Kotaku: ikea

Gaming Chair For the Weak of Arms

Brian Crecente — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:00:00 MDT

Finally a solution for gamers who want to game but just don't have the upper body strength to support their own arms.

Ikea's Jesper is a padded bench that you straddle while playing games. The design allows you to rest your arms in front of you as you game, thus mitigating even the slightly physical benefits of long hours of gaming.

Ian Bogost theorizes that the Jesper is named after games researcher Jesper Juul. I think it's named after the guy at Ikea who had the bright idea to turn a Tantra chair into something kids can use.

I Can't Hold My Arms Up [Ian Bogost]

Awesome IKEA Gameplay Footage

Owen Good — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:00:00 MDT

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.

Clearly, there is very little probative value to this post, I just wanted to write the word DIKTAD (the name of a toy chest they sell). Three years ago my friend Ryan (Flying Squirrel, to those in the know), who now writes for the Sacramento Bee, went to IKEA with me to help me trick out my former shithole (rented for $1095 a month. Housing bubble? What is this you speak of? Rent is a rock solid investment that only appreciates.) We came around the corner and saw DIKTAD and that instantly became our new term of abuse for each other, like "Heat Stick" and "Grandma's Tongue." And now I bequeath it to you. Please call each other that in the comments.

The Sims 2 IKEA Home Stuff Trailer [Simprograms]

The Sims & IKEA Are An Exercise In Tasteful Product Placement

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:00:00 MDT

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.
SIMS 2™ IKEA Home Stuff [EA Store, via Infinite Sims]

IKEA Game Craft

Brian Crecente — Tue, 01 May 2007 20:30:28 MDT

Apparently an IKEA employee in West Covina, California took it upon himself to create a little 8-bit art display at his store using IKEA's Perler Beads and Pegboards.

Where's the Metroid? Where dammit? Wheeeeeeeere? Brian Crecente

Rumor: Mario Open Golf and Other Possible New Nintendo Trademarks

Kim Phu — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:40:00 MDT

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.

Right now, all the jazz is focused on Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07, but for those who like a little more fantasy on the course (dolphin sand dunes, uh, yes please!), there is a glimmer of hope that Nintendo will offer one of their famous Mario golf games for the Wii in some way shape or form after some of their new trademarks were posted for Joy Mecha Fight, Wii de Yawaraka Atamajuku, Mini Mini Daikoushin!, Brownie Brown, and of course, Mario Open Golf.

Although I desperately want Mario Open Golf as a regular game, there is the possibility that it will only be released as a VC game since it has already been confirmed for it in the European, Austrailian and New Zealand on their Wii Shop channels.

Cross fingers and legs! Kim Phu

New Nintendo Trademarks [Go Nintendo]