This Pro Blind Gamer Teaches Me How to Play Mortal Kombat
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- Carlos Vasquez is a competitive Mortal Kombat player. He's also completely blind.
Audio description is available for this video. Go to Settings - Audio Track - English Descriptive.
Carlos Vasquez, or @ObsKHRattlehead as he's known online, is a competitive Mortal Kombat player that's competed at EVO, one of the largest fighting game tournaments in the world. He's also completely blind. In this episode of Subcultured, host Josef Lorenzo explores the accessibility movement in gaming, learning how it has grown over the years, how players stay connected, and how folks are even consulting with developers (like those behind The Last of Us Part II).
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This is the purest thing I've seen in my life, when he said that he knew what it was like to not have friends and his passion for building a community that helps one another, I'm in tears typing this lol
When I was in nursing school, during clinicals, I met a young man that was paralyzed from the neck down. He played video games. He had a specialized controller he used with his mouth and tongue. I watched him play call of duty and Madden. These gamers are amazing.
At first, I thought you were referring to the pro street fighter player Brawley legs who plays the same way. Unless that’s him LOL.
This is amazing. I am legally blind and having to quit Eve due to sight loss broke my heart. It makes me so happy to know other blind players are finding ways to play. Kick ass!
That's so sad to hear man. I couldn't imagine not being able to play my favorite game again. I hope you find something else that scratches that itch for you, games are getting a lot better regarding accessibility.
@@barahng Side benefit to no video games is getting really good at chess. You are right about accessibility, they get better at it all the time.
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OMG there it is! To this day, I still dislike hearing myself. I say “you know“ too much lol.
while the video was well put together. Also, shout outs to audio descriptions!
You are the best
You're a total badass, man! Thanks for sharing your passions.
Eres increíble, Carlos. Me quito el sombrero 👍
I’m almost 42 and everyone told me when I was a kid, that it was a waste of time to play video games. Turns out they were wrong. Great video. I want to thank Carlos for making me feel like a total failure. And I wanna play him and get beaten terribly.
Hey if you’re down to play, I’m always glad to set something up.
Glad I read the comments. Watched the video again with description turned on. Didn't know this could be possible on TH-cam. Amazing!!!! As a blind viewer, this kicks butt!!!! Hope you guys do this with all your videos that have descriptive tracks available.
Oh they will. It’s been confirmed
Every episode in the series will have a descriptive audio track. Glad you're enjoying the series! :)
Carlos is absolutely one of the nicest guys I've had the pleasure of speaking to in the FGC
The accessibility movement is one of my favorite things. Everyone wins.
Yes. There are so many reasons to use accessibility tools.
Every episode of Subcultured has audio descriptions. Go to Settings - Audio Track - English Descriptive!
I had no idea TH-cam lets you have multiple audio tracks! That’s so cool!
Thanks again for reaching out to me I'm going to follow every single one of these goddamn episodes!!!!!!!!💯💯💯💯
Awesome first episode! 🏆 Go Josef!
This is an awesome video. It also goes to show how good the audio engineers are and how amazing the human body can be.
Side Note: Just done with a good yoga session so I'm really appreciating being in tune with my body. Game on fellow gamers!
I love this. :) I think we definitely need to explore accessibility in gaming more.
Awesome. Props to game designers for paying attention to detail, those details are how us players find new meta, new mechanics, and provides dimensions to the game. Cheers rattle head!
Congratulations Josef! Thanks for introducing us to Carlos and sharing this story. And great to see you all using the multiple audio track feature to include audio description. Well done.
That’s what’s up Carlos! Seriously, thank you to the people who did this, it is important to shed light on accessibility for everyone, to share that culture and experience! I’m just glad that there’s a way that it’s being done now
Thanks for being part of the community bro! We troll each other, but that’s part of the experience lol.
