as my own direct immediate list of game grievances i hate that stardew valley expects you to side against a wheelchair user who is upset that he was moved without his consent. i hate that the mass effect trilogy gives you visible scarring as a direct result of choosing mean dialogue and heals it if you’re nice. i hate that the vampire the masquerade ttrpg has a monstrous player class that can appear as horrible vampiric monsters or as visibly disabled people and both of these appearances are mechanically the same. i hate that dark souls games have a difficulty level implemented in a way that cannot be adjusted for disability. i hate that i can play as a mermaid or a werewolf or a horse in the sims games but can’t use a wheelchair. i hate that the ace attorney games have so much flashing and not all of the games can disable it. i hate that disability is constantly something that happens to teach a lesson, i hate that disability is something that happens as a punishment, i hate that disability is either compensated perfectly with no drawbacks or something that is endlessly sought to be cured. i hate that no character customization will ever include the mobility aids i use, that the player avatars that represent me will never look like me. i am so goddamn annoyed and so goddamn tired.
I like how depending on where your screen cuts off the image you might be like, “Oops, they misspelled ‘mineshaft’ as 'mindshaft.’” And then you keep scrolling and Nope! It is you who were wrong!
I am not vaguebloggign anyone fwiw but I did see a post about how depression fucks w your brain listed as a sign of hope but for some reason I only parsed it as “okay so when I’m sad I’m also empirically stupider” WHICH WAS PROBABLY NOT THR TAKEAWAY—