A quadriplegic has started [URL=http://www.petitiononline.com/cu5t0m/petition.html]an online petition[/URL] in the hopes of persuading console manufacturers and game makers to eventually allow gamers to remap controller setups.
[URL=http://kotaku.com/5538163/quadriplegic-gamer-calls-for-custom-button-remapping-in-console-games]Kotaku[/URL] points us towards the story of [URL=http://www.askacapper.com/]Chuck Bittner[/URL] (pictured with the Frag Dolls), who broke his neck in a car accident and now suffers from total paralysis of his legs and partial paralysis of his arms. Bittner, who calls himself a “capper,” (short for handicapped), currently plays games using his limited arm movements and his chin and mouth.
Among his complaints/suggestions, “R1 and L1 are too far apart, no remap = no sighting up, no sight = no kill,” and “a ‘sight up' lock option would be awesome Mr. Zampella!”
Bittner’s petition presents a pair of options: [URL=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2010/05/13/petition-seeks-ability-remap-controller-functions-disabled][B][COLOR=#8e0505]Read More[/COLOR][/B][/URL]
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