Ellen Degeneres gives out first nintendo Wii.

[ballmode]

CHARITY FTW

 

[Homerboy]

um LOL.... and how is this kid gonna use this? wtf is wrong with her... buy the kid an amazing stereo system or something he can use with his other senses... but how on earth is a blind person gonna do anything with a video game system..

we gonna have seeing eye gamer to guide him?
GO LEFT.. JUMP.. DUCK!

"Underwood, who lost most of his vision after being diagnosed with cancer of the eyes, uses echolocation to find his way around and compete in sports like basketball and martial arts."

he is beyond capable. Please don't post ignorantly.

 

[SophalotJack]

It'll be sweet to see an update of him playing it and owning at it.

I suppose if there are games with really nice surround sound that he could play competently and enjoy himself.

 

[smack Down]

Originally posted by: Homerboy

um LOL.... and how is this kid gonna use this? wtf is wrong with her... buy the kid an amazing stereo system or something he can use with his other senses... but how on earth is a blind person gonna do anything with a video game system..

we gonna have seeing eye gamer to guide him?
GO LEFT.. JUMP.. DUCK!

"Underwood, who lost most of his vision after being diagnosed with cancer of the eyes, uses echolocation to find his way around and compete in sports like basketball and martial arts."

he is beyond capable. Please don't post ignorantly.

How the hell is he going to use echolocation on a TV screen?

 

[Xyo II]

Originally posted by: Homerboy

um LOL.... and how is this kid gonna use this? wtf is wrong with her... buy the kid an amazing stereo system or something he can use with his other senses... but how on earth is a blind person gonna do anything with a video game system..

we gonna have seeing eye gamer to guide him?
GO LEFT.. JUMP.. DUCK!

"Underwood, who lost most of his vision after being diagnosed with cancer of the eyes, uses echolocation to find his way around and compete in sports like basketball and martial arts."

he is beyond capable. Please don't post ignorantly.

He's not going to use echolocation to see luigi kicking his a$$ playing video games, but using surround sound to "see" what's going on will work for SOME games.

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: StevenYoo

Originally posted by: JS80
how da hell did she get a hold of a wii...

seriously

Ya, considering that shes a lesbo (which is fine) I'm not sure how she managed to get one either...

 

[SithSolo1]

Originally posted by: goku

Originally posted by: StevenYoo

Originally posted by: JS80
how da hell did she get a hold of a wii...

seriously

Ya, considering that shes a lesbo (which is fine) I'm not sure how she managed to get one either...

Perrin Kaplan, vice President, Marketing & Corporate Affairs for Nintendo of America Inc.....

 

[RightIsWrong]

Originally posted by: SophalotJack
It'll be sweet to see an update of him playing it and owning at it.

It'd be sweet to get an update as to how much Moms made off the deal when she pawned it on eBay before the release.

 

[Riverhound777]

Originally posted by: RightIsWrong

Originally posted by: SophalotJack
It'll be sweet to see an update of him playing it and owning at it.

It'd be sweet to get an update as to how much Moms made off the deal when she pawned it on eBay before the release.

Seriously, I wonder how much that Wii is worth right now. I'd guess $5k+ to some rich kid.

 

[everman]

Interesting that they gave him Zelda with it, I would doubt that it's 100% finished. I suppose they can give him a final copy in Nov.

 

[mugs]

He'll be the most popular kid in the neighborhood, but I don't understand how he can play video games. Didn't he say his eyes are prosthetics, so he has no vision at all? He can't echo-locate pictures on his TV screen.

Funny how he said I saw this on the Internet.

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: Homerboy

um LOL.... and how is this kid gonna use this? wtf is wrong with her... buy the kid an amazing stereo system or something he can use with his other senses... but how on earth is a blind person gonna do anything with a video game system..

we gonna have seeing eye gamer to guide him?
GO LEFT.. JUMP.. DUCK!

"Underwood, who lost most of his vision after being diagnosed with cancer of the eyes, uses echolocation to find his way around and compete in sports like basketball and martial arts."

he is beyond capable. Please don't post ignorantly.

ROFL!! the ignorance of what you just said makes you the biggest moron on the mother trucking board...

hes FREAKING BLIND.. you cannot ECHO LOCATE OFF 2D objects IE: a freaking TV screen you moron..
think about what you just freaking posted... ECHO.. LOCATE.. that is when blind people use noises to reverb off of objects to see the object and avoid it..
it doesnt work on a TV casue the OBJECT NEVER MOVES..

good game moron..
google echo locate then laugh at yourself.

 

[Rangoric]

Originally posted by: CVSiN

Originally posted by: Homerboy

um LOL.... and how is this kid gonna use this? wtf is wrong with her... buy the kid an amazing stereo system or something he can use with his other senses... but how on earth is a blind person gonna do anything with a video game system..

we gonna have seeing eye gamer to guide him?
GO LEFT.. JUMP.. DUCK!

"Underwood, who lost most of his vision after being diagnosed with cancer of the eyes, uses echolocation to find his way around and compete in sports like basketball and martial arts."

he is beyond capable. Please don't post ignorantly.

ROFL!! the ignorance of what you just said makes you the biggest moron on the mother trucking board...

hes FREAKING BLIND.. you cannot ECHO LOCATE OFF 2D objects IE: a freaking TV screen you moron..
think about what you just freaking posted... ECHO.. LOCATE.. that is when blind people use noises to reverb off of objects to see the object and avoid it..
it doesnt work on a TV casue the OBJECT NEVER MOVES..

good game moron..
google echo locate then laugh at yourself.

Actually, LTR. His quote didn't even say he was blind. Just lost most of his vision.

Good Game.

 

[Noirish]

probably more like a voucher to get a wii when it's first available.

 

[z0mb13]

talking about Wii... does the nunchuck controller thingie has a vibration function?

If so some perverted Japan game developer can make an adult game to put the vibration function to good use

 

[Gooberlx2]

Underwood actually clicks with his tongue and listens to how the sound bounces off of things.

Wow cool....he's like a real life Daredevil. Hopefully his life doesn't bomb at the box office.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: pontifex
there was a blind guy i saw on some show once where he wwas extremely good at the games. i don't know how he did it though.

edit: found an article about him Text

I remember seeing him on the news last year.
That said, I've beaten people at Soul Calibur and Mario Kart using my toes to play instead of my hands.

:laugh:

 

[Gunslinger08]

Quite a few people who are legally blind have some vision. Pretty much everyone except those with severed optic nerves or severe brain damage.