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Another exciting shakycam update from the GDC conference: I bring you the segment from the keynote that deeply explored the customization of the PS3 home environment and what gaming-within-gaming will be like. Everything is controlled centrally through a virtual PSP, all objects have impressive real-time physics, and plenty of free and premium content to download to make you forget about that pesky flesh-dependent analog life. If you're looking for a Third Life, this is it. 

My favorite part of this clip watching a head of Sony recommend that we toss a Bravia television down a flight of stairs. I'm sure there will be many creative opportunites to make horrible stacks of things to break up the dulldrums of wandering around. Hopefully the utopian experience of Home will allow for some mischief or my pad may see some premature cobwebs. 








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scrap's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2007 15:34
scrap
ut ohes, that video got pwned.
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2007 15:45
mix
Arthritis FTW!
Professor Oak's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2007 15:47
Professor Oak
very nice. this has so much potential.
Professor Oak's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2007 15:48
Professor Oak
oops...

anyway:
-machinima
-new music release listening parties
-clubhouses for clans
-art galleries

this is going to be great
cjpkiller's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2007 15:48
cjpkiller
I just hope they wont be charging me something crazy for that nice apartment... or anything on PSH for that matter
oh! it would be cool if you could go to a bed and sleep and it would turn off your ps3! or put it in sleep mode... or something, I don't know.
a build your own home feature would be cool too.
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2007 15:49
Snaileb
It looks so awesome.. but now I need a PS3 & a PSP?? 900 bucks... I think they should call it First-Life, because if you spend that much you might as well say goodbye to it..
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2007 15:50
Snaileb
Customizable wallpaper.. Im making the first destructoid lobby! Fuck ya'll! Robo wallpaper FTW!
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2007 15:52
Snaileb
also, that's the first time I've heard Phil Harrison talk with a more happy additude. He's pretty psyched to be getting good PR that actually is true.
xrayne446's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2007 15:53
xrayne446
Snaileb: the psp is virtual
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2007 15:54
BluDesign
Snaileb, why do I picture the wallpaper on your lobby would involve some sort of hairy woman raping Sonic the hedgehog?

I just get this bad feeling...
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2007 15:55
BluDesign
xrayne = too bad all the other costs and associated items needed to enjoy this "free" download aren't virtual as well.
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2007 16:00
mix
Yeah, PS3 aint exactly cheap.... I also hope there is not nay retarded mico transactions in game.

"Aww, you made a friend if you want to talk to this friend and other friends it's only $1 a min $2 long distance!"
xrayne446's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2007 16:06
xrayne446
dvddesign: who cares, this is worth it. if virtual console can sleep at night selling the original sonic for $8, i really don't want to hear any bitching about anything this cool coming out with a reasonable price tag
Diomeneus's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2007 16:16
Diomeneus
as adamantly as I've fought the PS3 fans over how badly sony treats them... this looks pretty damned good, its a shameless steal from Wii and 360 concepts but frankly its about time they started learning from competition.
xrayne446's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2007 16:23
xrayne446
Diomeneus: well said
Matthew Mac's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2007 16:31
Matthew Mac
When I first heard of PSHome, I was thinking that the apartment would act like, say, the Xbox guide. I could decorate my apartment with items earned by unlocking them ingame (like achievments). Or, if I wanted to watch a game video, I'd go my TV, if I wanted to play an arcade game, I'd go to a pinball machine, etc. Basically, it would be the menu OS, but presented in a cool, unique way.

But this weired Second Life ripoff? Uh, its not for me, but its free, its not required, and Sony's trying, so hey, good for them.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2007 16:39
Samit Sarkar
Hm...reminds me of The Sims...but in a good way. I really think this has lots of potential, although I’m not sure if people are quite ready for this kind of implementation in what is still, ostensibly, a video game console. But I suppose that’s the “wave of the future,” then, isn’t it...
Brandon2520's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2007 21:05
Brandon2520
Ya know, as much as I hate the PS3 I think the whole Home thing is pretty cool. I'm sure as hell not payin premium for some freakin virtual furniture though. It should all be unlockable according to how high your gamerscore is.
GnappyAssassin's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2007 02:24
GnappyAssassin
Schnap.

I'm getting me a PS3 just for that.

as soon as I get a job, and that necklace for teh lady, and my car fixed, and a 360, and all the good 360 games, and a better TV.




Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2007 08:18
Snaileb
Actually I was going to post XBL and Ninty ad's everywhere because it be funnier than Sony ad's , but hey, you can read me like a book, DVD.
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