ok after spending some time with home after a few more people got into the beta I can already see where this is going.
It's a public place for immature kiddies that like to make obvious sexual poses who want to hump every girl thats on the screen and those girls have no mics but when they do it's obviously a guy who put the voice pitch on high to try to sound like a man-she.
Also I was surprised to see the amount of people that do have mics, I'm even more surprised that it looks like some of the xbox kids slipped into it and annoy the crap out of you.
It's weird but I found it fun when it was emptier, when the real thing comes out I'm only looking forward to hanging out with people I know and those of you here on GFF.

RPGFan News - SaGa Frontier Archived in Japan

Why does the Japanese PSN get all the good games. ;_; SCEA, can you please make our PS1 selection suck less. Thanks!

Hey what do you want, you can get awesome games like Theme Hospital and Destruction Derby :cool:

Heh. I'd sure as hell like Saga Frontier 2...

Don't go thinking it's just America missing out. A bit like how Microsoft seems to think the world is comprised of the US only when it comes to special offers and content, Sony clearly see only Japan. Either way, Europe gets screwed hard by everyone.

Anyways, seems I've been invited to the Home beta. I'm not all that interested by the Home concept, but I'm willing to check it out so I'm downloading that right now and will give it a look. I'm not expecting much though to be honest.

I thought you already owned this brilliant game?

It'd be one of those things you'd buy again even though you know better. Like we all do with collection games and ports of everything to the fucking XBLA. That we all buy anyway. For some reason. ;_;

I have NO idea what you're talking about.

*plays Chrono Trigger*

Anybody have any suggestions for a good universal remote that can be used with this thing? I'm getting sick of having 3 remotes on my coffee table, and would probably double as a pretty sweet xmas gift for somebody.

I don't think the official Playstation Blu-Ray remote is going to do me any good, what with it's lack of an IR port or a backlight (retarded). One that would be compatible with a Comcast DVR would be preferred, if such a thing exists :/...

Any suggestions or recommendations?

Heads up, guys. 2.53's out. I'm currently not home but let us know what it is whoever gets it.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/43231.html

Holla.

Fuck yes. I saw the teaser and I'm pretty stoked now. Himalayas, I guess? Hopefully we'll get some gameplay footage from the VGAs.

But Naughty Dog, where's my next Jak game?

You already know most of your options. The only other possibility would be (they make similar devices, this is a long shot) an IR/RF to Bluetooth converter where you can use a Logitech Harmony remote. Otherwise, just use your controller.

That's exactly what I'm going to try to do - Harmony remote and all. I had a Harmony remote lying around from a couple of months ago that was meant to be a Christmas gift for my dad, but I just saw some brand new ones on amazon marked down to like $79.99 (originally in the ~$200 range), so I purchased a brand new one for him and opened up the older remote to see what that puppy can do.

Any suggestions on an IR port for the PS3? I've been getting mixed reviews on all of them, with the biggest nuisance being the fact that some automatically take up controller slot 1 when you turn the system on...

I thought it was understood there is no IR on the system, but as far as I know, you can use a PSX/PS2 Controller-to-USB and the PS2 IR Receiver. You know the rest.

EDIT: That said, I just found both parts and now I'll try it out. :3:

Additional Spam:
It works. Just be sure to configure your buttons manually for the Harmony. You'll need to set the UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT especially.

Wait, now I'm a little confused. I think I probably just have my terminology wrong.

I understand that there is no IR on the actual PS3, so an additional piece of hardware is necessary for the PS3 to read IR signals (which I guess I was calling an IR port). I guess I was wondering what the best IR dongle (receiver) is for the PS3 since I know there is a couple out there, but it sounds like the old PS2 IR receiver might be best, although I was hoping for something a little more ergonomic/pretty.

Amazon.com: Warhawk (No Headset): Video Games

Alright Cocksticks. 10 bucks. Probably not for all that long. But now you really have no reason not to own this.

Gone. No more for $10.

You can fashion one inside your PS3 and cut a hole in the console. You can butcher your adapters to not have it stick out so far.

So no, there is no "easy" way that Sony has provided to sidestep their own products. If you're that concerned with how fashionable your console is, I recommend you go buy yourself some makeup and a dress, as this is hardly something to complain about. Deal with the 1-foot extension on your system.

So, it looks like HOME has been released today, I just downloaded it, but it isn't working properly yet...FUCK

Your able to log in now but you'll probably be annoyed when you keep getting signed out every 5 to 10 minutes.
Only major difference from the closed beta is that the plaza has been completely redone, and the new spaces for Fallout and Uncharted.

Also five dollars for the summer Home hahahahaha, Bull! (I got it for free though)

Actually Farcry.

But yeah, everyone is fuming and I'm just like "I'm glad I 'bought' everything when it was free"

Home sucks ass, I already deleted it.

I wandered around to all the different locations, saw that they were just a glorified chatroom and was mystified at some of the stupid design decisions Sony went with:

-Why can only 1 person access an arcade machine/pool table/bowling at a time if we can't actually see them playing it? I could understand the limit if they were playing the game in real-time in front of you, but this is just ridiculous.

-Why do things in the mall cost REAL money? Not only that, why should I buy a fucking lamp for $1? Who would actually buy this shit? I predict NO ONE.

-The only interesting thing I was hoping could be possible with Home was putting up a TV in your personal apartment which could stream your PS3 video content with your friends if they came over. I wasn't able to see if this was possible because apparently there aren't any TVs yet, not even in the mall.

HOME IS GARBAGE. It's as if you took Second Life and stripped out everything but a bare-bones lobby with no user-created capabilities.

EDIT: Wow, Penny-Arcade hit the nail on the head today:
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/1005/20081212yh5.jpg
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/12/12/

that comic is 100% accurate, especially the raping part. (I'm serious)

This is pretty much my plan. I got access to the beta a few weeks back, load it up and got to the point where I could chose to leave the apartment, but I really couldn't be arsed. There was nothing about it that appealed to me. I got bored, shut it down and haven't been fecked to return to it since.

So yeah, I think deletion may well be the next move, even though I have 240Gb of free space I feel like Home is wasting 3 of them.