@@KHRattlehead dude, that’s what I’m mainly there for
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Another reason to love MK ! Freaking awesome
I LOVE this so much. It legit fills my heart with so much joy. 😭🥰
4:21 That's beautiful. Love this man's competitive spirit.
the accessibility options on things like Forza 5 and Last of Us 2 are AMAZING, I’m so happy to see more options as a deaf person myself
That's great! I'm not blind but I rely on sound in my favorite game too! I'm easily overwhelmed by to much blinking and light and writing and stuff (I play world of Warcraft) so I need sounds to hint important things. Bosses say the same text when they do a specific ability I have to dodge or an addon that counts from 5 to remind me I have to move soon. Those things got better in the last years and I never thought about why. but now I think it's because of players like Carlos who helped to make them that way and I'm really thankful for that!
Funny, you say that. I don’t know if you’ll read this, but they did make an accessibility add-on for World of Warcraft, where it reads out everything and where it is. Such as loading or picking up certain quest items. It tells you what’s in your inventory as well. And almost everything is mapped by directional audio beacons. That’s in classic at the moment though.
I've gotten my ass kicked by Carlos but I surprised him. I count that as a win.
BrolyLegs and BlindWarriorSven are FGC legends with disabilities as well. Whenever I get tilted at a game, I try to think about those two and just continue trying to GIT GUD just as they did.
3:14
Ah yes, Carlos is also a man of culture
This guy's like 17 making high quality videos for PBS on great topics. Freaking wiz kid! Keep it up man and I'll definitely be here to watch it!
Jokes on you I’m 14! Thanks for watching m8
@@tinzoplusjojo what are ur pronouns just curious
@@JADNCK they/them thanks for asking 💕 also love your cobra Kai edits
@@tinzoplusjojo what! You are the GOAT!
@@tinzoplusjojo I just subbed to you! I'm so impressed! Keep it up!
Great content and even greater person (Carlos). He is so inspirational!
I’m in IT (graphics, web, & UX) and noticed so many companies pushing accessibility courses in the last year. It’s definitely at the forefront of the design world and something we have to incorporate at the conception stage. So cool to hear about what a long way it’s come!
This rules. Accessible gaming is such a boon. Visualized sounds are so helpful for me.
Freaking awesome! Accessibility has definitely come a long way. Glad some of these companies took the time for accessibility.
This is awesome. You can tell the host makes the guests feel very comfortable! Really excited to see what's to come with this series.
I love this, great video! My friends and I are deaf/hh and it definitely influences the kinds of games we play together, I never knew a lot about blind accessibility in video games so its really cool to see! I remember so many old games that have audio cue elements in them being a chore to beat from my perspective, but more and more often games are balancing audio and visual cues, the future is pretty awesome
I’m happy this story resonated with you. What are your favorite games to play together? Id love to learn more about accessibility for deaf/hh gamers. I’m working on a documentary about vr chat and I learned that a lot of people have learned asl in vrchat which is sick!
I read a story about an all deaf WoW guild that raids. Instead of using voice comms, they have a very sophisticated text based macro system (bound to hotkeys for common phrases) to communicate. If you know anything about WoW raiding, that's absolutely insane. Sometimes there is so much information you have to convey in a very short time, couldn't imagine doing it without voice. Inspiring (and fascinating) stuff.
This was such a motivating video, from both the developers and the gamers themselves, going to the next level to be able to play in ways which we thought it wasn’t possible. Truly legends.
Love this! Go, Josef! And kudos for using TH-cam's multi-track feature for audio description on this video. So cool.
love this video
1:53
That sounds so badass
Imagine saying that you have a band & one of the members is a blind drummer
I’m also the vocalist. XD
@@KHRattlehead Where can I check out your band's music?
@@gaelstrarai band is called Distartica and you can find us pretty much on every streaming platform. You can also check it out right here: th-cam.com/video/HksKhksdXXg/w-d-xo.html
Oh cool! Thank you! :D
Great video! Really important side of gaming. It’s great seeing the quite traditional gaming industry become more inclusive.
I love how this also shows that metalheads are sweethearts
This is the kind of content I love to see. I used to see his videos on tiktok i think. Keep making content like this. The world needs it.
Great video. PBS Eons recommended it and it was definitely worthy!
