Bit of a read, but a nice heartfelt article for anyone who's been part of a gaming community. Put a smile on my face anyway.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-47064773
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-47064773
I guess there has been a member on here too who tragically lost his wife and has posted about how much she loved gaming. I guess in a previous generation someone physically disabled to that extent might have had to be content with books, radio and TV.
Toulouse-Lautrec couldn’t do normal things due to disability. Look at what he became.Saw that article at lunch, nice that some of his online friends came to the funeral etc...
I guess this sort of thing is quite common now, while too much gaming can perhaps be a bit destructive for otherwise physically able people, a sort of escapism that might well exacerbate any mental health issues they have (there was one kid at my old uni like that who dropped out after first year and eventually became... a games tester!) it seems like it is a bit of a lifeline for the physically disabled.
I guess there has been a member on here too who tragically lost his wife and has posted about how much she loved gaming. I guess in a previous generation someone physically disabled to that extent might have had to be content with books, radio and TV.
The problem with those mediums is isolation, there's nobody "real" to enjoy them with most of the time.
Having said that if he could move his arms and get out of the house for a little bit, chess clubs, D&D events etc. might've worked well for him.
Tragic disability mind you, a difficult but important read, that article...
Toulouse-Lautrec couldn’t do normal things due to disability. Look at what he became.
I mean this in the nicest way possible and I do include myself in this, MMOs are full of the freaks of humanity.
The outcasts and the different, be it from physical disability, social interaction issues and quite a lot of mental illness, depression, long term unemployed etc etc.
I met them all and I considered them my friends
Im glad i kicked the addiction/habbit but i know for many its a lot more than just that.
At least half a million young men in Japan are thought to have withdrawn from society, and refuse to leave their bedrooms. They’re known as hikikomori.
Their families often don’t know what to do, but one organisation is offering “sisters for hire” to help coax these young men out of their isolation.
Harsh labelling these people as freaks of humanity.I mean this in the nicest way possible and I do include myself in this, MMOs are full of the freaks of humanity.
The outcasts and the different, be it from physical disability, social interaction issues and quite a lot of mental illness, depression, long term unemployed etc etc.
I met them all and I considered them my friends
Im glad i kicked the addiction/habbit but i know for many its a lot more than just that.
nah i labeled myself in it im not bothered about it so mehHarsh labelling these people as freaks of humanity.