I’ll never diagnose someone based on what they wrote, but as someone with ADHD, this certainly sounds like something that I would do.

“only see their clients as walking ATMs”

My AP Language teacher encouraged us to use three adjectives when writing as much as possible! I’m sure you know this, but the term for them was “tricolons.”

Any reason why this isn’t on YouTube?

In a delicious twist of irony, I just remembered that I actually got a 4 on the exam, not a 5. Thanks, hippocampus.

Even though I don’t play a musical instrument any more, the same applies to that as well. Trying to memorize a tricky piano segment is extremely frustrating (one of the reasons I stopped playing after 10 years lol), and you usually play better after you’ve had time for the experience to settle in your brain. (That is…

Over 100 games?! How many of those did you finish?

Why did Homer shift his arm left in 2014 and 2015?

I got super worried when I started up God of War and was getting unbearably dizzy from the camera sway, but there was fortunately an adjustment in the menu, so I popped that bad boy from 10 to 5 and haven’t had a problem since!

If this setup doesn’t scream “freshman dorm room,” I don’t know what will:

“any scenario that means giving up your dog is a complete dealbreaker”

Additionally, doing homework is a lot of fun when you’re not actually doing homework.

Those recommended stories are perfect.

This is a really good piece of journalism. As someone currently majoring in journalism hoping to go into a gaming field with it, this is something I can point to and say, “hey, games journalism is just like any other field.”

RDR2 is a new high bar to be set for the video game industry. At the same time, this review is a new high bar to be set for the games journalism/ criticism industry. As someone entering the latter, I’m up for the challenge.

Between this and the Switch in Japan, people seem to really want to stream AC: Odyssey. I wonder why this, of all games, is the one people really decided to double down on.

What about “the sequel with similar mechanics but next to no story ties”?

Yikes, I need to take a walk in the woods after reading this.

I was expecting nuanced conversations on police brutality, but instead everyone’s just talking about fruit.

You might be joking, but for those who think you’re not, Jason LOVES JRPGs. But because of this, when a game doesn’t live up to his often impossibly high expectations, he really goes to town on it. I’m with you on XC2 being excellent, though.