Welcome Home.

(Its' been a long time I've been on youtube I havnt posted in forever I know dont judge ;_;)

Today I wanted to talk about Playstation Home. The virtual social networking avatar based application has been available to the public since early 2008 and has since flourished into a very popular fun place to meet and congregate with friends. With more and more spaces to meet up with friends like the Locoroco muimui ship and the Singstar lounge. Playstation Home has definitely cought my attention.....Finally.

If you havnt heard of Home by now, youve been living under a rock. Seriously. Get plugged in and keep up to date. Its basically a social enviroment where people can meet other playes in a variety of spaces all availeble to the player. Different spaces all have different feels and moods, The 'Locoroco Muimui ship for example is a fun place to relax and play some reversi and bet on penguins who race hourly. To bet on these cute little guys you need two things. Patience and Pickories, which is the currency in the space that you can find by cheering up the muimui's that inhabit the ship by dancing or by getting a locoroco to follow you (again, by dancing) and bringing them to tall plants where they uncover the important bug. yes pickories are bugs. which are found in the locoroco series. And all spaces that are based on a game usually incorperate things from the game into the space for you to interact with. Like the video player in the singstar lounge and the guitar mini game in the guitar hero backstage area.

The main feature of Home is the social aspect of the application which ofcourse is the core part of Home. But to start talking to your soon to be friends you first need to set up your avatar (no not the movie. Be quiet.) To set up your avatar you can select preset facial characteristics like facial hair, and facial structure. And the depth you can go into constructing your avatar goes VERY deep. Well with the body type anyway, because when you first start off using Home you basically start with a couple of plain shirts, glasses, and a couple of jeans. But to really define yourself your going to need money. Lots and lots of money. You will realize this as soon as you get out of your first apartment (and there are many other estates you can buy usually for around 5 dollars) because there will definitely be SOMEONE with pink hair, ceramic stomping boots, lolita clothing and a scorpion floating above her head that you will see within the first 2 minutes (well someone along the lines of that) And thats when you will realize you want to stand out of the crowd.

Now to get your avatar looking the way you want you will need to pay a visit to one of the many shops around Home. You can buy costumes from the costume store and official diesel apparel from the diesel store. And if you are REALLY attached to your avatar you can pay a visit to Loot (a store) and get a free device that you can use to buy most of the clothing available to the avatars (I personally would never go that far, but hey atleast its there.) So now that your avatar is stylin' its time to go explore home.

There are many spaces in Home either connected to a video game like the ratchet and clank space. Or center around a specific event or theme like the newly added Midway, Where you can play all your favorite classic carnival games like darts and a shooting range. Aside from public places there are many private spaces available for sale to furnish at your taste. Like a calm traditional Japanese house fully equipped with backyard and pond.Or a highline city penthouse with wonderful lighting and a very elegant waterfall.

Home also supports game hosting, and launching and many other features. And now your fully ready to spend even more time and money away from the real world. Have fun :)