Carlos is so wholesome! Can’t wait to see what else comes from this series. Great job Josef! 👍
This is the human race at its finest! So pure!
Awesome episode, Josef and Carlos!
This was awsome! Can’t wait for more episodes 😩
Really awesome 1st episode, especially since I'm just now rediscovering my love for gaming in my 20s. So excited to what's to come from this series! ❤❤❤
Already know this series is gonna be amazing like everything else Josef does ⚡
Sometimes living with a disability makes interacting IRL difficult and gaming is an amazing escape so having gaming accessible to people who needed the most is so important. I have some minor mobility issues but in games I'm free I can run as fast as I want I can leap and jump and move I can go outside and experience a sunny day hanging out with my friends without the complicated logistics of transportation or the constant pain of navigating with my bad leg.
PBS Eons brought me here! Great vid, excited to see titles implement more accessibility features. It’s long overdue
Hey welcome to Subcultured!
J's face is clearer than a bright future. Dude's crazy photogenic too.
I use the audio cues in tekken to sus out some of the mix ups; though, they could be better about it with characters like fahkumram who has some tedious enders and routes from just his df1.
Great interview! Really sheds light on the importance of accessibility in things like video games to those who are fully able, such as myself, who may have overlooked the importance of sharing creations and culture with everyone.
Carlos be sure to wear hearing protection while playing drums!
What two great people.
PBS eons sent to you. Love the show, subscribed and will recommend to others. Thank you.
Welcome to the Subcultured family! Thanks for subscribing
Love to see people thrive, despite having been dealt a tough hand in life.
Christ this is interesting just to see a new side of gaming that I was never aware of!!!!!!!! AND I'M A PRETTY DAMN HARDCORE GAMER GOD DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't even know they were gamers out there that were blind like this
And Alex seems so cool and has such cool taste in music and is apparently a super badass drummer!!!!!!!!!!
And then from out of nowhere!!!¡!!!!¡!!!! At 12:37 he shows off some skill! We're at first I'm like "okay so he's trying to bait the computer AI into thinking that he missed the punch I've done that before in the arcades" THEN I was like..........."OH SNAP SON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He not only froze him did a follow-up combo with a air strike. But he also got in a follow-up ground strike in after doing an air strike!!!!!!!!!!!!" Hot damn son!! I have all my senses and I still can't do that damn thing especially on the old cheating arcade cabinets 😁😅😂😜🤪🤣🇲🇽💯
This was actually an epic gamer moment
This is amazing. Keep up these great videos
Rattlehead is also a champ on MKX, it just wasnt shown in this video. That game is literally 3x faster than MK11.
Plus it’s a little more execution heavy. Yo I see you bro.
"mom's spaghetti"
hell yeah
vomit on my sweater already
Recommended by two cents but none the less this was a very good short doc. I'm so glad games are moving forward and making them accessible for all people
Suchhhhh a great video! So important and well made and entertaining and I love it!
Came in from Otherwods. This is cool :D Also: I would like to mention that there is a game designed for the blind (or anyone who wishes to play) called "Blind Legend" (available on Steam) that uses purely sound to play it. It's super cool. (I'm not being paid to promote it or anything, I just genuinely like the game and find it very entertaining to play.)
Hey that’s cool how you came across that game! It’s also available for mobile. It’s a pretty neat game.
Goodness this video made me so happy! I want to be friends with like, everybody in this video. Everyone is so chill, and cool. So happy with all the advancements in accessibility
PBS Eons sent me over to this episode and I love it!! Totally subscribing!
This is really cool, especially the part where studios reach out on how to improve their game.
It's just a coincidence, but "Sento" in Italian means "I hear / I'm hearing", for an extra layer of cool.
Holy smokes video just popped up started watching and I’m soo excited about the topic
8:29 lmao that mug is amazing. also so are these people and this video. Thanks!
What does the mug say?
@@pbsvoices "You expected a cup of coffee... BUT IT WAS ME, DIO!" It's a reference to a very memeable moment in an anime adaptation of one of the most influential mangas ever created and still going: "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure". Never thought I'd see the day where the anime community would be generally too mainstream for this channel lol.
