@redfernbarrett.com has put so eloquently into words what many have felt for our whole lives. Chalk another banger up to @mothership.blog

All the choices I made in games until I could finally be non-binary

My childhood self could never have imagined a game where they got to create a character who was neither a man nor a woman

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Niki Fakhoori examines parental trauma, the effects of dementia, and living with ADHD, and C-PTSD through the lens of Pokémon Black & White's rival N and his relationship with his own father, Ghetsis. A strikingly open and honest read. You can find Niki's other work at nikifakhoori.com.

nothing but pokemon: finding myself in black & white

Niki Fakhoori examines childhood trauma, dementia, and healing through Pokémon Black & White.

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In regards to yesterday's horrifying news out of the games journalism world, we insist you go support @pewpewbang.bsky.social, @mothership.blog, @lookingfor.game, and literally anywhere and any way you can find to back women in the scene. Feel free to add to the list below. Sending our love. 💛🩵💛🩵

What better to make a brain go VRRRRM than cruising through the endless supply of Pico 8 Games? We'll be publishing a list of them soon. A list that is taking over my whole life.

garrett miller@garrett.bsky.social · last mo.

hey here’s 1 of 20,560 of them! brainfruit.studio/games/jackpot

Neurodivergent gamers out here asking people questions like:

vibe-free lifestyle and smiling apple purveyor@ellaguro.bsky.social · last mo.

thinking about a few years ago when i used my Lex account to only post things like this

Real life: spends 15 years in the closet, gets nothing but trauma and a confusing youth Silent Hill Townfall: spends 3 minutes in a closet, gets a trophy

If you've got a problem with FFVII-R's Chadley, you've got a problem with autistic people. And I suggest you let that one marinate, bud.

One of the most bleak turns of the industry is Level 5's adoption and full-throated support and usage of AI. RIP to some of our favorite IPs. There is an official boycott of Level 5, who used to be my (Col here) favorite studio of all time. Don't support studios using AI to produce their "art".

gamedhd.com/2026/07/12/w... Neurodivergence in the face of a modern gaming collapse, and a resurgence of retro gaming as FUN

💛🤍💜🖤 Happy International Nonbinary People's Day! Remember: enby =/= androgyny. Enby comes in all shades, sizes, and presentations. Remember to ask new friends their pronouns. For some, it means the world. Support NB developers on the Nonbinary Coded Games Fest! 💛🤍💜🖤

Nonbinary Coded Games

hosted by NomnomNami and npckc, this event is a big showcase for games made by nonbinary developers!

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We were lucky enough to publish Sam Vu Nguyen's premier piece on grind-set and being perceived last month. And now it had been featured on the newest round up of @critdistance.bsky.social! Congratulations are in order to Sam, and a thank you to CD for featuring another work from our site!

July 5th

Welcome back readers. We’ve got tons of reading to share this week–22 articles to put a number on it–and that includes a lot of writers making their TWIVGB debut! Don’t forg…

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Sam Vu Nguyen is a 21-year-old second generation Vietnamese Australian with ADHD whose new piece grapples with perfectionism, masking, and the "need to be observed as legitimate, normal, or real" through the eyes of Ava in The Game Bakers' 2026 game Cairn.

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Sam Vu Nguyen – June 2026 Make everyone else and I see me for me. Be it the indoor cameras my parents have purchased, aliens, or some “Truman Show-esque” situation, there are cameras inside m…

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gAmeDHD was published in Volume 1.12 of The OrphanAGE, an issue surrounding advancing technology. The OrphanAGE collects and highlights the margins beautifully, and I'm incredibly honored to have a piece published in it.

The OrphanAGE, Vol. 1.12

First Lines The last human programmer died on a Tuesday, and by Wednesday the code had already begun to mourn…. —hypothetical 1st line penned by LLM Claude I cannot speak to a generation I refuse to...

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I just got a new rig and still can't play @rubato.world on recommended settings :(

Antlers rot, roots remain.

