It’s an interesting and difficult query that highlights how forbidding many games can be to inexperienced players. How should you get started? That’s a question that Steve Gaynor, the writer and director of the independent game Gone Home, has taken to asking guests on his podcast ( Tone Control: Conversations with Video Game Developers): What would they recommend to someone who is entirely new to the medium? You don’t play video games, but you’re curious about them.