{"id":5319,"date":"2019-08-22T14:39:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T19:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=5319"},"modified":"2019-09-04T08:29:18","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T13:29:18","slug":"introducing-circus-masters-revenge-mental-vision-games-first-immersive-action-game-for-the-visually-impaired-meet-mental-visions-joe-quirk-along-with-jesse-anderson-from-illegall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=5319","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Circus Masters Revenge &#8211; Mental Vision Games\u2019 First Immersive Action Game for the Visually Impaired &#8211; Meet Mental Visions\u2019 Joe Quirk along with Jesse Anderson from Illegally Sighted"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3286\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5319-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/CircusMasterRevenge.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/CircusMasterRevenge.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/CircusMasterRevenge.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?page_id=5353\">Full Transcript<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Show Summary:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mental Vision Games is proud to announce the release of the new Immersive Action 3D Audio game, Circus Masters Revenge available in the App Store for iOS. Joe and Jesse Anderson joined Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities studio to talk game development, creation and working with the industry to bring more awareness to accessibility in the gaming realm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe wrote and created along with his Mental Vision team a 3D audio game which involves the right and left audio in relation to your environment physically and within the game. Turn your device or swivel in your chair and the scene in the game changes it\u2019s focus as well! Chase the Circus freaks and move up a stage and into the next chapter of this well written and acted game that unravels right before your ears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesse Anderson from Illegally Sighted worked with Mental Vision Games by testing and advising as Jesse has done for years on his Illegally Sighted YouTube Channel. Listen in as Jesse talks about his advocacy for access in the gaming world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can download&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/circus-masters-revenge\/id1374289562\">Circus Masters Revenge<\/a>from the App Store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find Mental Vision Games on the web at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalvisiongames.com\/\">www.MentalVisionGames.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find Jesse\u2019s Illegally Sighted web site at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.illegallysighted.com\/\">www.IllegallySighted.com<\/a>and his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC0ZrgEzJQeZgEo5A2ERu0NA\">Illegally Sighted Channel on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*****<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Your State Services<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you reside in Minnesota, and you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact Transition Coordinator Sheila Koenig by&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Sheila.Koenig@state.mn.us\">email<\/a>&nbsp;or contact her via phone at 651-539-2361.<br>To find your State Services in your State you can go to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afb.org\/directory.aspx\">www.AFB.org<\/a>&nbsp;and search the directory for your agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for listening!<br>You can follow us on Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br>On the web at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br>Send us an&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@BlindAbilities.com\">email<\/a><br>Get the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/blind-abilities\/id1085849859?l=es&amp;mt=8\">Free Blind Abilities App&nbsp;on the App Store<\/a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.blindabilities.android.blind&amp;hl=en_US\">Google Play Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/607027582712671\/\">Blind Abilities Community<\/a>on Facebook, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlindAbilities\/\">Blind Abilities Page<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/193468111470902\/\">Career Resources for the Blind and Visually Impaired<\/a>and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/assistivetechnologyfortheblind\/\">Assistive Technology Community for the Blind and Visually Impaired<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3288\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5319-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/CircusMasterRevenge.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/CircusMasterRevenge.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/CircusMasterRevenge.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/CircusMasterRevenge.mp3 Full Transcript Show Summary: Mental Vision Games is proud to announce the release of the new Immersive Action 3D Audio game, Circus Masters Revenge available in the App Store for iOS. Joe and Jesse Anderson joined Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities studio to talk game development, creation and working with the industry to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[524,467,514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-abilities","category-technology","category-transcribed"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-1nN","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5562,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=5562","url_meta":{"origin":5319,"position":0},"title":"Meet Joe Quirk \u2013 The Man Behind the Circus Master&#8217;s Revenge Audio Immersive Game, The Veteran, The Author, Survivor and Definitely Motivated","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"November 3, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Show Summary: Joe Quirk lost his eyesight in a traumatic incident which no one should ever have to endure. 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