Santa has added a layover in PlayStation Home to an already-packed holiday itinerary. On December 10, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is opening up a new
PlayStation Home space that allows you to see Santa's workshop through the unique Home filter -- by which we mean it's now kind of eerie. The new Winter Wonderland space will allow you to interact with a vaguely
Shatner-esque Santa Claus and elves like Robin Williams here, as you help the crew get all its preparations for Christmas done. Which means
minigames!
There will be presents, of course, and a Photo Elf who will take festively decorated pictures of your Home avatar. You know, so you can
always remember the time you saved Christmas.
{ Nov 30th 2009 at 10:30AM } 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
brian @ Nov 30th 2009 10:33AM
creepy.
brian @ Nov 30th 2009 10:33AM
also, why are the elves retarded?
Torque_AOD @ Nov 30th 2009 10:40AM
Coming from the user with THAT avatar. I can't couldn't think straight for a minute.
No offense Brian.
brian @ Nov 30th 2009 2:05PM
wow guys, i didn't say they were retarded because of how they look, they talk like orcs in warcraft.
it wasn't about the face. geez
JayVe @ Nov 30th 2009 2:38PM
Elf NO think possible to chop wood fast enough!
Who writes this?
motang @ Nov 30th 2009 10:34AM
Who uses Home still?
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith [ATDF Co-Founder] @ Nov 30th 2009 10:36AM
Recovering Second Life addicts.
And a few normal people.
Homer @ Nov 30th 2009 10:53AM
never heard that one before, jagoff
Then a White Kid Said @ Nov 30th 2009 10:59AM
Wow! Your wit is amazing, I mean, that's so original.
Cut it out kid, most of the people who say that are people who went on it as soon as it became available and saw there was nothing to do. Home is now thousands of times better than it was, if you just went in and had a look then you would stop being a douche about it.
Maverick Saturn (Igor) @ Nov 30th 2009 1:12PM
I use home, and couldn't care less whether you do or don't
the Sawyer family @ Nov 30th 2009 1:59PM
You're gonna get coal for being a troll this Christmas.
Mr Khan @ Nov 30th 2009 10:35AM
Elves are supposed to look child-like. This... thing looks more like a gnome
Torque_AOD @ Nov 30th 2009 10:41AM
More like something you see, when you are about to DIE.
dystroglycan @ Nov 30th 2009 11:01AM
couldnt it also be a fairy?
Lunastra78 (PSN: lunastra78) @ Nov 30th 2009 11:42AM
It could also be the lovechild of Robin Williams and Arwen.
Aragorn is gonna be pissed!
bm @ Nov 30th 2009 3:03PM
It's because Home manages to make everything look lifeless and retarded, even elves and santa claus.
Lunastra78 (PSN: lunastra78) @ Nov 30th 2009 10:38AM
It came from the Uncanny Valley.
JeezWhiz87 @ Nov 30th 2009 11:06AM
I lol'd.
dj087drg @ Nov 30th 2009 10:42AM
I wouldn't turn my back to this thing. Just saying
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith [ATDF Co-Founder] @ Nov 30th 2009 10:43AM
Oh, I can't wait until people try to 'cyber' Santa and these elves.
Sony won't do this again.
h0mi @ Nov 30th 2009 10:57AM
Lets Quincy Santa.
Donald @ Nov 30th 2009 11:11AM
Prepare to end up on the naughty list for the rest of your days.
deluded spider @ Nov 30th 2009 11:14AM
Quincying is the single greatest thing to come out of home. Whenever I hear that name anywhere now, I giggle.
Then a White Kid Said @ Nov 30th 2009 11:01AM
Home has so much potential, it's just a matter of time before its realised, just a waiting game but I know sony will make Home great.
JayVe @ Nov 30th 2009 2:42PM
Well, Home may eventually turn out to be awesome. Until then, have fun playing "The Waiting Game". I'll be playing lots of other real games that are a hell of a lot more fun.
Then a White Kid Said @ Nov 30th 2009 3:27PM
Just because im waiting until home gets good doesnt mean i cant play other games :/
TreND @ Nov 30th 2009 11:02AM
where? in the mirror?
