![]() ![]() For years, Victor has been one of hundreds of gamers who have relied upon the QuadControl, a custom controller built as a labor of love by a retired engineer. With four video games systems, games strewn around the room and a large PC monitor connected to an even larger TV screen, there is little doubt that his room is just as much a gaming den as it is a bedroom. As a quad who uses a vent, he is part of a smaller but growing number of gamers with disabilities who seek happiness and refuge in those same virtual worlds. Victor, 37, is one of the 58 percent of Americans the entertainment Software Association says plays video games. ![]() It’s opened up a gaming world for me that I never thought I’d ever have.” “The QuadStick opens up a whole field of entertainment for quads who don’t have access to these kinds of things,” he says. After all, without the QuadStick, Victor wouldn’t have been able to embark on any of those adventures from the suburban confines of his Schaumburg, Ill., home. Yet Victor, a C1-2 quad, will eagerly drop all of those pursuits to rave about the QuadStick, a new sip-and-puff-based video game controller. and honing his military skills on the battlefield. He has spent the last eight months exploring ancient tombs, traveling across the U.S. You’d understand if Matt Victor had trouble finding time to talk about his latest passion. Now hooked, he was gifted with a QuadStick. Opens in a new window Perry Valencia was introduced to video games at the photo shoot for this story. ![]()
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