Did you finish the game, Alison? I played it over last weekend and it totally was in my wheelhouse -- as someone who grew up reading The Rocket, then The Stranger, and moved to Olympia in the mid-1990s.

The Indoor Kids recently did a good podcast with the Fullbright developers. One of the hosts, Kumail Nanjiani, described the game as a wonderful way of telling a very small story, which is very accurate. I hope the attention Gone Home is getting will encourage others to create games that tell small stories and discard all the typical video game tropes of fighting, killing, driving, etc. There's room in the medium for both.

I hope you write a review, on Blogtown at least. I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Anyone still complaining about the Dickwolves just wants attention. Saying that they don't feel 'safe' at PAX because of it is a ridiculous, calculated lie.

Have you read Mike's post on the topic, currently on the front page of penny-arcade.com?

Grown-ups:

Stop. Playing. Video Games.

Jesus.

Play games games, fuck, read.

Video games are TV. Adult men who play video games as a way of life are hopeless. Write them off.

Good trolling "C'mon, man!"
Yeah, grown-ups:
Stop. Reading. Blogs.

Really, you obviously like to read and engage with things otherwise you wouldn't be taking time to comment on a blog, so it makes sense that if you could open your mind and use a bit of imagination you might like video games. They are like interactive movies or even like interact books. I pity your lack of courage and inability to see beyond preconceived notions.
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Gone Home is a great game. Needs a bit of fine tuning with the story but still very satisfying and unique.

Fine, go shoot zombies and slap hookers while I fuck your lonely girlfriend.

Freeze tag. Now THERE'S a good game!

I don't need to read about any dickwolf to know nerds are scared shitless of women. This kind of shit isn't BECAUSE nobody liked you in high school, it's WHY nobody liked you in high school.

Does this mean Merc will stop hosting the "Video Games for MEN ONLY" ad?

I'm with @c'mon. Expand your mind a bit. Step outside.

If 1P shooter / thieving / etc games make you think, it's about killing and other antisocial behaviors. Do we really need help with that?