A love letter to the rhythm game communities that helped me find myself

It was in the arcade around DDR machines that I first met people like me — kids picked on for being "weirdos," for being neurodivergent, for being queer.

Two people getting ready to play a round of Pump It Up Prime 2 (2017) at a video game arcade
Photo: Yara on Unsplash

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