HomeStation Magazine Issue #8: Online Now!
Aloha, HSM readers!
It gives me great pleasure to announce the eighth issue of HomeStation Magazine, now online for you to enjoy! Just click on the “Latest Issue” graphic on the upper-right-hand side of this website.
This issue has something for everyone in it: we examine a multitude of social issues in Home — including one article which was a collaboration between four HSM team writers to pull off — and we also take a look at what the impending release of the Hub might mean for us as SCEA Home citizens. We also offer up some very notable interviews, including RayBladeX on the subject of professional tournament video-gaming, and Home Community Manager Locust_Star on the development of Ooblag’s Alien Casino.
And, of course, our cover story: an interview with those expert Home filmmakers over at PSTalent.
(Take a look at that cover, by the way. Didn’t Mike just knock it out of the park with that one? I love the “Entourage” homage.)
Home has expanded both in terms of breadth and depth in recent months — remember the days when it was fairly easy to keep track of what all was available for sale in Home? — and we’ve done our best to reflect that with this publication. In the very early days of HSM, I was told, point-blank, that there was no way to keep a publication devoted to Home alive for any length of time, because — in his words — “There just isn’t enough new stuff to talk about.”
Bull.
This issue offers Homelings, Home Community Management, Home filmmakers, Home social issues, Home speculation, and much more. There’s some stuff being discussed in this issue that didn’t even exist in Home as little as two fiscal quarters ago.
On an episode of The Upload at the beginning of the year, Jersquall mentioned, “The great thing about Home is that it’ll change six months from now. And it’ll change six months after that.”
And you know what? He’s right. Rewind the clock to the beginning of this year and look at what all has happened in the last ten months. And before this year is over, SCEA Home will have dramatically changed yet again.
It’s a very exciting time to be a Home citizen. And a very, very exciting time to be a Home journalist. If we can improve even one person’s enjoyment of Home, then we have accomplished our goal.
From all of us at the HomeStation, thank you for coming along with us on this ride.
NorseGamer
Editor-in-Chief, HSM
October 5th, 2011 by NorseGamer | 7 comments
NorseGamer is the product manager for LOOT Entertainment at Sony Pictures, as well as the founder and publisher of HomeStation Magazine. Born and raised in Silicon Valley, he holds a B.A. in English/Creative Writing from San Francisco State University and presently lives in Los Angeles. All opinions expressed in HSM are solely his and do not necessarily reflect the views of Sony DADC.
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@Susan: Great interview thanks for directing me here.
@DOD and Production Staff: Impressed as always, you guys are a well oiled machine! Keep doing what you do.
I am glad you got a chance Narde to stop by the page and read it. It was a lot of fun writing these articles and the Editors and Art Director did an awesome job!!
YAYS! Great issue. I loved the interview with PST too. It’s all gooood ^__^
Great job as always Mike, Norse and Terra! I loved the interviews Sue, great job there too. I think this issue is the best one to date, it just gets better and better and that is as it should be. We all just need to keep out nose to the grind stone and the sky is the limit! I love working with all of you.
Thank you Burbie. I agree with you, just like the Podcasts they continue to set a new bar for us to attain.
Im here i m readin i m likein i m smileing an now i m laughin cause idky i m tellin every 1 dis lol
but me aside great job & i cant wait 2 read more keep up the good work
Thank you Medic. The team at PSTalent was a lot of fun to work with during this. Their professionalism and work ethic is why they are so successful at this.