So a bit of context, I've been having s video from Diesel Patches and a bunch of what I calle."Reactionary Commentary Channels" talking about diversity once again. But this time, they tried to convey their Bigotry through "commentating" on a Dove commercial where they have different women of different ability and ethnicity be shown in the Unreal Engine to do the usual Rainbow Capitalist commercial.
Unfortunately, Diesel don't talk about how Rainbow Capitalism sucks but just said that wanting diversity in a game having someone looking like you is selfish and pointless as games are an escapism (Which is Sad). And I've been wanting to make maybe one of those Reddit videos of people talking about their experiences.
So this one is basically: When did you see yourself in a game? What was it that made you relate to the character and would you prefer games to show your identity more and how?
As a white dude? probably when I was six, with just about every game. As someone with a crippling mental illness? Maybe Dark Souls? The whole game is about persevering in a grey, terrible world that just gets worse the further you go in to it. And the only reason to keep going is because, for whatever reason, you want to. A whole theme is that the people who gave up are still there, they're the undead creatures you fight along the way. The handful of people who are still struggling on have their reasons, but many of them give up or lose their way before the end. You can't permanently die, and aside from a few bullshit monsters you don't really lose much of anything when you're killed. The only way to lose the game is to give up. That's basically my life.
Depression quest and Senua's Sacrifice also count. I couldn't get more than a few steps in to Depression Quest because it was way, way too real. I didn't even try with Senua's Sacrifice. Wouldn't have been able to handle it.
I've never tried it, I'll be sure to now especially since it should've been a milestone for my rehabilitation from being a Gamer™