Being forced out of gaming by Arthritis

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You may also wish to look into NIA (OCZ actuator) and other projects like it that allow you to do button presses with thoughts and tension.

Its surprisingly cheap and you can get them for under $100.

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Sorry to hear that, shawnmck, that sucks man.. =(

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Originally Posted by shawnmck

Thats a good suggestion, however my movements in all joints are affected and so my reaction time is slow and my range of movements are extremely limited.
For example, I can't raise my arms above shoulders anymore, & so on.

that's rough.

for alternate control mechanisms.
as others have suggested: eyes, neural impulses.
also tongue/mouth.

some sort of weight shifting game? it'd need some sort of rig to aleviate demands on knees/feet. mixed with another control system maybe some sort of racing game.

I think really the only thing for it is to become a game developer since I can't think of any commercial games which support those input systems.

ok, i stand corrected. advertising on the mouth joystick sites indicate usability for "high-speed interactive games"

www.quadjoy.com/accessories.htm

www.broadenedhorizons.com/mouthjoystick.htm

course both are somewhat pricey.