214: Home Alone

[saintchristopher]

my biggest problem with Home is the baffling decision to implement scarcity. It's a virtual space, which is supposed to mean infinite possibility. Why then must I WAIT AROUND, standing there like the mannequin I am, because all the FAKE BOWLING LANES are occupied? It makes no sense at all, and I see it purely as a middle finger to the players.

Home in general is one of those ideas that sounded great at the table during the pitch-meeting, because no one takes into consideration the fact that the internet is filled with awful, awful excuses for human beings.

 

[mikecoulter]

Oh, there I was thinking I was missing out on Home...

Well done by the way, an interesting social experiment haha.

 

[Baby Tea]

This was sad and hilarious all at the same time.
A true dark comedy.

Well written, great descriptors, truly a good read.
Well done.

 

[Jumplion]

Really, you're going to find assholes and such everywhere on the internet, I guess you just got unlucky with it.

Personally, I like HOME for what it is. I haven't met many jerks online personally, and it's a good way to socialize and just have a good time. Of course, it could improve drastically in some areas, the fucking things has to download EVERY SINGLE FREAKIN' THING!@!, but I still enjoy it whenever I get on.

By the way, L1 is quick chat

 

[Syphonz]

Stories like this doesn't help the sterotypical 'console gamer'. Granted PS3 is a few hurdles better than Xbox Live in terms of people being polite, but you know damn well that there's more pricks out there than the nice guys.

 

[ReverseEngineered]

Great article. It's both a sad testament to the failure of Home as a new social medium, and a hilarious look at the debachuery that exists in social circles largely dominated by sexually-insecure teenage males.

I hope to see more articles from you, John Tesh.

 

[JohnTomorrow]

A sad piece. Quite melancholy with brief intersperses of comedy...

...And yet, quite true. Hamstrung by the lack of content and difficult controls, Home is a sort of haven for 'casual' gamers, Killzone freaks who decide to use their PS3 to its full extent - and therefore play on Home. Within Home, these people do not see the place as somewhere to hang out, enjoy themselves with like-minded people, but as a place where the shunned can congregate like the disheveled losers the freaks perceive them as.

So the freaks point and laugh, exclaiming as they insult you 'because i can' and 'because its fun to insult others'. Why? I guess that's up to them to explain why they take pleasure from the misery of others.

 

[VondeVon]

That's really sad.

I've always preferred gaming with real life friends, but I wouldn't be averse to making new online friends... if they weren't outnumbered by douches like the ones you found.

 

[JdaS]

Ugh, Home. I remember that surreal night when I decided to try it out. The European version is truly a sight to behold. Mostly British 12 year olds spouting homophobic and racial slurs. Had an interesting chat with one guy but even that ended with him hitting on me... And I was never seen since.

Home in general is one of those ideas that sounded great at the table during the pitch-meeting, because no one takes into consideration the fact that the internet is filled with awful, awful excuses for human beings.

It's always the same.
-"Get together with friends and plan your EPIC gaming sessions"

-"Make new friends and have loads of fun happy times!"

Reality:
-"Get fag bashed by lactchkey kids while realizing why none of your real friends own a PS3"

-"Desperately try to figure out how to type a response to SHOOT_KILL_DESTROY1745 to tell him that you don't, in fact like it in the arse"