Heya folks, the restructuring of Insert Credit (As an aside, I deeply appreciate the tonal and symbolic shift.) has given me space to feel more comfortable starting a thread around this hot new console I uncovered in my attic! In vulnerability, I struggle with concepts of community as well as it’s moment to moment mechanics. I also recognize that I want certain kinds of community. Among many other rad things, I am an adult-diagnosed autist. I’ve heard others on the panel mention neurodivergence before and wanted to make a topic dedicated to autism. I think video games are exceptionally awesome and simultaneously stupid. They’ve been a place for me to seek out new experiences while also understanding facets of the familiar/nostalgic.
I don’t have any specific goal with this thread. Maybe it’s for barking into the void? It’d be rad to talk with other folks about autism-related struggles and successes. Share cool observations. Maybe it’s just a space for ideas in your wrinkle-box to exist outside. Mostly I think it’s funny to imagine my autism as an old game console that I’m still making games for and this is a space for me to actualize that joke. A goal for me is to learn how to be more casual. I’ve already horribly over-analyzed this intro so, that’ll be for another time.
I spent 35 years of my life, with a hunk of my source code encrypted and I’m working on acceptance and engagement and I think this feels like a safe space for me/(hopefully us) to do it. Hope you all have a rad week!