Tag Archives: computer games

King’s Quest 3 Redux: Point-and-click/switch access goes retro

Posted on June 11, 2013 by hand2mouth

I can’t really play computer games outside of interactive fiction. That’s all right, though; I’m a word person, and playing the contemporary games reminds me of playing things like Moonmist vicariously on my neighbor’s Tandy. I was also interested in … Continue reading →

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Play Tetris with your voice

Posted on September 3, 2009 by hand2mouth

I felt like playing a game today; I’ve not been feeling well and couldn’t really concentrate on anything. While I could have browsed around for more interactive fiction games that worked with Filfre and thus with Dragon, I was too … Continue reading →

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TextTwist: an accessible word game

Posted on December 1, 2008 by hand2mouth

I’ve always been good at word games. There’s something calming about the act of unscrambling a word, then correctly assembling it. It’s not rocket science, but it’s a great distraction. So, I thought I would check out the downloadable version … Continue reading →

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Another computer game with Dragon NaturallySpeaking

Posted on July 12, 2008 by hand2mouth

So, I said I was going to update you on the game I was trying out by voice. However, I abandoned Dog Saves Baby because the interpreter I was using to run it was a little bit buggy with Dragon, … Continue reading →

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