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A couple of times when I've played Dynasty Warriors with my girlfriend (who has ADHD diagnosis), I noticed that she would be literally running in circles having absolutely no idea where she was. She's not a gamer and controlling the camera can be finnicky for someone who isn't used to dual analogs, so there's that, but she also has trouble reading the minimap.

Yesterday I've had her play Crash Bandicoot 3 and she got "lost" in stage 2, the first underwater level. At the first sphere with electricity thingy, she thought she was supposed to keep going right, she didn't notice the pipe opening leading down.

Is "getting lost" like that common for people with ADHD?

She's also pretty lousy at Bomberman games, but she enjoys playing them.

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[-] superduperpirate@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

“One more turn…” “Wait, wtf, why is my phone buzzing?” “Aw fuck that’s my wakeup alarm. Fml….”

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 6 days ago

The day I discovered that Unciv exists and I can play civ from my phone with mods that fill out almost all the DLC and expansion content is forever lost to me. I remember adding the mods and then the sun rising outside.

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