AIQS Workbook Spring 2026

Summarizing Practice Group #3

3. “The influence of this work on Gone Home can be seen in the similar fragmentation of stories into disparate parts that must be pieced together, making similar demands on the reader/player to construct identities and narratives out of competing (and even conflicting) perspectives.” (Reed et al.131).

Summary: Reed et al. highlights that Gone Home divides the story into different parts, allowing players to discover a deeper interconnected storyline through the individual narratives. The reader is given agency to create their own version of the narrative by focusing on different elements (Reed et al. 131). 

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