Hahaha you have a great eye I didn’t even catch the mug when I was editing the video. Our next episode coming out on the 16th is about anime. Stay tuned!
Josef, I only watched 2 of your videos and I am for sure loving the work you are doing. Keep going!
Is it me or Joseph looks like young Johnny Depp?
Pretty handsome dude, love his style!
And of course, kudos to the developers that take into consideration blind ppl
Amazing first episode 👏
Looking forward to the next!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
I freakin love this Josef fella immediately.
Thank you for the content warning at the beginning of the video. It makes such a difference for some of us. I won't be watching the rest of it, but I liked and commented, and I really appreciate it.
Thanks for giving the support even though you weren’t able to watch! I hope some of the other Subcultured episodes might appeal to you
That's my boy Rattlehead. He's the best Scorpion but he can't handle my Nightwolf.
Catch me after school lol.
@@KHRattlehead boy its on like donkey kong
This was a great video and I appreciate that it was both captioned and audio-descriptioned, but there was a glaring error in the captions...
Right after the interviewer said, "My palms are sweaty," the blind gamer replied, "Mom's spaghetti" (a reference to the Eminem lyric), but the caption rendered this as "I'm all spaghetti."
I use captions because I'm hard of hearing and miss a lot of words without captioning, but I heard that line quite clearly. Hopefully you guys can fix it for the benefit of those who can't hear the dialogue.
thanks for noticing I was able to fix it. I guess our captioner doesn't listen to Eminem.
@@pbsvoices Thank YOU for fixing it! Not everyone listens to Eminem (or like me, they listen to a lot of music without even trying to parse most of the lyrics, lol). Thanks again for the speedy correction.
Love this!
What an awesome guy.
Amazing video, thanks to Dr. B and Otherwords for sharing this interesting story.
Great video. Keep it up bro
I bet Toph from Avatar would be an insane gamer too.
As a Blind individual myself, I enjoyed this little documentary.
'Other words' told me to tell you she sent me here.
HELL YEAH TLOU2 REPRESENT. I love how that game gets so much recognition for the absolute breadth of accessibility options that ND put into that game (among basically everything else that makes it amazing; yes even the story, haters can bite me). Hell, even my mostly able bodied ass used some of the features! Curb Cut Effect in action, y'all. :D
Sent by the green Brothers from get smart. Such a great recommendation
Thanks for checking us out!
@@pbsvoices ty for making such a cool video
I love Carlos! I'll be joining his discord server.
Eons sent me! Great video 👍
This is really cool!
otherwords sent me as well! such a good video
Visiting from the 2 cents channel!
this is so cool, i dont even play videogames, but this is so cool ♡
Wow, this was great!
Thanks for watching, welcome to the Subcultured party!
Amazing! Thanks!
I haven't been good at a game since Tetris so it boggles my mind that game designers are making things so accessible and successful! Game love to everyone!❤❤❤❤ and as far as accessible features being used by non-disabled people colon I always use talk to text because I have a hard time seeing up close and it's hard for me to type quickly. I can control my lights through a Google command with my voice and if I had that when I had a very young baby and didn't want to disturb them and get up while I was nursing but I wanted to turn down the brightness of the light it would have been a game-changer. Yay for accessibility!
Two cents sent me here. Interesting documentary.
Sound Field sent me! Great!!
Little mistake at 10:52. The subtitles spelled Alexandria Neonakis's name incorrectly. It's Neonakis. Not "dionaki"
Thank you!
@@pbsvoices no problem!
Engagement for the engagement god!
Getting closer. This was good.
and theres a 100% blind and deaf person learning.
Two Cents sent me here. New subscriber.
I wonder if it's possible to use this technique to play a physical pinball machine? No headphones of course, but each sound would naturally be unique and emanate from the correct location.
Good ol' PBS and Mortal Kombat 😂
Got sent by "its ok to be smart" or "be smart" i guess