With rising concern over the possible loss of the Hamster outfit on Home, it raises an interesting question: how many Home groups identify themselves via pieces of virtual apparel which could be taken offline forever? General SealWyf offers some insights as to which of Home’s virtual commodities are quintessentially “Homeling” in nature.

“There is no doubt that in staging its processions, parades, rituals and ceremonials, a mass movement touches a responsive chord in every heart. Even the most sober-minded are carried away by the sight of an impressive mass spectacle. There is an exhilaration and getting out of one’s skin in both partcipants and spectators.” –Eric Hoffer

“There is something about this Home that taps into our deep selves, and makes us form structures and alliances. It’s why we join groups in Home, why we leave them and form new groups, and why friendships shatter over politics. It’s why there is pain and passion, even over something as simple as folding proteins for science.”

(Editor’s note: this is a very classy take on some rather disappointing events perpetrated against members of the Homeling Collective. My compliments on this article.)

How do Home-based fan groups hold together when Home itself is unavailable?

When did our digital lives become more engrossing than our real ones?

When you’ve tasted the freedom of being able to imagine yourself as whatever you want, what happens when it’s suddenly taken away?

SealWyf goes inside Outso’s Sodium-themed personal estate, the Blaster’s Paradise, and is completely enchanted!

HomeStation Magazine shares leaked information about Sony’s plans for an upgraded Home clubhouse concept, to be released as part of the 1.6 update.

The Homelings are one of the largest and most respected groups in Home. And how does a Homeling Commander balance her responsibilities to a group she loves with her friendships to those who are no longer part of the Collective?

(Editor’s note: this is a remarkable article. Whether we dress as hamsters, gangsters, Homelings or something else, Home has some intensely *human* stories to share.)

SealWyf offers her review of The Undergarden, complete with an original haiku!

One woman’s personal story of growth and discovery with the Homeling Collective, and how both she and the Collective were improved by the journey.

(Editor’s note: This is quite an outstanding read. It’s a story of someone using Home in a *social* way that was probably not part of Sony’s original design, and thus is a testament to the power of ingenuity.)