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Cynella is a veteran gamer and RPG enthusiast; a member of PS Home Gazette, Home Tabernacle, Imagine!, as well as Hamster Freedom, she runs HSM's ongoing column, Community Corner.

Community Corner: An Interview With TSFRJ

Posted June 4th, 2011 in Interviews
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Cynella interviews TSFRJ, the user behind the brilliant Sodium-themed levels in LittleBigPlanet2.

(Editor’s note: HSM would like to thank TSFRJ for agreeing to be interviewed. We really dig his work.)

Secret Agent Man

Posted May 14th, 2011 in News and Articles
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What are some of the sociological reasons behind users who abandon their user accounts and create new ones?

In a virtual society where identity is fluid, how do we know whom to trust?

Digital Genders: A Double Standard?

Posted April 10th, 2011 in News and Articles
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Cynella asks a very interesting question: in Home, why is it less socially acceptable for a man to dress as a female avatar than it is for a woman to use a male avatar?

Community Corner

Posted February 28th, 2011 in Interviews, News and Articles
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Cynella shines a spotlight on a truly imaginative artist within Home: Kraven_Laroux.

(Editor’s note: there are some pretty wild costumes in here.)

What Makes A Home Space Popular?

Posted February 24th, 2011 in News and Articles, Reviews
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Why is it that some Home spaces suffer the dreaded “Eiffel Tower effect” — lots of traffic when they’re first released, and then a sharp declination back to almost nothing — while other Home spaces, months or even years later, successfully continue to draw crowds?

A Night with the Tester 2 Finalists

Posted December 22nd, 2010 in Interviews
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Cynella interviews the last of the finalists from The Tester 2.

A Night with 8bit_Mickey from The Tester 2

Posted December 8th, 2010 in Interviews
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Need your 8bit_Mickey fix? Read on.

Dolphy Race for MS

Posted December 8th, 2010 in News and Articles
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Multiple Sclerosis is a painful and debilitating affliction; many wonderful souls in Home gathered for a dolphy-racing event to support finding a cure for MS.

Banning the Un-Bannable

Posted November 25th, 2010 in News and Articles
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Cynella’s examination of griefers in Home.

Community Corner: the Homeling Art Show

Posted November 24th, 2010 in Clubs, Fluidic Transmissions, News and Articles
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Cynella covers the Homeling Art Show, featuring a truly talented assortment of individuals who use Home as their outlet.