Is “Gone Home a Game”?

I presented “Losing” at PAX Australia 2014. This is an excerpt from that lecture concerning the definition of the word game. Particularly, I consider “Gome Home” and the widespread “debate” over whether or not it is a game. (Spoilers: Gone Home is a game).

Gone Home is a game. Gone Home is an idiogame: a game consisting of a series of player decisions that produce a personal outcome. Gone home is a GOOD game.