Illuminating the Past in Gone Home

!!! CONTENT WARNING: DISCUSSION OF IMPLIED CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, AND DRUG USE FROM 48:41 TO 57:06 !!!

This week the hosts talk about Gone Home from Fullbright Studios! A game about family, interiority, and that kid you were only friends with because they had a Nintendo.

Buy the game everywhere!

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Discussed in the episode

• Jef Rouner's 2016 article from the Houston Press (title omitted because of spoilers)
• Gone Home and Its Hidden Objects by Elizabeth Goins for Game Developer
• Why Gone Home is the Most Important Game of the Decade by Nicole Carpenter for Polygon

Additional stuff

• As Gone Home turns five, we look back on its polarizing legacy by Allegra Frank for Polygon

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Art by Tara Crawford

Music by _amaranthine

Additional sounds by Boqeh

Produced and edited by AJ Fillari

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Timecodes:

• (00:00) - Woops! A gamergame happened again...
• (01:51) - It's a game about hugging
• (02:16) - Welzcomet 2o aozcdip
• (03:51) - What is Gone Home? | General Discussion
• (21:00) - The horror of Gone Home | General Discussion
• (29:24) - Spoiler Discussion
• (30:00) - Mom | Spoiler Discussion
• (39:03) - Dad | Spoiler Discussion
• (50:32) - CW: IMPLIED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR, DRUG USE, HALLUCINATIONS
• (58:57) - Sam | Spoiler Discussion
• (01:19:39) - Katie | Spoiler Discussion
• (01:25:26) - We love video games and they are art!!!!
• (01:27:19) - Big Takeaways
• (01:27:37) - Kim's Big Takeaway
• (01:29:30) - AJ's Big Takeaway
• (01:31:26) - Chase's Big Takeaway
• (01:35:23) - When did these experiences start?
• (01:42:06) - Wrapping up