<![CDATA[Kotaku: Ikea]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Ikea]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/ikea http://kotaku.com/tag/ikea <![CDATA[IKEA, and the Logic of Video Game Design]]> A visit to IKEA usually means house moving, renovating, and too much fun spent with LEGO for grown-ups. But is there an element of videogame design hidden away within the Swedish minimalism? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5881495&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Gaming Chair For the Weak of Arms]]> Finally a solution for gamers who want to game but just don't have the upper body strength to support their own arms. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5216402&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Awesome IKEA Gameplay Footage]]> This hits close to home, because home is a shithole (that's what $1500 rents you in Silicon Valley) and I'll soon be paying IKEA plenty to make it look less so, because it's right around the corner in the East P.A. and I can't afford Ethan Allen. And if you want to trick out your Sims pad with BJARNUM or HENSVIK or DIKTAD or whatever fake words the Swedes come up with next, that expansion pack has now dropped (as of Thursday). This is the trailer showing all the shit you'll be throwing in your Sim dumpster in three years. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5020553&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Sims & IKEA Are An Exercise In Tasteful Product Placement]]> For all their squiddly-squaddly talk and propensity for dying in fires, nobody plays The Sims because of The Sims. They play it to design a house, then fill said house with loads of designer furniture. So this latest Sims expansion - Sims 2 IKEA Home Stuff - is a logical step. For both parties! Now, before fans worry over whether the Swedish furniture giant's range will be incorporated tastefully into the game, this bullet-point from the game's EA Store page should answer your question:
Indulge your Sims with an office that is sure to promote order and productivity with its elegant Vika Hyttan desk, inspiring Kila desk lamp, bold Helmer drawer unit, and Lack zigzag wallshelf.
That's a no, then. More »
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]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=256912&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Rumor: Mario Open Golf and Other Possible New Nintendo Trademarks]]> Golf is the kind of sport that is really only meant to be played as a video game. Joining country clubs, reserving tee times, wearing ugly clothes, and carrying fifteen pounds of metal for a whole day looking for a ball smaller than the palm of my hand somehow doesn't beat out staying in bed and ignoring items that need to be returned to Ikea on my weekend schedule. More »
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