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Asperger's in Video Games

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journojordan

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Hi all,

One of my favourite series of games, which consists of Borderlands and Borderlands 2, features a character called Patricia Tannis whom the game states at one point in the game has Asperger's Syndrome. The game is set on a bizarre alien planet and the characters are all very OTT, so I wondered why the writers bothered to give her a diagnosis, even if they do only mention it once.

Since I'm a journalist, I decided to write about it, and I thought I'd share the article here in case anyone wanted to read it. It's in this magazine:

Issue #3 ? Reflecting Reality | Five out of Ten - Videogame culture magazine

Here's the description the editor gives for the piece:

A writer with Asperger?s disorder examines a character in Borderlands 2 with the same condition and sees a warped mirror of herself. Is Patricia Tannis merely a caricature, or a way to help us understand this condition?
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If you do happen to read it, I'd love some feedback :)

--Jordan
 
journojordan said:
Hi all,

One of my favourite series of games, which consists of Borderlands and Borderlands 2, features a character called Patricia Tannis whom the game states at one point in the game has Asperger's Syndrome. The game is set on a bizarre alien planet and the characters are all very OTT, so I wondered why the writers bothered to give her a diagnosis, even if they do only mention it once.

Since I'm a journalist, I decided to write about it, and I thought I'd share the article here in case anyone wanted to read it. It's in this magazine:

Issue #3 ? Reflecting Reality | Five out of Ten - Videogame culture magazine

Here's the description the editor gives for the piece:



If you do happen to read it, I'd love some feedback :)

--Jordan
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mine is Red Dead Redemption it has taught me as,well as any aspie like myself to socially & societally live our own lives however we choose to,like outlaws.I haven't played the second one yet.
 
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