The 'Not A Game' Argument Is A Sad Way To Look At Games
Saying a game isn't actually a "game" has become the quick and easy way to deride games we don't like or understand. It's easy to boil down the key concepts of a game and make them sound bad.
Gone Home Map For Counter-Strike Lets You Defuse Bombs, Emotions
Gone Home doesn't have guns, you say? Well now it's got guns and terrorists thanks to a custom CS:GO map by Nipper that turns the Greenbriar's house into a hostage situation.
Gone Home to Wii U? At around 6:55 of this video, Nintendo of America's Damon Baker says that last year's critically-acclaimed first-person adventure is coming to Nintendo's console. We knew it was coming to some consoles. No confirmation yet from publisher Midnight City. We'll keep you posted.
'Making Games Is Easy. Belonging Is Hard'
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I am acutely aware of the fact that my heart is beating. Hard.
Indie Hit Gone Home Comes To Consoles This Year
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Indie adventure Gone Home, which made waves last year on PC, is coming to consoles later this year, the developers at Fullbright Games announced today.
Finally, Gone Home Becomes A Real Video Game
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Want to play Gone Home but don't want to deal with nonsense like "exploring" and "reading" and "emotional resonance"? Try Gun Home, the downloadable content devised by the fine folks at Dorkly. Because a video game isn't a video game unless you're killing Hitler.
Gone Home sure does provoke some good criticism. This time, the critic in question is noted interactive fiction designer (and Versu co-creator) Emily Short, who has written a lengthy, thoughtful essay about how Gone Home overly relied on backstory—as opposed to active story—and as a result fell short of its potential.
Gone Home Being Remade As A Retro JRPG
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Gone Home, the Fullbright company's evocative house-exploration game, is being remade with an old-school JRPG look. Because why not?
Kirk's Top 12 Games Of 2013
In twenty thirteen, it was a very good year. It was a very good year for video games, with zombies and dames, killing monsters with flames... oh the things we've seen... in twenty thirteen.
I'm Probably Too Nice To Video Games. Maybe You Are, Too.
Do we grade video games on curve? Do we patronize them? Do we pat them on the head and praise progress over performance? "We" as in me, you and everyone else who loves games. Maybe we're too nice.
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Gone Commentary: The lovely exploration game Gone Home will receive a free update on Steam that adds commentary from the developers, easter eggs and possibly some interviews according to Rock Paper, Shotgun.
We Need A New Word For Video Games
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Is The Walking Dead a "game"? How about Dear Esther? Gone Home? They're all certainly lovely, heartbreaking experiences, but are they "games"?
Emojis: The New Best Way To Review Video Games
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Sometimes limitations lead to good things. Sometimes we're at our most expressive when we have to choose our words most carefully. Sometimes it's a good idea to review games using only emojis.
This Game Isn't About Violence Or Guns. Just People.
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Once in a while, a game comes along that means a whole hell of a lot to you — one you want everybody you know to sit down and play. For me, Gone Home is just such a game.
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Just in case Gone Home wasn't scary enough already: check out this disturbing rendition of the game's audiologs by Orthogonalus. Jeeze, I dunno that I could handle a whole game like this!
Let's Crowdsource This Video Game's 'Magic Eye' Posters
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I've always been pretty good at Magic Eye posters. I even had one in my room as a kid. It was of dinosaurs, I believe, and I got very good at crossing my eyes just so and making the Tyrannosaurs and the Archaeopteryx come to life.
Gone Home: The Kotaku Review
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Our haunts say things about us: what we care about, what we value, what type of person we are. Sometimes, we want people to know certain stuff about us, and we decorate our spaces for specific effect. And sometimes, if we're not careful about our personal spaces, they can say more about us than we would willingly,…
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Gone Home, the mysterious house-exploration game from the Fullbright Company, will be out on August 15 for PC, Mac and Linux. It'll cost $19.99. I've played the first act and really liked it; you can find more at the game's site.
Indie Developer Pulls Out Of PAX, Citing Penny Arcade Controversies
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The small studio behind the upcoming first-person exploration game Gone Home say they're pulling their game from the next big PAX show because of their rising discomfort with the show's organizers.
Why I Cried at GDC
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I did a lot of crying at GDC this year.