IKEA in Taiwan used the world of Animal Crossing: New Horizons to recreate some pages in its new 2021 catalog. As an avid player of the game, I am so tickled by this and appreciate how much effort went into doing it. Some of the substitutions they had to make for the recreations are really clever.
Like a character's bun is used for a big round hanging light:
And an assessed fossil in used in place of a dinosaur stuffed animal:
I had a friend who was so obsessed with Ikea's Swedish meatballs that he bought them frozen, in bulk, from the IKEA Food Market, and kept a bomb shelter ration's worth in his garage freezer. And this was years before anyone heard of Covid-19, or thought to hoard hand sanitizer or toilet paper. My friend […]
Nothing conjures up the eldritch geometries that are the secret fuel of Disney's Haunted Mansion like the hair-pulling geometrical puzzles posed by Ikea assembly instructions: hence, Spöke Håus, $20 and up on Teefury, proving once again that trademark violation is your best entertainment dollar.
This weekend, police were called to an Ikea store in Glasgow, Scotland when employees learned that thousands of people had signed up on Facebook to play an unauthorized game of hide-and-seek in the maze-like building. According to The Scotsman, "groups of youths who looked like they were only there for the game were turned away […]
From tiny ultra-portable models to hulking beasts with loads of extra features to units that light up like a disco ball, Bluetooth speakers have diversified over the years. Now, users can always find one that suits their specific speaker needs. Of course, that often disregards what should be the most important line on any speaker's […]
Everybody knows Adobe Premiere is such a powerful editing tool that it's one of the go-to platforms professional editors use to cut many of the world's biggest films and TV shows. However, a resource with that much utility can actually turn out to be a double-edged sword sometimes. Adobe Premiere has so much functionality and […]
If you're a fan of edibles, then you already know this, but for everybody else, a look at the price of some standard edibles might shock you. Depending on the dosage, an edible baked good is often about $15 to $20. A weed-infused lollipop is $10 to $12. And a pound of butter with a […]
