autism, computer games 

games can be extremely frustrating to me because while they do use fixed sets of rules to determine everything, a lot of them don't actually TELL me what all those exact rules are, so i just have to guess and i always guess wrong and lose and get really frustrated

and like, if that's what i wanna do,, i can just go hang out with some neurotypicals instead

re: autism, computer games 

@wolfgang Oh yeesh, never thought about that. Wikidiving is immensely helpful for us, but games themselves should explain this crap. :blobcatheart:

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re: autism, computer games 

@frostwolf yup! i've actually been using some strategy guide from 2004-2009 for simcity 2000 in the past few days, and it's really helping me understand the game better

re: autism, computer games 

@wolfgang Nice! =^.^=

...oh hey, that's actually a game we picked up on CD at the thrift store! Now that we have an optical drive, we can play it.

I opened it, immediately got overwhelmed, and closed it. >,,>

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