using a combination of memorization and listening for audio cues. He wants to be a videogame designer, and my question is what aspects of videogaming would he have more acute knowledge of than the average player (other than the obvious - sound)? Notice the widescreen behind him in the photo? Now that's a waste. Incidentally, there was a two-player fighting game I could beat people with while blindfolded. It was Tobal 2 - never released in America - and I spent a while watching people play it on an imported Playstation at college, doing all sorts of fancy moves and combos. It looked complicated, but I decided to give it a try as a joke. I then did what everyone does when playing a new game they don't know the controls to - spaz! I just randomly hit buttons as fast as I could... and I was unbeatable! I was performing unbelievable combos of kicks and punches and wasted everyone in seconds. It frustrated those to no end who spent hours playing the game that I, who still didn't know which button was the "kick" button, could stand outside the room randomly hitting buttons on the controller and beat anyone. I even once turned off the video input and watched a TV show while hitting random buttons on the controller and beat the single player game that way. Never found another spaz game as good as Tobal 2, and doubt I ever will. 11 Responses To "The Zatoichi of Videogames"
Shades of "Tommy" "...that deaf, dumb and blind kid - sure plays a mean pinball." #1 - Posted by: Inquiring Minds on July 28, 2005 10:18 AM"... plays by sense of smell ..." -ron #2 - Posted by: ron on July 28, 2005 10:57 AMI didn't think that SC2 had any blood in it. Maybe that is just the GC version. #3 - Posted by: TheRoyalFamily on July 28, 2005 10:59 AMRoyal, Can you really expect an AP writer to understand the subtleties of videogames, though? #4 - Posted by: Frank J. on July 28, 2005 11:12 AMFrank, that's how I play ALL video games! spaz-mode all the way #5 - Posted by: lc ima mommy on July 28, 2005 11:21 AMIsnt' that how liberals play politics? spaz Mode. #6 - Posted by: Ricky on July 28, 2005 11:42 AMYou discussing Zatoichi so much made me interested in watching one of the Zatoichi movies. Well, I did a search on Netflix and came up with 10 hits, and one of them is a 17 disc series (making a total of 26 different discs I can get from Netflix)!!! Frankj, do you have any suggestions on which Zatoichi film I should watch first? -Jack12 Jack, I play Soul Caliber the good ole-fashioned mash buttons way and I'm not too shabby until my arms get tired from all that mashing. #9 - Posted by: Dr. John Allan on July 28, 2005 02:58 PMI must take issue with your characterization of what this blind fellow will do to you when you play video games with him. He will not "own" you, me, or anyone else. He will pwn you. #10 - Posted by: Earl on July 28, 2005 04:11 PMWell that's just too cool! Yay kid. -Always gets the replay, never seen him fall.... Oh great, now I am going to sleep with "Tommy" music stuck in my head! #11 - Posted by: LokiDoki on July 28, 2005 11:47 PMPost a comment
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