Welcome to another great episode of the Zenspath Podcast! This week, Caleb & Jeremy talk about the recent Nintendo Direct that covered everything from the latest versions of Pokemon Sun & Moon, the release of Metroid: Samus Returns (and the lack of a copy for poor Caleb after a shipping issue), the fact that freaking DOOM & WOLFENSTEIN are coming to the Switch this year & next. Watch it below now or on Youtube!
The GamePad Helped My Daughter Play Her First Game (and She's Almost Blind)
Well, it has finally happened. My daughter has been BEGGING me to let her play videogames for quite awhile now, but even I couldn't figure out a way for her to really enjoy the games because of a few "issues". You see, my daughter is pretty close to blind and can only focus within a few inches of her face, even with very thick glasses, and has an anoxic brain injury from birth. 
Jennifer kept yelling "I'm Doing It!" (she's on the right)Since her birth we have always been told many things she can't do. The list is almost a cliche now, but still worth noting in my opinion. She was 13.6 oz at birth (for reference, a single pound is only 16oz itself) and we were told she would not live, she would not walk, run, talk, learn, read, etc...and she has done every one. She has her challenges for sure, but she is the happiest kid I have ever seen and more of a morning person than I think is legally allowed.
But with gaming I originally thought she just had no interest in it but that changed as she would want to hang out with us playing more and more until she finally started directly asking "Daddy...I want to play a game too!". I had played with some ideas while reading about games like "Real Sound: Regrets in the Wind" from WARP in Japan on the Dreamcast back when she was younger and was thankful there were ideas being used to allow for games without the visuals which would at least let her experience gaming in a way, but I was still frustrated on what to do about "normal" gaming that she watched me and the family do on the big living room TV.