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EvaUnit02 on 12/12/2008 at 10:46

Home is out today, if anyone cares.

Personally I won't ever bother downloading it. Home looks like social-networking Web 2.0-esque crapware, that's designed for casual audiences. At least it's free, unlike MMOs that serve a similar purpose.

Thirith on 12/12/2008 at 11:32

Out of interest: if you're absolutely not interested and consider Home to be "crapware", why even post about it?

And does the gamer elitism of "If it's for a casual audience, by definition its crap, and I know this because I'm the arbiter of taste since I've played Deus Ex and was one of the few people to truly appreciate it!" ever get any less annoying and ridiculous?

EvaUnit02 on 12/12/2008 at 11:41

Quote Posted by Thirith

Out of interest: if you're absolutely not interested and consider Home to be "crapware", why even post about it?

Don't ask dumb questions with obvious, common sense answers. Other people maybe interested in the news. Ie not everyone visits gaming journalist sites on a regular basis.

Thirith on 12/12/2008 at 11:57

True, but with your attitude in the OP - "This is idiotic crap (so what does that say about the people who are interested in it?)" - I honestly don't see the point.

It's a bit like starting a thread about a film saying, "I don't care about this lowest common denominator piece of shit and I won't watch it. What did you think of it?" Insult a product that you clearly have no interest in, then invite discussion. I mean, huh?!

EvaUnit02 on 12/12/2008 at 12:30

Quote:

So what does that say about the people who are interested in it?

Where was that implied? Don't put unspoken words into others' mouths.

I was just informally posting news, in a non-formal environment. Here I'm not bound by any professional code of ethics discouraging a reporter's opinion, be it utterly narrow-minded or otherwise.

Quote:

It's a bit like starting a thread about a film saying, "I don't care about this lowest common denominator piece of shit and I won't watch it. What did you think of it?" Insult a product that you clearly have no interest in, then invite discussion. I mean, huh?!

Your analogy isn't applicable. In the OP I didn't actually ask for anyone's opinion, nor imply that I wanted them.

Matthew on 12/12/2008 at 14:22

Which makes it a great way to start a thread on a discussion forum. ;)

Sulphur on 12/12/2008 at 16:03

I downloaded Home today, but didn't really have the time to go exploring.

I did manage to spend about 5 minutes, in which time I've already witnessed somebody dryhumping someone else by standing behind them and repeatedly spamming dance emotes, a guy sitting cross-legged on the floor next to the bowling alley and gazing intently into his bubble blower, and a bunch of chic kids talking about how their b!tches needed to 'take it all with their moufs'.

So yep, it's at least on par with the rest of the internet.

I'll probably explore a bit more, but I'm hard pressed to find an actual purpose to Home, so far.

Talgor on 13/12/2008 at 08:48

Quote Posted by Sulphur

I'll probably explore a bit more, but I'm hard pressed to find an actual purpose to Home, so far.

Isn't it rather obvious? Its purpose is to print money, which I'm sure it will do quite well. I'm fairly impressed by the way they've put it together so you can easily spend minuscle-seeming amounts of money in it. Not that I would give them a cent, but I can see how a lot of people are going to spend a lot of cents on it. Since it's free to enter, those cents are going to start adding up to serious money pretty soon.

Also, I didn't witness behavior nearly as bad as yours, thank gods for regional differences. ;)

icemann on 14/12/2008 at 05:30

I was looking forward to Home, but then after reading/hearing the reviews given on podcast beyond (ign.com) and penny arcade my opinion of it has changed somewhat. Still might have a look when I`m bored next.

june gloom on 14/12/2008 at 06:03

(http://www.penny-arcade.com/2008/12/12/) Seems Tycho was pretty harsh on it. My favourite line is: "There are things about Home that are simply beyond my understanding. Chief among these bizarre maneuvers is the idea that, when manufacturing their flimsy dystopia, they actually ported the pernicious notion of scarcity from our world into their digital one. This is like having the ability to shape being from non-being at the subatomic level, and the first thing you decide to make is AIDS."