by Burbie52, HSM team writer

Avatars don’t eat or drink, we all know that. Yet we as humans love to decorate the personal spaces we have in Home with realistic things so that we can simulate what we would do in real life if money wasn’t an issue. Money is an issue for most of us, so it is nice when we can decorate spaces that only the richest people on Earth could ever own, or the fantastical places that only our incredible human imaginations could create.

Every once in awhile, a great new company appears on Home’s horizon. A company that stands behind their work and builds thing we can actually use to add to our Home experience. A company that builds things that always work without incident and still have that extra something that makes us smile and say, “Wow I can really use that!”

Game Mechanics is one of those companies.

John Ardussi, the head of Game Mechanics, isn’t new to the Home community. He has been here for most of the ride we have been on so far, though he worked for Sony VASG creating things like the Robo-Dog and Cutthroats. He learned from his experiences there what works and what doesn’t, and he listens to what people want or feel there is a lack of in Home and his company delivers.

This week he has brought us new additions to his Elegant line of products. They are new renditions of the sports line he gave us and some larger versions of his incredible tables.

The first thing I have to say is that I love the tables. When I got the four seat version of this one it went into many of my spaces immediately. We can only have twelve people in our personal spaces, yet there isn’t a single dining table out there that can accommodate all of them. If you wanted to role play a dinner and movie scenario at your personal space with a full complement of friends it wasn’t possible until now. The largest table seats twelve with the ability to change the colors and place settings the same way as it’s smaller version for four. There is also an eight seat version for smaller areas. The memory costs for these tables is a staggering seven slots for the largest and six for the eight seat one. It amazes me how much can be done with such little allocation. The prices are right, too: $3.99 for the twelve seats and $3.49 for the eight. There will also be a bundled pack with all three tables for $6.99. It is priced so you save even if you already own the smallest version.

There are also indoor and outdoor bar versions with the Elegant look that I know I will use a lot for my spaces. These only take three slots to use and cost $1.99 each. I love the neutral colors of these as they will fit almost any motif you might have in your space. I can see a lot of the deco clubs snapping these items up quickly.

Then there are the clocks. We have had clocks in Home for a long time, some that just sit there for one slot to look pretty and there are others that have taken a full twenty-two slots to keep real time. They base the time on your PS3’s internal clock, so it is always the true time that you are sitting in. But I think that these clocks from Game Mechanics are creating a first for Home. They keep real time in Home but only use up one slot.

You heard me: one slot. ONE.

Their simple look will go with any space, and come in a Classic ( small) look as well as a Grand Classic; this one is the same size as the tire clock  from their Contender line.

Leave it up to Game Mechanics to wow us with new items we can really use: things that won’t end up in our storage, but that we will love to add to our decorating schemes.

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