14 DAY TRIAL // As soon as the PlayStation Home beta was out, everyone getting the email from Sony hopped in. So did Joystiq's staff and reported what they've seen inside. I took the liberty of selecting some of the mentioned features inside Home, so you can make a better picture of the service from Sony, resembling Linedn Lab's Second Life.
As the PlayStation Home Beta trial has just been released, it's not a very crowded place. Plus, Sony was very picky about who would be in on the testing and who wouldn't. Those who were there were handling different activities, one of which was dancing. That's right - users may have a clock on their head when they're idle, or may be dancing (three different dance styles including an old-school electro dance).
For the moment, there are three places to visit except your home and those are the theater, the social space, and the gaming area. The theater is the most boring of all as you might have guessed, but everything looks stunningly great. Once Home is out on a general basis, Second Life will look like Japanese cartoons (not that it doesn't look like cartoons now).
Although you have the option to go anywhere you like, it takes a lot of time to walk if you want to get somewhere a bit further away. That's why it is indicated that, by using your PSP interface, you can just "time-travel" there.
You also have a pool table and a bowling alley which you can use to play solo, or with others. Some may even ask you to join in. Controls are very simple and both games are fun to play (for those who don't mind hitting strikes every time). Stand up arcade games are fun also, but quite simple again and don't offer a two-player feature. Bummer!
That's about it. What, disappointed? That's what the Beta is all about, wait for the final product, you never know what Sony comes up with by the time it releases. To sum up the whole PlayStation Home experience, I'll paste you a comment between two Home users: "This is pretty cool, but there's not really anything to do here." For now maybe...