Gone home.<\/p>\n
Just in the name there seems something wrong. It\u2019s not \u201cGoing Home\u201d or \u201cComing Home\u201d it\u2019s \u201cGone home\u201d. The fact that we you get home that everyone is gone is a clue that there is something more to it. This family, like most families tend to be, is in turmoil. From a distant, lost husband\/father who\u2019s finally finding his way back to himself to a wife\/mother who has felt that distance and tried to find some comfort in a coworker to a daughter who was going through a life changing situation herself. You don\u2019t realize how deep it all is until you search for everything.
\nThis story is of course not about Katie, the one who left to go visit Europe for a year, although with the family in such turmoil it\u2019s no surprise she wanted to get out. The story is about Sam and really her coming out story.<\/p>\n
The first time I went to college I had to take a University 101 class, which of course got you used to the school but at the differences in the world around you. It really wasn\u2019t until that class that I finally admitted to myself that I was gay. I had basically know for a long time but really didn\u2019t put the picture together until that moment. It also didn\u2019t help growing up Southern Baptist with a Grandfather as a preacher either. Basically it took quite a long time for me to come to grips with myself, wishing I wasn\u2019t who I was. Once I finally admitted it to myself I had to tell the one person who meant to world to me, my mom. I took it slow, and popped hints and such and luckily she wasn\u2019t upset. In fact I would have to say coming out to my mom for me was the best thing that ever happened because it strengthened our bond. But even that wasn\u2019t easy. The best thing for me though was getting into the schools gay group and meeting one of my best friends of all time, whom I dated, twice. We never made it as a couple but he will always be my best friend, and funny enough he is in the game industry now too.
\nAnyway this game hit home to me because obviously there was a huge connection. This coming out story is like many I have heard, and luckily not like mine, but the feelings are the same. Sam feels lost, scared, alone, and would have probably loved to have her big sister around to tell all these things to. I have two older brothers but were never as connected to them as Sam and Katie seemed to be in the game. In reality the conflict of this game was more of an internal one for Sam.<\/p>\n
Think about the side story with Masan and his ghost. Personally I think this goes to show the insecurities Sam was facing, the fears, the secrets. In the end she got over them by having a seance, removing those fears.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m writing this because I want to say I see some of myself in this game, but at the same time I see a lot of people who have had to come out in this game. We shouldn\u2019t have to be afraid of being who we are, ever. We shouldn\u2019t have to be afraid of who we want to be either.<\/p>\n
Thank you Fullbright for making such an awesome game, and a story that ever one needs to hear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gone home. Just in the name there seems something wrong. It\u2019s not \u201cGoing Home\u201d or \u201cComing Home\u201d it\u2019s \u201cGone home\u201d. The fact that we you get home that everyone is gone is a clue that there is something more to it. This family, like most families tend to be, is in turmoil. From a distant, … Continue reading