Autism, and High End Simulator Games – Access-Ability
As great as Simulators have been for my obsessive special interest fixations, their pricing model is a risk waiting to happen.
Marvel’s Avengers , Autism, and Non-Verbal Subtitles – Access-Ability
In Marvel’s Avengers, there are a few scenes where non verbal subtext is made explicit in the game’s subtitles. While not for everyone, i found these moments incredibly helpful, and would love to see more of them.
Pros and Cons – Quarantining on the Autism Spectrum
As a person who thrives on predictable routine and structure, the last six weeks for me have been pretty rough. I’m an adult living with Aspergers Syndrome, an Autism Spectrum Disorder, rigidly obeying self isolation due to the UK’s Coronavirus lockdown. I’m perhaps better off than many, I’m […]
I Desperately Miss Live Music, But VR Is Helping
As a person on the Autism spectrum, I often struggle a lot with social events with strangers outside my home. Crowds, clashing sources of sensory information, unclear social rules, and people I know nothing about all add up to create situations I find really overwhelming and difficult. The […]
Review: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
As much as I’ve loved my time with Pokémon Scarlet and Violet this past week, sinking 50 hours into the former, and a further 10 hours into the latter, I can’t help but feel conflicted about my overall experience with the titles. Scarlet and Violet are undoubtedly the […]
Repetition, Home, Connection, and Familiarity – Gaming in 2020
So, let’s just address the elephant in the room; 2020 has been a weird year for everyone, and it’s not going to stop being weird for a while yet. We’ve been in and out of lockdowns, people have been shuffled back and forth between physical and remote work, […]
What does Transgender Day of Remembrance Mean to Me?
Every year in November, when Transgender Day of Remembrance rolls around, I find myself unsure quite how to feel. The day has meant a great many things to me over the past decade, each important in their own contradictory ways, and any attempt to settle on a single […]
Temtem is Really Fun, But I Found a Shiny Creature and Oops I Had to Stop Playing
Ever since I was a child, the Pokémon series of games have been a huge part of my life. As a kid, obsessively memorizing stats while the franchise was super popular helped me to make friends, giving me a safety topic to fall back on. When Pokémon Go […]
While “Trans Rights!” Is a Start, We Need More Specific Trans Support Messages to Follow
Over the past year or so, most notably in the months since HBomberGuy’s hugely successful trans fundraising charity livestream back in January 2019, I’ve noticed a steadily growing trend in the way visible people vocalise support for trans people on social media and other online spaces. I am […]
Small Talk About Games About Small Talk
This article was originally published March 2019. Sometimes, what makes a game interesting is how complex mechanics work together, or a detailed and surprising world, or some sort of well-judged progression system. But sometimes it’s as simple as the idea behind it. A single human experience expressed in […]
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