"Again, there are many, many repetitions of this sentiment out there, that the lack of a quest log and associated handholding are not merely annoying or bad design choices, but a form of bigotry, that they fail to accommodate the disabled and thus are morally wrong rather than merely artistically wrong."
"Again, there are many, many repetitions of this sentiment out there, that the lack of a quest log and associated handholding are not merely annoying or bad design choices, but a form of bigotry, that they fail to accommodate the disabled and thus are morally wrong rather than merely artistically wrong."
It's good you mentioned that, since, by itself, I wouldn't have known that "Speaking as someone with memory issues and ADHD - fuck doing this." was a complaint about injustice rather than someone's statement that the game was simply not for them, so they wouldn't spend their time on it.
I don't use language like, "Fuck cats. Cats make me sneeze," to express cats aren't for me and I shouldn't make time for them because I'm allergic (if I weren't, I'd quite like them). I think it's needlessly crude, though I'd guess people often intend the crudeness to be funny. I wouldn't have supposed such language was a complaint about injustice rather than a statement about one's own limitations and preferences for dealing with them.
I wouldn't assume someone who hated a game best played with an independent journal didn't already do journaling to manage symptoms. Someone already journaling just to get by in life could quite reasonably feel too journaled up already to add recreation involving *another* journal.
To be fair, it could go either way. Or many ways — including "I know I should be doing more journaling to get myself in order, but if I do, I can't justify doing it for a game." While someone else might find a game that needs an independent journal is what finally teaches him the journaling skills for real life. We are such messy creatures, AD(H)D or not!
"Again, there are many, many repetitions of this sentiment out there, that the lack of a quest log and associated handholding are not merely annoying or bad design choices, but a form of bigotry, that they fail to accommodate the disabled and thus are morally wrong rather than merely artistically wrong."
It's good you mentioned that, since, by itself, I wouldn't have known that "Speaking as someone with memory issues and ADHD - fuck doing this." was a complaint about injustice rather than someone's statement that the game was simply not for them, so they wouldn't spend their time on it.
I don't use language like, "Fuck cats. Cats make me sneeze," to express cats aren't for me and I shouldn't make time for them because I'm allergic (if I weren't, I'd quite like them). I think it's needlessly crude, though I'd guess people often intend the crudeness to be funny. I wouldn't have supposed such language was a complaint about injustice rather than a statement about one's own limitations and preferences for dealing with them.
I'd guess you read that comment too and said, "wait you have memory issues and ADHD and you DON'T already have a running journal of some kind?"
But otherwise this just seems to be the invisible hand at work.
I wouldn't assume someone who hated a game best played with an independent journal didn't already do journaling to manage symptoms. Someone already journaling just to get by in life could quite reasonably feel too journaled up already to add recreation involving *another* journal.
Good point. I didn't even consider that. Thanks for the gentle reminder/language.
To be fair, it could go either way. Or many ways — including "I know I should be doing more journaling to get myself in order, but if I do, I can't justify doing it for a game." While someone else might find a game that needs an independent journal is what finally teaches him the journaling skills for real life. We are such messy creatures, AD(H)D or not!