Trigger Warning: Gone Home- The Silent Struggle for Gender Equality

Gone Home is a simple game, and Dylan examines how it can be used as a source of catharsis and hope.

[SpiralTear]

Ultimately, the story was predictable. You could really see what had happened to Sam the instant you entered the house and heard the answering machine. I hadn't heard anything about the game going in aside from widespread fan/critic controversy, and even then I could see the direction of where this story was going.

This was made even worse as you don't participate in this story, and I don't even mean mechanically. I mean the character of Kate. I absolutely despised Kate's role in Gone Home. You were essentially a faceless specter who never demonstrated any connection in the story. Yes, she was overseas, but it makes me wonder what the point of having a sister in this story at all was. Could've been any stranger.

Really, my main problem with Gone Home wasn't its lack of mechanics or agency. It was how insincere it was. This was a game that took something serious and bathed it in obnoxious 90's teen melodrama. Those soundbytes of Sam were cringe-worthy. This didn't seem like a character demonstrating any sort of struggle or overcoming an obstacle; this was a character whose indecisiveness and immaturity led to a lame teen romance and an unlikable love interest to the player. She was not strong. She was living in a dream that just happened to work out.

I think there are many more positive representations of gender struggle than Gone Home, which always came off as making its characters unlikable, meaningless, and trivializing a struggle with petty teen melodrama. My opinion.

[JohnathanACE]

Well said, at the end of the day this game is nothing but a short dramatic walking simulator that got high praises from critics and SJWs for its gay content. Gone Home is a terrible game.

[johndoe11211]

You basically just summed up my exact feelings about this game. this is one of, if not the worst game I ever played. It's the only game I tried to completely remove from my steam account.

[JohnathanACE]

Wow an actual trigger warning. I'll have you know that trigger warnings are my trigger. Also where do you talk about "gender equality? From what I skimed in the article you just summarize the game then give your opinions on it.

[Dee_91]

I know an ex navy seal with over 200 confirmed kills who nearly killed his wife on 4th of july because of the fireworks triggering him.. Somehow this term has turned into, sensitive p##sies feeling uncomfortable about something incredibly trivial... god I hate these people lol

[contradictory]

WEEUU WEEUU WEEUU!! Check your privilege brah! ( you know what's up..)

[Kornholic]

Did you know that these days it's possible for feminists to get PTSD from Twitter comments?

[Morpheuzpr]

It's worst than that unfortunately. Feeling uncomfortable about a specific situation even trivial could pass as a trigger, but using "triggers" as an excuse to ignore a discussion or a different point of view, that's what grinds my gears. Especially when they think they have a higher moral ground and are dismissive.

[Dee_91]

@contradictory
Bro, I have my notepad full of my privileges next to me at all times, I check them all off before making comments.

@Morpheuzpr
Triggers, sexist, misogynist, white cis gendered male, straight, male, white, male, rich, able bodied, etc etc are all excuses for the PC to ignore discussions or different view point.
But believe it or not, people en masse are starting to catch on to this BS. Tumblr isn't actually full of snowflakes like it was at one point, there are actually a lot of people calling these idiots out, so there's a flicker of hope regarding our society.

[aquaticDonut]

I'm one of a very few amount of people that actually really liked this game :/

[scark92]

I liked the game for the way it told its story, but it is nowhere near my favourite game haha

[aquaticDonut]

I mean, I just didn't think it was the worthless piece of garbage everyone else on the internet calls it. :/

[DiaperFace]

"Trigger Warning." You know it's gonna be good when you read SJW crap like that right off the bat.

[TWB]

From now on, If anyone ever asks me what Triggers me I'll say "Trigger Warnings"

[Yui_Suzumiya]

I've never read any positive comments about this game. What's up with that?

[OhMyGandhi]

who knows. I personally loved the game. Only down side being that it was too short. Ignore the inane hatred for the game, and get a chance to play it. If you like story based games, like Dear Esther, Home, and Everyone's Gone to the Rapture, you'll love this game.

[Pintheshadows]

I didn't mind Gone Home, however I played The Stanley Parable just before Gone Home. Gone Home got overshadowed a little.

[johndoe11211]

Because the game is absolute trash for most people including myself. Yeah some people are gonna like it but the majority of people found this game to be filth. This game pandered to sjw tripe and was rated as a milestone by every sjw outlet and sjw journalist out there. Don't believe me? go google the positive reviews on it for yourself and take note of the sites and authors. The worst thing is when you see those same journalists criticize Everybody's Gone To The Rapture.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that everyone who liked it is an sjw, I'm saying that the majority of the people who kept praising it were.

[Godmars290]

Not so much filth, but not worthy of the praise its received from the professional game review community. That as best its average yet has been held up as something that an industry standard. Something that shouldn't just be held up besides the likes of GTA, but replace it.

[Dee_91]

" This game pandered to sjw tripe and was rated as a milestone by every sjw outlet and sjw journalist out there"

Precisely why from the get go, people hated anita sarkeesian. I don't want a game reviewed high because it aligned with your political views over the actual substance of the game. If there are people out there, that do want this, we need to make a very clear distinction between "journalist" who look for and want political agendas in various form of entertainment, and those who just want good entertainment.
Don't get me wrong I take most reviews with a grain of sand, but I don't like for a game to get praised for being something other than a game, they are trivializing the medium by doing so.

[N0TaB0T]

If Gender Equality is the only conflict you find interesting in a video game it speaks more about your outlook on having fun more than you actually caring about human equality.

[Cy]

If someone actually gets a sense of "hope" from "the twist is lesbianism" I want to meet this person and laugh at them. And, for the record, I'm gay. I love the ability to play as a gay character. But not when being gay is the most important thing about them. It's why Dorian in DA:I disappointed me so much; the entire crux of his personal story arc was his daddy kicked him out for being gay, which is the plot for every other gay teen YA novel ever. If people want "diversity" or whatever, then they need to focus on making interesting characters and putting them in interesting stories that don't rely on their sexuality/gender/race/etc. Not crap like this, which is only popular because the "right" people have decided it promotes the "right" message.

[contradictory]

It's just shoehorned in for the sake of appearing politically correct and that's disgusting if you ask me..

[Morpheuzpr]

" If people want "diversity" or whatever, then they need to focus on making interesting characters and putting them in interesting stories that don't rely on their sexuality/gender/race/etc.&quo t;

That will never happen because sjw treat minorities like special snowflakes. They think that normal people are racist and sexist because we don't care about skin color or ethnicity or whatever and judge people on there character and or actions. They, on the other hand, see everything as racist and sexist because that's what they are.

When I meet someone online playing a game I don't start asking them if they are black or hispanic or asian just to know if I need to treat them any special way, I could care less about all of that.

[Blacktric]

"Trigger Warning"

Get out.

[SlightlyRetarted]

WEEWOO! You PC bro? Developers of this game are stunning and brave. Walking around 4 hours and a lesbo twist. Wow, Buckle up, buckaroo! 10/10.

[scark92]

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