Neurodivergent in a World That Was NOT Built for YOU

YouTube video by Freyia North In Norway

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Infinity is a Game Boy Color game by Affinix Team that was canceled before its 2002 release window, as the scene had moved on to GBA. The development saga is as epic as the game's own narrative, and it pushes the GBC to its absolute limits. Melancholy awaits. I'm obsessed @incube8games.bsky.social

critical-distance.com/2026/01/18/j... To be counted once more among the @critdistance.bsky.social roundup is so far beyond an honor. And to be paired next to @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social is absolutely-next-level-surreal! I'm a huge fan. Thank you for valuing the neurodivergent gaming community!

I can't believe a gAmeDHD GOTY list was requested, but here it be! "We’re all strangers until we’re not, [#1 GOTY spoiler redacted] posits, as it ponders what happens to our souls and society when we begin to lose human connection." Y'all asked for it: Ko-fi.com/gamedhd I love you. Go play a game

gAmeDHD’s 2025 GOTYs (and GOTOYs)

Colin Clark It seems cheap and trite at first glance to focus my effort into putting my opinions on something so trivial as video games front and center when the world is literally burning. We&#821…

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We tackle a lot of LGBTQIA+ and gender topics at gAmeDHD. However, it's not our main focus. But it is for Mothership! This is *exactly* what games media needed. Please consider supporting this new outlet! If you sub before the January 26th launch you get 15% off FOREVER.

Mothership@mothership.blog · 10mo ago

It's time to board the Mothership. www.youtube.com/shorts/iEw90...

Hi there, new followers! We're glad you found us! We're a little online pub/blog/zine writing about the neurodivergent experience and the videogames we play and love. Do you have a submission for a piece? Reach out wherever you're comfortable. We want to hear, read, and publish your experience. 💛🩵💛

Just found out my wife might be losing her job, so I'm desperately searching for work. Contract, full-time, freelance, whatever. Press, PR, consulting, anything. I have 16 years of editorial experience and have been writing about games for 13. Reviews, news, previews, guides, etc. RTs appreciated.

"So why, then, will I spend 25 hours on an idle game, watching the numbers go up, experiencing negligible in the moment enjoyment only to look back on the entire experience and throw my hands in the air, saying 'what the hell?!'" A few games with intrinsic purity.

what is the value of a bullet when you wield a sword? a hunt for intrinsic motivation in gaming (and 4 game recommendations)

Colin Clark Let me make you a deal, I’ve got four incredible game recommendations loaded in the chamber. Not just any game recommendations. These four come from my recent brain throbbing doom…

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"My [Lumines Arise] session - which ended two hours and fifty seven minutes later with me in tears - began peacefully enough." A short, personal account examining healing through gaming.

lumines arise is not a substitute for therapy, but my brain sure thinks it is

My eyes are so bleary I can barely see the screen as I write this and my thumbs creak and pop every time I hit the space bar. I just spent the last 9 hours playing Lumines Arise on my arguably too-…

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Easy Delivery Co. from Sam C and @orointeractive.bsky.social completely ruined me.

easy delivery co. divulges the real-life npcs’ secret language

Easy Delivery Co. has left me blisteringly melancholic. For two days now I have felt an existential pit in my brain and gut that may or may not have affected my service as “your friendly neig…

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Game publisher execs are about two more fads away from putting all their faith in literal magic beans. They went all-in on services, all-in on NFTs, all-in on AI. Every time they’re convinced they’ve invested in a divine cure-all. They believe in magic the way a child might. Except kids learn.

If you're able, don't forget to pick up some subs for the #GiantBomb #Bombathon before 5pmEST! Support independent games media <3

If you've never checked out the retro gaming zine Between the Scanlines, you're missing out on something incredible, dude. Very good content for your brain space.

Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️@sharkabytes.bsky.social · 2y ago

New pinned post and info sheet! I'm curious and passionate about a whole bunch of nerdy and cool stuff! I also publish a fortnightly retro gaming and anime 'zine and write on several blogs: Scanlines zine: betweenthescanlines.itch.io Main blog: scanlineartifacts.wordpress.com

The Dark Cloud 2 opening credits song is a wild choice.

doctors hate this quick dopamine fix for adhd addled brains

playing old games on new systems will rectify your brain chemistry: a case for the importance of handheld emulation (the act, not the scene)

Col, July 2025 If I were a Boomer, I’d bloviate on how god damn soft I’ve gotten in my late 30s. And I know for a fact that the 22-year-old version of myself thinks as much. This ass th…

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What's your game right now? At this very moment? For research and science.