Home for the Holidays

Posted: 01/06/2009

With the holiday travel obligations behind me, it’s nice to be back at Home.

The random default avatar I was furnished with for the PS3 Home beta was a cute female with brown hair and freckles, and bore an uncanny resemblance to my wife, so I stuck with it. Oh, the hilarity that choice has brought me! This YouTube clip about sums up every time I log in (but with a twist):

Sony has got some things right with Home. I think it’s pretty sharp looking, and could be community-building platform Sony has been hoping for. But it also has done some things horribly wrong. Waiting in virtual lines for bowling or while in the arcade? Seriously?

At least its virtual denizens will be protected from flying phallus attacks. May we be so lucky in RL.

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