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4 total messages Started by rms Sat, 12 Nov 2016 22:40
free Free FREE Gone Home! Move fast!
#697010
Author: rms
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2016 22:40
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free Free FREE this week!  https://gonehome.itch.io/gonehome
Free is good!  Thanks Trump!

rms
Re: free Free FREE Gone Home! Move fast!
#697011
Author: Trimble Bracegirdle
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2016 02:55
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Windows XP - 1GB file.
"Gone Home is an interactive exploration simulator.
Interrogate every detail of a seemingly normal house to
discover the story of the people who live there.
Open any drawer and door.
Pick up objects and examine them to discover clues.
Uncover the events of one family's lives by investigating what they've left 
behind. "
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Re: free Free FREE Gone Home! Move fast!
#697012
Author: Spalls Hurgenson
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2016 14:11
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On Sun, 13 Nov 2016 02:55:31 -0000, "Trimble Bracegirdle"
<no-spam@never.spam> wrote:

>Windows XP - 1GB file.
>"Gone Home is an interactive exploration simulator.
>Interrogate every detail of a seemingly normal house to
>discover the story of the people who live there.
>Open any drawer and door.
>Pick up objects and examine them to discover clues.
>Uncover the events of one family's lives by investigating what they've left 
>behind. "

This one I saw too, but decided not to announce it here. Partially
because I knew somebody would already have done so, but mostly because
I don't think that Gone Home is worth the price even when its free.
It's not anywhere near as interactive as the adverts would have you
believe, and its narrative - an important part of a narrative game, I
would think - is pretty dull. It feels like a framework for a better
game that never actually got developed. There are many better free
games to spend one's bandwidth and time on.

IMHO, of course. ;-)
Re: free Free FREE Gone Home! Move fast!
#697013
Author: rms
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2016 14:28
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>I don't think that Gone Home is worth the price even when its free.

    I think it certainly *is* worth the price; here's my review from a few 
years back:

   Gone Home
This is not a game, but a Young Adult short story told in a 3D engine.  It's
quite polished in it's presentation, and was worth $5, but yeah it's not a
game.  A very good **spoiler alert** discussion of important plot points is
found here, worth a read if you've already completed GH:
http://clockworkworlds.com/post/58411117679/the-transgression-you-can-do-better
Watch out for the ghost!

rms 
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