I do digital downloads for just almost every game I play nowadays. A Day 1 patch is meaningless to me.

Exactly. To write off Gone Home as "not a game" means to do the same thing to classics like Myst or 7th Guest. They are all 1st-person adventure games.

I did it myself right before I watched the video and thought "this guy better be better than that." He wasn't.

Me too. What's this "finally getting really good" talk? It HAS been really good!

"After the holidays" is the latest they've said. So...January?

That's why there were often two lists: Minimum Requirements and Recommended.

The game is free. Of course it's all "dlc". It's the only way they make money on the game.