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Howdy Pixlbit Peeps!

Been out of the loop for a bit. Life has been a little more hectic than usual over the last few weeks so I have not been able too keep up with everyone. Anyway hope everyone is doing good.

So I'm sure everyone has been keeping up with all the E3 news so I'm not going try and be a parrot, just my thoughts on whats heading our way. First off Final Fantasy VII. All I can say is wow. I just hope they don't get heavy handed with how much they change other than the look and sound. I know some of the dialog is dated and strange and they are most likely going to go for voice overs vs. subtitles, so I'm as wary as I am excited. If they scrap the original TBC I am out. That is a total deal breaker for me. Otherwise I will try and be openminded about whatever changes they feel they need to make.

Although it has not been announced for a U.S. release yet, I was also excited to hear about Dragon Quest 8 getting a port to the 3DS. I wish it was going to a console instead but at this point I'll just be happy to hear it is getting a U.S. release. For some stupid reason the HD PSN port of DQ8 is only available in Japan. I love this game and my PS2 looks like shit on my HD TV. Plus this new port lets you play as two characters that were originly imporant NPC's.

My addiction to Destiny is passing. House of Wolves was better than The Dark Below, but still not worth $20. So paying $40 for the Fallen King is just not going to happen. The new subclasses are just swaps with some small variations. Admittedly the new Jupiter map is impressive but how much more of this game is going to be opening closets or reverse runs through the same old maps? I have already got $100 tired up in this game and I don't feel like it is worth anywhere near that.

Typically I try to keep my blogs here about games, music, movies and such. I try not to get too much into my personal life. But I have been made aware of something recently that has changed my life. It is something that I think more people need to know more about. So about a month ago I began seeing a psychiatrist and a behavioral therapist. This was long over due because I have been dealing with social anxiety and deppresion for a while now. I'm taking medication now, Lexapro, which has been helping. But it was when my therapist proposed that I might also have mild adult autism that my world turned a little askew. Over the weekend I did some research to see just what that meant. I have not been formaly diagnosed but from what I have read it all fell into place.

 Mild adult autism does not start when you are grown. It starts when your a kid and is often misdiagnosed as ADD or ADHD. Unlike Asperbers or other more extreme forms of autism there is no affect to speech or IQ. But these kids will often excessively daydream, become easily fixated and obsessed with things of interest and have difficulty focusing other things they do not have an interest in. The most debilitating effect though is like all forms of autism is not being able to fully socially connect with others. These kids may have very few friends if any at all. Inititating and maintaining friendship are difficult and romantic relationships even more so.

I wish I would have known about this 30 years ago but I know now and I know that I can do something about it. But I want other people to be aware so that they can seek help or recognize it in their own kids, nephew or neice, or friends. 

 Well that is all I got. Thanks for reading. Gemini out!