by Jin Lovelace, HSM team writer & filmmaker

Home 1.86 saw integration with trophies, and since then, I’ve been in mental limbo on what to take from all of this. Obviously, I’m sure many thought it was rather late to bring this to the table, but to its defense, I actually found some love for the new feature, which brought back some great memories of Home.

Two of the thirteen trophies on the list that grabbed my attention: A Documentary, and The Grand Explorer. The former is obtained by taking a photo on ten different Home visits, while the latter involves visiting twenty unique spaces.

You’re in for a time-consuming adventure if you wish to collect these two trophies — but if you ask me, the payoff is worth the trip down Memory Lane. For starters, you can visit any space available on Home, whether it’s personal or public. The Sodium Hub was the first choice for me, since this space was one of my all-time favorite hangouts at the time.

The space was well-known for the Sodium Bar, with vibrant techno music blaring as you approached the scene. There’s also the Scorpion Stomp game, where you don your brick shoes to stomp on the poisonous scorpions that scurry and crawl about in the desert. The more you stomp, the more points you’re rewarded, along with the multiplier in place. Those points you earn can net you Sodium Credits that you can turn in for furniture and fashion prizes.

In the days when winning these items were more prestigious than donning the latest Weird Wear to showcase the very wrong type of trophy assets, the Scorpion Stomp and the the Sodium Bar mini-games were a lot of fun to play, especially for the socializing with friends and other users alike.

The Salt Shooter was also the biggest draw here, where players could meet up with other one another and jump right in the teleporter, straight into the game. It’s one of the most well-developed Home games available that still stands on its own versus other shooters available, along with the rewards you can acquire during the run.

Though the space is rather empty these days, I did find myself playing the games again and having a bit of fun with a few of my friends and random players that prowled the area.

RadiumEyes and I donning the Waitress Sodium Waitress outfits. Remember these?

Another space that I went to was the Diamond Beach Yacht Club and Marina. While I’m not fond of the personal abodes, the public space is vastly different and pleases my aesthetic tastes, from the design to the overall majestic diurnal transformations as the skylines are painted with flecks of stars for a hypnotic touch.

If you own any of the Diamond/Money Suits or the PlayStation Home Mansion spaces, you can be among one of the many to walk right through the gate and into the relaxing area where you can hang at the bar, play the Wakeboard Splash game, or chill in one of the cozy cabanas that are laced around the public area.

The setting is much easier on the eyes

While this space isn’t one of my personal fondest, it’s one of the better exclusive spaces available in Home, and one I recommend you check out, if you haven’t done so.

Finally, my third space of choice was yet another Lockwood space: the Sodium Silicon Lounge.

This scene is as large as any public space available in Home. Never mind how it’s dang-near-impossible to decorate the abode to your own liking (though it’s possible); the Lounge is a heavy draw for its cool interactivity with the dance floor and the neon lights that are laid out in the area. Its purpose, as I see it, was to expand your imagination and create an enriched party scene. It’s still one of my favorite personal spaces to visit from time to time and it has a lot to offer for just $4.99 (or you can purchase anyone of the decor bundles that range from $6.99 to $11.99 for either male or female).

I’d never thought for one moment that I would have a bit of fun in Home in recent days, even (and especially) with the new trophies available. I only have three more to collect (as of this writing) and I’m sure there will be a second part to this story soon. There are plenty more personal and public spaces to traverse to and some selfies to take, so lets see what develops as time goes by.

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