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.

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

New post coming soon.

doctors hate this quick dopamine fix for adhd addled brains

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

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Love seeing journalists for big outlets examining what we examine what we over here at gAmeDHD are all about. "One commenter captured what I was worried about: 'This is the same rhetoric used when people say that “everyone is queer these days'."

I finally got caught up on Season 2 of the Playdate, and boy-howdy is it a doozy. Each of the first three weeks have offered up some primo game-ature for your little yellow handheld (not to mention Blipo+). The ADHD Console reigns supreme yet again. Stay tuned to Blipo+ and gAmeDHD. Love you!

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I've spent about 45 days researching and preparing this expansive look at games media from an outsider freak's perspective, and I've really only learned three things thus far:

We can't stop playing. An incredible feeling. Will the Man Get Frog? @marechalbanane.bsky.social strikes hard.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is *peak* societal critique and commentary. If you thought it was, what I've seen described as "popcorn anime bullshit"... I just can't connect with you. Xenoblade proves that everyone has worth. The fact that that's foundational knowledge some ppl lack is, like, super spooky.

There's something magical about seeing a #UFO50 game level fully compiled into one image. I love being able to see the intention behind entries in my overall favorite game of all time (tied with FFXIV). Very cool stuff!

Even if the OG translation was probably "kusoge," doesn't change the fact that sometimes a boring game is exactly what your brain craves/needs sometimes.

Here's your fascinating gaming history fact of the day. Apparently the original release of Deltarune would delete the entire folder it was kept in if you ran the Uninstaller. Absolutely wild.

We have been made to be constantly exhausted, and then we have been given more bread and circuses than we've ever had in all of human history. In unrelated news, our next piece is a brief history and the general standing of games media and how mediocre men in suits are trying to ruin it. Enjoy.

This is an astounding write-up. This deserves your attention. What an incredible thing games do for us and we do for ourselves.

The new Kingdom Hearts screenshots are such a nothing story and it makes me so sad that's is what "needs" to be covered to get views/clicks etc. It's a truly depressing time for general corpo games media. We're not the answer, but individual writers, and those hired *are*. Follow writers you like.

Hoarders against digitally archiving carts are worse than scalpers. These carts should be in public archives at the Video Game Preservation Museum.

Working on a piece about the beauty of "background games" for adhd kids who got in trouble for doodling in class. What's your go-to game to play while you c.o.n.s.u.m.e other (more) nourishing media? What constitutes a good background game in your book? What level of comfort do you look for, if any?

Including large format images in your kit with and without logos is like, so wildly clutch.

Grant Stoner back at it with the kind of journalism that shapes an industry. Everyone who came forward did so with incredible bravery; the kind of bravery that will make a difference in so many people's lives going forward.

Support what you can, and avoid attacking journalists for utilizing any foothold they can find to write and speak about this medium. I follow Remap diligently, that doesn't mean I don't still read "Zombie Waypoint." Y'all are being silly. Support journalism. Full stop.

Just a reminder that this was a bit. No outsourcing was harmed in the making of this editorial.

We're sobbing over here!

Supporting independent journalism is important. Supporting worker owned, intersectional feminist independent journalism is *beyond crucial*.

This article is peak, and a must read for anyone #actuallyautistic playing Clair Obscur.

These two are making the most important historical video games podcast out there. Absolutely fascinating and entertaining work. If you read video game rags in the '90s and '00s, you owe it to yourself to give a listen. Perfect score, no notes.

"I sat in silence for more than a moment. I didn't even read the credits. I cried a little. I swear to you I broke the fuck down... Many Nights a Whisper gave that magic back to me." Thank you to @deconstructeam.bsky.social and @selkieharbour.bsky.social

Welcome to all the folx who followed us this weekend! We're so glad you found us. gAmeDHD is a little lo-fi independent publication writing about video games and games media through the lens of - and about - the neurodivergent perspective. Feel free to message us with questions or submissions. ♡♡♡

I'm still fully capable of getting lost, though. ADHD can make you lack a sense of permanence in place because your brain will actively dump the information it was storing for navigation the second something else (read:combat) takes your attention away. Same goes when entering/leaving somewhere irl.

The corporate ghouls will fall flat on their face in failure right in front of the people they've fucked over. I have faith in the journalists and creators, not the out of touch vultures in suits.

This is the part where you put your money where your mouth is.

I can't quite wrap my entire two brain cells around how wild it feels to be included in this list among our heroes. The folx at @sixoneindie.com are absolute legends, and so are the people on this list. Go support them and aid them in their support of independent media outlets and developers! 💛💙💛💙💛

Y'all out here doing the boots on the ground shit!

So honored to be counted among this amazingly talented and influential group of people. I look up to all of them immensely! Go support independent games media!

Let losing @giantbomb.bsky.social and @polygon.com in the same week be a rallying cry for independent games media. The corporate fucks can't silence us, and they won't silence everyone gone now from these two amazing and formative outlets. Go support their individual venmos and patreons!

In response to the Polygon and Giant Bomb news, I created an indie and worker-owned games media starter pack. I’ll keep adding to it, so suggestions and recommendations are greatly appreciated. Please share!

Santé, shit pigs!

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What's that? A new podcast all about my current hyper-focus and possible all time favorite franchise? Don't mind if I do.

These guys just seem *so unbelievably cool*

With the Oblivion remaster taking up the hype cycle, it's probably a good time to re-up that the Palestinian-led BDS movement has asked for a boycott of Microsoft's gaming products due to the company's ongoing and enthusiastic technical support for the IDF's ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Nintendo has cancelled the Switch 2 in response to preorder frenzy. "Your vulgar appetites betray you," said company president Furukawa, "That you are a people without grace. We will await a new era." At press time, Nintendo's headquarters in Kyoto and Redmond had vanished from the face of earth.

Nintendo Switch 2? Looks like you need to switch 2 another console, or better yet, switch 2 a better form of government so that your games, and your eggs don't cost 300 smackers. you've got egg on your face, from when the president smacked you, so face the music. Wii Music.

This week the UK passed a law that targeted trans women so we're taking a look at the irresponsible journalism and support that surrounded Hogwarts Legacy and highlighting trans and #queergaming

Wildly honored to have my piece about @jakeclover.bsky.social's wonderful game Cape Hideous included in a weekly @critdistance.bsky.social roundup among writers I look up to!

Having an absolute blast with Spilled! by @lente.me Absolutely wonderful game from an absolutely wonderful developer with something to say!

Never forget to post a gif from an N64 game. Be trendy with me. #n64 #chameleontwist