Bjorn Posted February 20, 2014 Super charming interview over at RPS with Gaynor and Zimonja. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SecretAsianMan Posted February 28, 2014 Gone Home merch now available! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miffy495 Posted February 28, 2014 Are they selling recordable VHS tapes? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bjorn Posted March 1, 2014 Are they selling recordable VHS tapes? :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart Posted March 1, 2014 Windows 95 port of Gone Home imminent? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SecretAsianMan Posted March 10, 2014 Gone Home coming to consoles Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brkl Posted March 10, 2014 Is it the original Playstation? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bjorn Posted March 10, 2014 That's exciting for them! More exposure and more sales. And probably another wonderful round of insightful commentary, this time courtesy of console fanboys. That should be a treat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted March 10, 2014 And probably another wonderful round of insightful commentary, this time courtesy of console fanboys. That should be a treat. I read that as extreme sarcasm before realizing it might not be. GUESS I'M A CYNIC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
melmer Posted March 10, 2014 #notagame #walkingsimulator #nowonconsoles #gameoftheyear #BAFTAbitch #kerching Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justin Leego Posted March 10, 2014 Is it the original Playstation? An emulated PlayStation One version is the Only On PlayStation exclusive content. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pkirkner Posted March 10, 2014 Gone Home coming to consoles Quality name for that publisher: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Merus Posted March 11, 2014 A friend of mine played this on my recommendation, and she didn't really like it. She liked the side stories, particularly the father's (she is an aspiring writer) but she was irritated that Sam's story was the 'main' story when she didn't really care for Sam; she read her as basically a snot, having stolen all the electrical equipment to pay for her running off to revel in her problems. She came to an unfavourable impression of Sam early and very little changed over the course of the game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bjorn Posted March 11, 2014 A friend of mine played this on my recommendation, and she didn't really like it. She liked the side stories, particularly the father's (she is an aspiring writer) but she was irritated that Sam's story was the 'main' story when she didn't really care for Sam; she read her as basically a snot, having stolen all the electrical equipment to pay for her running off to revel in her problems. She came to an unfavourable impression of Sam early and very little changed over the course of the game. Interesting reaction. I read that as extreme sarcasm before realizing it might not be. GUESS I'M A CYNIC. Half of it was sarcasm, half wasn't. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kaputt Posted March 11, 2014 Huh, now I get why 2015 is the year of the PS3. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dewar Posted March 11, 2014 A friend of mine played this on my recommendation, and she didn't really like it. She liked the side stories, particularly the father's (she is an aspiring writer) but she was irritated that Sam's story was the 'main' story when she didn't really care for Sam; she read her as basically a snot, having stolen all the electrical equipment to pay for her running off to revel in her problems. She came to an unfavourable impression of Sam early and very little changed over the course of the game. If I hadn't already known about some of the content in the story, I might have felt the same way. It can be tough sometimes to remember how big and unmanagable teenage problems felt at the time, not to mention the fact that most of us didn't have that particular teenage problem. There were definitely a few of those journal entries that sounded pretty snotty. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jmbossy Posted March 11, 2014 Often times I consider how Kaitlin would react, a la Booker DeWitt, to Sam's story... is Gone Home's ending a happy one? obviously, relative to how most thought it would end, Sam being alive and with Lonnie is a happy ending, but I always come back to my hatred for the characters Romeo and Juliet; teenage love has never been something I could sympathize with or forge any meaningful empathy with. In fact, I often hate teenagers who think their love is so important they sacrifice as much as necessary to keep it-- that being said, I do think the real 'happy ending' from GH is that Sam is now comfortable with her sexuality, which I could only imagine as being a harrowing personal success, but if we're being honest, there is no way that the days following GH's conclusion would be happy for anyone involved: Katie would obviously tell her parents when they get back, they would without a doubt call the cops and try looking for her, then Sam would be considered a missing person and Lonnie would be AWOL (which as I understand is a big deal in the US). Obviously, as players and emotionally uninvested spectators we're happy for where Sam's story goes, but there has to be a major disconnect between our reaction and Katie's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bjorn Posted March 11, 2014 If I hadn't already known about some of the content in the story, I might have felt the same way. It can be tough sometimes to remember how big and unmanagable teenage problems felt at the time, not to mention the fact that most of us didn't have that particular teenage problem. There were definitely a few of those journal entries that sounded pretty snotty. I imagine that I had a unique reaction to a lot of Sam's stuff compared to much of GH's audience, as I'm the father of a girl not much older than Sam. So I've spent a lot of time around teen angst and drama over the last few years (which is even worse in real life than fiction!). That said though, a lot of the negatives people could draw from Sam are in many ways a reflection of the instability in her family life. Not to absolve her of responsibility, but her parents are being self-absorbed whiners who have abandoned many of their parental responsibilities over the last year, which in turn directly leads to a lot of the problems with Sam's behavior. Engaged parents with the right balance between empathy and discipline *probably* don't end up with the same situation on their hands. So a lot of that kind of reaction people might have had towards Sam I actually dumped off on the parents. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roderick Posted March 12, 2014 CONGRATULATIONS Steve and the rest of Fullbright on winning the BAFTA! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justin Leego Posted March 13, 2014 Congrats Nick! (loving Steve's "don't forget how to walk" face) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Griddlelol Posted March 13, 2014 God that interviewer has some seriously fake laughter. Listening to British people talk near American people makes me realise how ugly our accent is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sclpls Posted March 13, 2014 Seeing Steve fret about the pocketsquare on twitter yesterday made my day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
