The “What To Do In Home” Handbook
by Kassadee Marie, HSM team writer
Introduction: It’s heard fairly often, but it is still amazing that people ever say, “I’m bored” while they’re in Home. There’s so much to do there that a person could be on Home all twenty-four hours of a day and keep busy, while having a lot of fun, too. That is until they fell asleep, of course – which people do quite often. It may seem silly, but sometimes you just hate to leave because of the great time that you’re having there. Also, Home is open all day, almost every day, so there is always someone to talk to (or listen to), even if your friends are asleep or away from PSN.
I.) Gaming. There are hundreds of games on Home. Some time ago, SCEA community management said that they counted two-hundred-and-thirty a while back. There’s probably around that number still. There are public games spaces, such as the Bowling Alley or Sodium2 or F.U.B.A.R.; private game spaces, such as Blaster’s Paradise and the Aurora Island personal spaces; games you can buy, such as darts or solitaire; games you can be rewarded such as Ice Breaker and DigDug; other game cabinets that you can buy such as “Space Invaders” or Astrosmash; and there are games you can make up for yourself with items that can be purchased there.
II.) Decorating. This doesn’t have to be an expensive activity. Sony and the third party developers give away furniture and decorating items all the time. As I’ve mentioned many times, two of my personal favorite furniture items are won from the Vendetta game at the Abstergo Labs public space. This white couch and matching chair are stylish and look great in almost any Home estate. They even give away personal spaces that you may enjoy decorating, especially the ever-versatile Harbor Apartment. Check the Home forum for decorating ideas or decorating clubs, if you think you’d like to join one.
III.) Fashion Designing. Not every top works with every skirt and not every shoe or boot works with every pair of pants, so mixing and matching clothes pieces can be a conundrum. But, how satisfying it can be to put together disparate pieces of clothing and have them work together beautifully! When the style sizzles, the colors match or contrast well, when none of the pieces glitch with another or when – best of all – you are complimented and asked where you bought your outfit, it’s a great feeling. There are also fashion clubs on Home, many with periodic fashion shows and contests.
IV.) Cosplaying. This real life activity can be a challenge to duplicate on Home, as well as a lot of fun. Think of your favorite character from anime, comics, movies or television and then try to put their costume or clothes together from what’s available in the Home stores, rewards and free items. It would be a good idea to look at or print out several pictures of the character to help you remember details while putting the costume together. There is a thread on the Sony Home forum where people post pictures of the characters they have emulated, and there is at least one cosplay club in Home you might be interested in joining, if this activity appeals to you.
V.) Questing. Sometimes there are quests on the Activity Board located in all of the core spaces that can be a lot of fun and have rewards, but you can make up your own quests too. How about a quest to visit and explore every space on Home in one day? This would be a huge pursuit, as there are probably more spaces on Home than you realize. Or why not play hide-and-seek with a friend or two? For this game you jump to a space and give clues about it to your friends and they have to guess where you are – without peeking, of course!
VI.) Club Activities. The best and most active clubs have leaders who know how to keep their members and keep their members busy having fun. While I suggest that you avoid Mafia-styled “families” due to the perpetual conflict with other “fams”, there are other types of clubs that can help you find friends and receive full enjoyment out of Home. Look for clubs that are based upon something you are already interested in, such as anime, a video game you enjoy, or a real life activity, such as skateboarding.
VII.) Reward Collecting. Who doesn’t like a free reward item? (Okay, maybe NOT another t-shirt.) But, after all, rewards are free and often something we really want and can use. Sometimes rewards are given automatically and sometimes you have to work a bit for them. You can make it a goal to collect all the rewards from a game or an event before it is retired from Home. Here’s another chance for you to make friends and even have a friendly challenge with others to see who can win the rewards the fastest.
VIII.) Socializing. One of the greatest things about Home is the friends you can make there. This is an opportunity to meet people that you would never have a chance to meet in real life, from other states and other countries, also. Even when your friends aren’t on Home, there are people to talk to and interesting public conversations to listen to, if you’re too shy to join in. You may surprise yourself though, when this happens and find you have ideas and thoughts you want to share.
A final thought: Try to do a little of everything Home has to offer each week. Go to the open houses or new public spaces; play the new games and your older favorites; do quests when they are available or make up one of your own; pick up rewards and other free items; tour and then buy and decorate estates if you have the funds and they catch your fancy; and buy clothes that appeal to you to dress up your avatar with old and new combinations of clothing pieces.
And, of course — best of all — spend time socializing with your friends when they are in Home at the same time as you are. Friends are priceless.
September 4th, 2013 by Kassadee Marie | 3 comments
Home is endlessly entertaining to this California girl. Kassadee has been in Home for about four years, and loves almost everything about it (with a few notable exceptions). She spends way too much money there, and perhaps too much time... Someday she will travel the world and write about the people she meets and the places she sees.
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Awesome handbook birthday girl!! (Adorkable)
Another great article with so much information. Thank you Kassadee for showing us how much there is to do in home and why it should stay around and NOT BE SHUT DOWN..
Yes, and Happy Birthday!!!