So I'm not sure if I've mentioned this anywhere, but I'm majoring in game design, and there's something about Chris that keeps bugging me...
If he wants to spend all day playing vidya so much, why doesn't he try getting a QA job at a game studio?!
I'll be honest, QA is pretty much a terrible dead-end job for most anyone who wants to go elsewhere in the game industry, but for someone who just wants to sit on his ass and play games all day it seems like the perfect fit for Chris. He'd have to submit short, succinct bug reports and shit, but as long as he doesn't use the bug tickets to tard rage at the programmers or something he should be fine.
Ther was an email leak from a few years ago that indicated that Chris had contacted Nintendo of America about doing game testing, and apparently the knowledge that they only offer on-site QA positions in Redmond just stopped that ambition before it started. But it's not like there aren't
game studios in the DC area, some within reasonable commuting distance for him.
There's even one in Charlottesville! (Though it seems to be a small studio focusing primarily on mobile platforms. Haven't taken too close of a look at it though since it's not in my area and thus not in my personal realm of interest.

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I've heard that generally recreational gamers are not the most desirable for QA positions, because they tend to not want to just play the same game over and over again for months on end. That could be a setback, because chances are Chris would list his skill set for such a job application as "I spend a lot of time playing lots of video games." If he instead approached it as "I am detail-oriented with a passion for games, and a one-track mind" except I'm brain-farting on a nicer way to say that last part right now... I guess that could work idk.
The autism isn't even that much of a problem, I know tons of game people on the spectrum (including many, many of my classmates, which can be frustrating because HOLY SHIT please stop sperging about League of Legends for two seconds so we can work on our pitch). Chris just needs to get off his ass and get out and, you know, talk to some people.
Unfortunately that's the most unlikely part, isn't it.