I tried to list everything I have played that can be emulated on an android platform, excluding very hard games or games with scary/adult elements.

1. Easy-tier

• Pokemon Fire Red / Leaf Green (GBA)
• Pokemon Emerald (GBA)
• Pokemon Platinum (DS)
• Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue team (GBA)
• Chrono Trigger (SNES or DS)

2. Mid-tier

• The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap (GBA)

3. Hard-tier

• Mega Man X / X2 (SNES)

You can get most of the roms from Vimm’s Lair or CDRomance

1. I finished Ori and the Will of Wisps. The story is nu-pixar-tier emotionally manipulative libslop which might sound surprising for such a simple family-targeted game but the villain is one of those “I was rejected by society as a minority so… I will destroy everything” types. The platforming and bosses were really good though, it just didn’t grab me as anything beyond a good toy I guess. So it was an 8.3/10 for me.

2. I played Minishoot’ Adventures and shelved it after beating the true last boss. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good twin-stick shooter and decent metroidvania with addicting exploration, however I find the artstyle a bit bland and the story is pretty much non-existent, so I can’t be assed to do the optional post-game battle challenges without any exploration in new areas sprinkled in. It was a 7.5/10 for me pretty much.

3. I also tried Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo after trying and liking the demo, but the actual game didn’t manage to grab me so I refunded it. I didn’t really like the yoyo combat which utilizes sloped walls to pierce through many enemies, also the town you explore throughout the game was a bit boring for me.

The following games are cheap (lower than 10 euros), not graphically demanding at all, and range from good to being masterpieces in my opinion:

10/10

• CrossCode
• Hollow Knight
• ZeroRanger

9/10

• Katamari Damacy Reroll
• Spelunky
• Terraria (with friends, 8/10 without)
• Rabi-Ribi (it has horny anime cringe, but it is an excellent metroidvania)

8/10

• Xanadu Next
• Copy Kitty
• Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen
• Pseudoregalia
• Rabbit & Steel (with friends)
• Hades
• Ys Origin
• Ys: The Oath in Felghana
• Void Stranger
• Portal & Portal 2
• Ori and the Will of Wisps (Ori 2)
• Celeste
• Undertale

7.5/10

• Grim Dawn
• Minishoot’ Adventures
• Ori and the Blind Forest

Survival of the fittest

What the fuck. I am 8 episodes in Kamen Rider 555 and it’s actually good. I would like it more if it had some more mature themes but it’s pretty good, especially for a child-targeted TV show. I think shows aimed at adults in my country are less well-written and directed than this one

When I am in full work mode for weeks and I don’t really experience media I have an intense desire to collect yu-gi-oh cards, which disappears once I play a good game / watch a good anime. I had understood that people consume useless stuff because they want to feel something when they don’t have time for a more time-consuming but more satisfying activity that has some substance, but feeling it myself is a whole other beast.

Why can’t I work 4 days / week or something, I am not even asking to not work at all. My job is too stressful to have to go to the office and talk with representatives of our client everyday. Does everyone feel this way regardless of mental illness or neurodiversity?

When I was unemployed I had a ton of free time but I felt that something was missing, and I was anxious about not having a job. Now that I am employed, my free time has been reduced by a ton and I miss being unemployed. Shits weird

For co-op games try Rabbit & Steel and Secrets of Grindea

Well THAT just happened

I think I have reached the autism/ADHD/OCD endgame. I cannot make myself experience anything new without someone else holding my hand and doing it with me (usually my gf), whether it is some new piece of media or learning something (which I loved before my symptoms flared up and targeted it in uni). The only thing I can do is work work work until I get fired for being too burnt out to do it.