Marty @ Nov 30th 2009 11:03AM
Photo Elf is Creepy Elf.
JeezWhiz87 @ Nov 30th 2009 11:07AM
This is probably the coolest implementation of Home I've seen yet. I might just log in again to check it out.
TheCoats @ Nov 30th 2009 11:22AM
thank GOD that's not my home - I dont think I would be able to sleep at night.....
....also why does this elf remind me of the creeps from the texas chainsaw masacre?
TheCoats @ Nov 30th 2009 11:37AM
...oh wait I am thinking of The Hills Have Eyes
Jerses @ Nov 30th 2009 12:13PM
isnt home like....for adults? they ask you to be 18+...if not..then making a psn account requires you to be 18+.......so whos this space target to?
RKN (Steam ID: nerdydesi) @ Nov 30th 2009 12:26PM
Peter Pan.
Maverick Saturn (Igor) @ Nov 30th 2009 1:16PM
Children......who have bypassed the age restrictions :D So Sony can catch them out, basically it is the light to the moth ^^
TheDeviant @ Nov 30th 2009 12:48PM
Dude, why does everyone says that Home sucks. Maybe it isn't just the right software for you? If you are the kind of anti-social gamer then Home isn't for you. If you are the gamer that likes to meet new friends and play with the community, then you're in right spot. People keep flaming and babbling about it.
Home has improved a lot and it will keep growing, it may take a while indeed. But in the end is going to look great!
Cheers to all.
P.S. If you're going to downgrade me for this then I don't give a damn. Whatever, that's just my opinion.
JayVe @ Nov 30th 2009 2:39PM
"If you are the gamer that likes to meet new friends and play with the community" then Xbox Live is the place for you.
TheDeviant @ Nov 30th 2009 3:01PM
Wow...go drown with your fanboyism.
spyder @ Nov 30th 2009 12:49PM
Home... still proving to be useless.
Shadsy @ Nov 30th 2009 1:07PM
Old: lines for arcade games.
New: chopping wood.
Jeeeesus christ.
Maverick Saturn (Igor) @ Nov 30th 2009 1:14PM
Lol, says the person who has done nothing for society :D
abelpc @ Nov 30th 2009 1:22PM
Home is just a Giant Advertisement medium with a few side distractions and filled with people lacking social skills.
I go in and feel bombarded with ads from every angle.
Dafrety @ Nov 30th 2009 1:54PM
I feel no more bombarded than if I were to walk around downtown Chicago. It's better than Times Square, at least.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith [ATDF Co-Founder] @ Nov 30th 2009 1:58PM
I'd rather be bombarded with ads in Home than ads on my Dashboard...
TheDeviant @ Nov 30th 2009 2:12PM
Wowzer. You could say the same thing with social networking sites too. Isn't Home a Network Software? *sigh* these douchebagetz....
abelpc @ Nov 30th 2009 3:29PM
Sorry, I don't goto Times Square or Downtown Chicago much..hell I don't goto downtown Pittsburgh hardly at all and it is just a few miles away... I can say that originally Home wasn't that bad about ads but now it is just crazy with them.
Fuzunga @ Nov 30th 2009 3:26PM
Christmas has never been so depressing.
Blkant @ Nov 30th 2009 6:31PM
Don't worry, it continues to get worse the older you get...
Ryan @ Nov 30th 2009 2:31PM
The people at Sony who came up with Home need to be fired; I can't imagine the amount of money that was dumped into this furnace when it could have gone to improving the multiplayer UI and features. And, they actually think they were going to make money from it with "virtual clothes". Home is on par with that lovely virtual mall web page, where the designer actually thought online stores would want to live in a virtual mall because what online shopping was really missing was long, boring rides on an elevator. Awesome.
el serpiente @ Nov 30th 2009 3:44PM
'And, they actually think they were going to make money from it with "virtual clothes".'
http://playstation.joystiq.com/2009/01/09/one-million-dollars-worth-of-goods-sold-in-home-so-far/
LOL
David @ Nov 30th 2009 2:45PM
Home is still a collection of mostly garbage minigames in themed rooms.