Dizzy Gamer

Welcome to a world of games, anime, animals, and vertigo!

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Story Time with Video Games

My new article offering some insight into how video games have helped me cope with my illness.

https://dizzygamer.com/2019/09/23/video-games-and-me/

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A New Season in the Sky!

Check out my review and overview of the newest season in Sky: Children of Light. Also, if you haven’t downloaded that game, it’s free so go do it!

https://dizzygamer.com/2019/09/23/sky-season-of-lightseekers/

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Park Park Park Bark

If you say park enough times in a row to a dog it turns into bark.

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Bringing Games to the Real World

https://dizzygamer.com/2019/09/16/bringing-games-to-the-real-world/

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Update on My Puppy

https://dizzygamer.com/2019/09/09/just-a-tiny-update/

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I’m getting a dog!!!

https://dizzygamer.com/2019/09/08/kairi-is-coming-home/

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Sky is Coming to Android!

An exciting bit of gaming news for ThatGameCompany fans.

https://dizzygamer.com/2019/09/08/sky-children-of-the-light-coming-to-android/

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Meme Senpai

I bow to her. May she guide me through her mematude until I have graduated and learned to meme like she can.

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Nintendo Direct Update

Who isn’t excited when a new Nintendo Direct hits? Here’s an overview on what they announced and a way to watch the Direct yourself!

https://dizzygamer.com/2019/09/06/highlights-from-septembers-nintendo-direct/

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The Damage Caused by DLC

Got today's post out early! Go on a deeper dive into DLC and predatory gaming practices.

https://dizzygamer.com/2019/09/06/the-damage-caused-by-dlc/

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Hospital Woes

It’s an odd feeling to bond over someone via shared hospital experiences. Talking about how IV drips suck, itch forever, and are a pain to take to the bathroom. Or how those stupid poles are a freaking weapon. Plus the just general awful treatment you can get in a hospital.

It really is a strange way to bond.

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Return to the Wild

Wrote an article on my blog about my return to Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Check it out!

https://dizzygamer.com/2019/09/05/return-to-the-wild/

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San Diego Roads

San Diego; all roads lead to the 8. Screw the 8.

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Blogging For Muns

I started a blog... a different blog. Well, not that different. It’s an “official” blog with more focus on gaming and less on whatever I feel like. I’m going to be posting there a lot more often. Especially since I’m trying to raise money to adopt a dog I rescued. Come check me out over there!

https://dizzygamer.com/

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Dizzy Free

Today, for the first time in two years, I had zero vertigo! Of course, that’s cus I went swimming. I also paid for it later by getting a quadruple hit the second I left the pool.

A lot of people who suffer from chronic vertigo have that one activity that lets them go totally vertigo free for a bit. For Sir Patrick Stewart, it’s driving. For me, it’s swimming. While I’m floating in the water, the vertigo goes away. So does my oversensitivity. However, as soon as I get out I get hit with a ton of vertigo. But it’s worth it for those glorious few minutes when the world is totally still.

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Canine Adoption Woes

Me: Found an abandoned dog and is low on funds. I will write erotica if it means I can keep this dog!

Also Me: Has never read erotica before.

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Burned By Doctors

One of the worst things about being chronically ill is the number of doctors and specialists I’ve had to see over the years. Some were unavoidable. Every time I moved it meant a new team of doctors. However, that would account for less than a third of the number I’ve seen. The rest? Because they didn’t believe me. Being the person who cried wolf in a hospital or doctors’ office is one of the worst feelings in the world. Having to sit, or lay in a hospital bed, knowing with all your being that something is very wrong with you and yet the doctor insists otherwise. “You’re stressed,” they say. “It’s hormones,” or “just the flu.” I think the worse I got was “It’s all in your head. Typical in cases of trauma.” Yet, none of that makes sense. At all. Plus, I’ve still gotten those responses after getting a verifiable diagnosis. Finding a doctor that believes you is just as difficult as fighting the disease itself. Maybe more so. Because, after a dozen doctors have told you that it’s not actually a problem, you start to wonder if they are right. Maybe it is in your head. Maybe you are crying wolf. Except, it’s not. You are sick. Very sick. And sometimes doctors don’t show their true colors. They will claim to believe you and then treat you for depression instead of your illness (yes, this actually happened to me). It sets you back months or years at the time. Meanwhile, you just keep getting sicker. What’s really insidious though is how the second guessing lingers. Chronic illness makes you hyper aware of every pain and hair out of place. It makes you wonder if that is the next fire to put out, yet after having so many doctors tell you that nothing is wrong you become reluctant to even ask. So that by the time you are ready to ask, something else is really seriously wrong.