Available on: PS3

Eight silly ways to amuse yourself in Home

Because there's bugger all else to do

Words: on January 2, 2009

So, the much-vaunted PlayStation Home has been with us a few weeks now. It's still a bit dull though, isn't it? Once you've made your avatar, rearranged your furniture and spent a little while evading the inevitable deluge of "A/S/L/?" demands in the plaza, there's actually remarkably little to do. So we've decided to step in and shake up the fun with some patented GamesRadar F***ing About (tm). Try these for size.

Yes, it's childish. Yes, it's puerile. Yes, in an environment filled with PS3 fans it's like shooting large fish in a thimble-sized barrel using hand grenades. But remember, you're being ironic, so it's okay. See how long you can ignite the flames for with the bare minimum input. We've managed about 5 minutes with only a single sentence.

Use Home's clipping issues to make a case for boob molestation. Using a female avatar, find another Homer scrolling through their options in the PDA, then just back into them, through their arms, to create a 'special' kind of hug. You know, the illegal, now-you-have-to-sign-a-register kind.

If conversation gets a bit predictable (and it will), spice things up with some good old fashioned crazy talk. We find that it's easy to reel in a curious Homer by standing facing a corner, Blair Witch-style. Once the concerned party makes contact, start with the asylum-speak. Sporadically spinning around on the spot completes the effect beautifully.

Given the disproportionate gender balance in Sony's HD sausage fest, a female avatar will guarantee you mass attention within seconds. The best way to use that power? Punish people for being so damn shallow. Start dancing, attract some flirtatious male attention, then suddenly switch to another avatar save slot, preferably one containing a big fat ugly man-creature. They'll regret the lack of a sprint button immediately.

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36 comments

  • ssj4worminator

    ssj4worminator - 3 years, 9 months ago

    lol i ignite the flame wars in the forums all the time, then pretend to give the rewards lolol
  • zanthox

    zanthox - 4 years ago

    Quincying!

    I did actually start a running man chain of about 30 people with two friends. It was epic. The entire time I was (via blutooth) screaming things like "NO GIRLS! JOIN OUR MANLY MAN MAN LOVE DANCE OF MANLINESS! KEEP IT STRAIGHT WITH MAN ONLY DANCING!" and any time a girl tried to join a accused her of making our super manly man only straight man dance gay. It was great.
  • Dantesan666

    Dantesan666 - 4 years ago

    Great article and alot of funny stuff to try out for those who have a ps3. But in the end, Microsoft was thinking when they didn't do something like this.
  • Dameon Angell

    Dameon Angell - 4 years ago

    Hahahaha. I really didn't like home til I read this and got on my cousin's PS3 to eff with people. Thanks GR!
  • Faction

    Faction - 4 years ago

    the worst thing about this is that this is basically a list of all the things there are to do in home.
  • PS3ILLINOIS

    PS3ILLINOIS - 4 years ago

    home is not a game!
  • PS3ILLINOIS

    PS3ILLINOIS - 4 years ago

    just always say " i can't feel my cock" be a girl when you do it.
  • frank13

    frank13 - 4 years ago

    lol, good article.might do sum of these. i like walking around and asking where the bathrooms are at. sum people just tell me to pick a tree and others just walk away
  • ryno

    ryno - 4 years ago

    in home i sit down ont the curb and beg for change
  • Corsair89

    Corsair89 - 4 years ago

    Funny stuff, GR. I like my PS3, but I'll probably never use Home. It hasn't interested me in the slightest.
  • key0blade

    key0blade - 4 years ago

    lol this is niice
  • Cernunnos

    Cernunnos - 4 years ago

    the fat guys clothes are the same as the other guys.
    coinsidence?
    on purpose?
    or just a testament to how bad home sucks?
  • ELpork

    ELpork - 4 years ago

    what happened to the fat guy dancing.
  • ssj4raditz

    ssj4raditz - 4 years ago

    If I ever go back to Home, I'll try these.
  • heartskuppy

    heartskuppy - 4 years ago

    the sad thing is i have actually done a couple of these.
  • Kattleox

    Kattleox - 4 years ago

    I have been doing this since the closed beta and I for one, love home. Another fun thing to do is to flirt with a guy until he is sure that he will get a real life date. Then quincy him.
  • hardcore_gamer1990

    hardcore_gamer1990 - 4 years ago

    lol. great article. Might do this, as there really is naff-all to do on Home.


    When will they admit that it's rubbish, and just throw in chainsaws and dismemberment to save it?
    -(-(-(-( My guess is mid-july =D
  • lovinmyps3

    lovinmyps3 - 4 years ago

    haha ive done the gender switch thing... some of you may know my avatar "wu chuung the samuri master" look for him
  • chainchomp

    chainchomp - 4 years ago

    I already did most of that stuff on phantasy star online on the dreamcast.
  • PS3ILLINOIS

    PS3ILLINOIS - 4 years ago

    just always say " i can't feel my cock" be a girl when you do it.

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