Playstation 3 is on a rampage!

Is there is no middle ground with Home?

The sharp responses from both sides of the spectrum to my written experiences in Home have suggested this. Either you understand Home or you don't. Either you spend a lengthy amount of time within Home or you don't use it at all.

For more than a year, I was on the latter side. My Life In Home is about trying to understand what makes Home tick with the users who defend it. If I'm not a Home devotee by the end of this (whenever that is), that's not a big deal. I want to understand why other people are so into it.

Home does inspire devotion in some users. In some cases, it's a slavish attention to detail when it comes to costume manipulation. In others, it's about constructing a nearly 80-page online magazine dedicated to covering the cultural side of Home and the people driving its creation.

No, I'm not kidding.

HomeStyle Magazine, currently on its 78-page second issue, is a virtual publication launched last October by user NJRAMAL. The magazine promises "engaging, entertaining and comprehensive articles that cover all aspects of PlayStation Home through insider insights, fashion tips for our avatars and user reviews." Based on my perusal of the latest issue, HomeStyle Magazine provides keen insight into what Home users are actually doing with their time in Home. For a service that's been maligned by most of my peers, it's fairly shocking.

Who knew there were DJ competitions (with PSN card prizes), friendly rivalries over having the best "Home crib," fashion shows between community members, and controversies over glitch remova

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The rumors that Sony could introduce a premiere tier service for

 PlayStation Network are gaining more momentum, as Sony executives 

themselves begin acknowledging the possibility.

"Why don't we charge for [PSN]?" said Sony's VP of marketing, Peter Dille, 

to IGN. "It's been our philosophy not to charge for it from launch up until

 now, but Kaz [Hirai, head of Sony games] recently went on the

 record as saying that's something we're looking at. I can confirm 

that as well. That's something that we're actively thinking about. 

What's the best way to approach that if we were to do that? You 

know, no announcements at this point in time, but it's something

 we're thinking about."

So far, fortunately, there are no signs that Sony intends to 

remove its biggest marketing advantage over Xbox Live: the

 ability to play online multiplayer without paying a single cent.

What features would you pay for in a premium service? Off 

the top of my head, what about the ability to export videos to 

YouTube across all video games released on PS3?

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It's looking more and more like Sony's motion controller

 will be called the "Arc." During an investor conference call

 yesterday, THQ's president and CEO Brian Farrell referred

 to Sony's motion controller as such. If anyone would know

 what the new device is titled, it would be the head of a 

major game company....

This isn't a confirmation of the name, but when combined

 with Sony registering the domain name "playstationarc.com,"

 it's looking closer and closer to true, but, on the other hand, 

a few years ago, everyone was certain that Nintendo's new

 console was going to be called the "Nintendo Revolution," 

and yet we now play on The Wii, so take this with a grain of internet-salt (tm)

As you probably know, the PlayStation Arc 

(or whatever-they-eventually-call-it), will work with the

PlayStation Eye camera to provide motion controls to the PS3.

Personally, I liked the other suggested name for the device

 (The PlayStation Gem) better, but only marginally. 

The Arc is growing on me, especially if it stands for something 

cool, like "Advanced Reactive Controller" or "Ahhh, Reach Crabs!"

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