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This is my essay about having a stroke, losing the ability to write or walk or play video games, and digging myself out of that depressive hole using video games. It's maybe the most vulnerable writing I've ever done.
This is my essay about having a stroke, losing the ability to write or walk or play video games, and digging myself out of that depressive hole using video games. It's maybe the most vulnerable writing I've ever done.
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Kaizo Mario Was My Physical Therapy by @imrankhan.bsky.social
"I might have been the first person to ever cry while playing a Mario & Luigi game."
Imran shared a personal story with us about finding a unique pathway on the road to recovery. Read it here:
skyboxcritics.com/2025/05/21/k...
"I might have been the first person to ever cry while playing a Mario & Luigi game."
Imran shared a personal story with us about finding a unique pathway on the road to recovery. Read it here:
skyboxcritics.com/2025/05/21/k...
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Will Skybox add user bylines? I know the social media post tags you as the author, but I don't see it on their site. Hope that changes.
I shared this in GrandPooBear's chat tonight and he read it on stream. He also started playing Kaizo while recovering from nearly dying, so it hit pretty hard.
When I was 19, my sister had a stroke, and I had to watch her spend months in rehab training her body to do everything she used to do effortlessly.
It seemed like it required huge effort, and involved unimaginable levels of frustration.