I don’t know about you, but the placement of my endless amounts of games and plastic peripherals is a constant ‘discussion’ point between my wife and I. And by ‘discussion’ I mean ‘endless battle of wills until one of us is cold and dead in the ground. Maybe this interesting piece of gaming furniture will provide resolution and stability?
It’s called the ‘Zig-Zig’, and it’s a unique storage solution that let’s you place your console, controllers, games, and guitar peripherals in one handy storage space.
They cost just under $100 and are available at Dick Smith for the Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii.
sarujin
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 1:36 PMI don’t see this working that well. It only holds 13 games, a true gamer would have a much more vast collection.
I’ve got say http://www.ikea.com/aa/en/catalog/products/80163757 the IKEA 3 drawer Kullen unit has worked well for me.
Atleast two of these side-by-side (I’m up to 3 now). It puts the base of your tv at about 720 high, which is a good height for a Wii or Kinect. The bottom 2 drawers perfectly fit a Amray case (PS2, Wii, 360) or a PS3 case with the spine pointing up. The top drawer fits PSP cases the same way.
This allows me to hide all the games from direct view, but sliding the drawer open shows all the spines for easy choice.
Aidan
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 1:42 PMYeah, I was gonna say…
It only holds 13 games. Many people would have many more than that.
Riavan
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 2:47 PMI think I have like 10 games, why do you guys bother keeping so many.
MrTaco
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 3:06 PMI have like 75, how can you make do with so few? :P
Lee
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 4:21 PMThat’s just plain f****d up mate, who would play 75 games in rapid succession? Surely once you’ve played the game to a point, that it’s and it gets shelved indefinitely. I’m sure there are not 13 titles that you play at any one time so this little unit should be more than sufficient.
sarujin
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 4:02 PMBecause we like to collect as well. Who knows when I’ll go back to a game I like. Could be 3 months, could be 10 years.
Woodze
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 2:01 PMI’d say this sits right next to the lounge for quick access to what you’re currently halfway through playing now.. the rest of the games sit on the shelf on the bookcase or wherever you proudly display your wares!
sarujin
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 2:09 PMWouldn’t work for me. I’m halfway through 50 odd games.
706
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 2:47 PMLooks good, but can you get it assembled? If not I could have some problems…
Strange
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 1:37 PMI’d need 100 of them to fit everything in though.
Corey
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 1:41 PMBilly bookshelves from IKEA is all you ever need for game storage and collection purposes.
Tom
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 1:59 PMI second this. With adjustable shelf height, and pretty damn cheap, these are great.
NegativeZero
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 2:31 PMI have a few Benno shelves for my games instead:
http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/50168266
They’re basically the smallest-sized Billy, except less deep, sized exactly for DVD/CD cases. Fits about 18 to a shelf I think, four shelves to a unit when set up for DVD/game cases. Only real issues are that you can’t get all the shelves perfectly evenly spaced, and they don’t sell a wider unit or a height extension with the lower depth. :(
Been considering grabbing a wider-version Billy for some of the non-standard sized ‘premium’ boxes I have though, and as an overflow for when I inevitably run out of space.
Pedantics
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 3:07 PMBesta is like Benno, except they come in LARGER sizes.
http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/20179308
You need to add a couple of extra shelves to make it work for games/DVDs though. If you space each shelf out the same, you do get left with one at a different height at either the top or the bottom though. But that’s actually great for box sets and stuff.
Observe: http://moby.to/9onz1b
A Rod H
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 5:48 PMHang on so you mean my Benno DVD tower is wrong http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/10168230
It possibly is, as I’ve got two and still haven’t got the shelves spaced right. Plus they’re also the height of a normal Billy bookcase. ‘Sides most of my games are in a ‘drawer box’ tower holding the printer up at a usable hight.
Shane
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 1:45 PMHas no spot for collector’s editions…
f4cti0n
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 1:50 PMI just have a few stacks of movies etc from ground to roof leaning against the wall. It’ll do until I build a unit for them!
Endu
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 2:50 PMBetter – build a unit OUT of them for the next generation stuff.
"Jimu" Jimudore Logan
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 1:51 PMUuuuuuugly!
Chaz
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 3:36 PMAgreed.
I think if I brought this home it more likely fuel the fire, so to speak.
Toast
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 1:54 PMI imagine most wives have more of issue with how many games and devices are left on display, or generally litter the room. Contrary to popular belief, game cases and plastic controllers don’t make for very appealing interior design. Atleast this would limit how much is displayed, and might encourage controllers and game cases to be put away after use.
Brewer74
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 1:55 PMBit enclosed for the 360 consoles? Need good air flow to ensure no overheating and stuff.
Daniel Harkin
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 1:56 PMI have over fifty games. I would need to buy atleast five of these.
TiM
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 1:59 PMWANT.
I’m totally cool with it only having 13 slots for games. I go through all of my Xbox games in discrete sets, so I could just rotate game cases between that and a cupboard. :)
bc
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 2:01 PMcome on this is just a product advert, why the need to pretend?
Side Effect
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 2:16 PMAnd the fact that you shouldn’t stand you console vertically…
Trjn
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 2:28 PMXbox 360s (at least, the original version) was designed to have better airflow when it is vertical. In a well ventilated area, it makes no difference, nor does it matter if it is in a stable position where it is unlikely to get knocked over.
Having it standing vertically on the floor when there are drunk people about is definitely a bad idea. Especially if you want the disc in the drive to survive the night.
Daniel Harkin
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 4:43 PMI have all my 360′s standing vertical is allows better air flow.
ThrashTitan
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 2:28 PMI actually like this! It looks quite cool. Would there be any problems using this for a PS3 set up?
Justooon
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 5:50 PMhttp://www.theshoppingchannel.com/Media-Storage/Zig-Zag-Gaming-Storage-Tower-For-PS2-PS3/pages/productdetails?nav=R:633922
NegativeZero
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 2:37 PMWhat if you have more than one plastic instrument? I’ve got at least three guitars and the RB3 keyboard. I’ve actually been considering going into a music shop and buying one of those guitar stands, but I don’t want to have to admit it’s for fake instruments. :(
Rotoe
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 3:40 PMAlmost all guitar stands are universal, so if they ask, just say you play guitar haha.
DENAz
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 2:38 PMVery cool, but couple of issues for me. For one, I never stand up the xbox, you’re just asking for scratched disc’s, and second, it looks like its a bit snug, so it might get pretty warm with the guitar attached.
Mad Danny
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 2:50 PMI think I saw this (or something very similar) recently – so it holds a guitar, and has just enough slots for not quite all of the games that use said guitar!
Chuloopa
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 3:07 PMI’m with the others.. Ikea stuff does the job much much better. Just drill some holes in the back and you have your own customisable units.
Also, as neat as this thing looks, bee has a massive problem with my games and consoles being “out on display”.
Also-also, i would never use this for the simple reason of dust.. i would be dusting my console, games and unused controllers every week… my current set up means dusting only happens once or twice a year
ShiggyNinty
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 3:22 PMThis would be good for my 360. Wii not so much. Over 50 games for Wii and a bajillion plastic instruments and controllers…I’m gonna go with everyones Ikea option.
Grim
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 3:52 PMSo where do you put the drums, keyboard and microphones?
Adam
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 4:14 PMLol.
Vision TV Unit?
http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Furniture/Bookcases-and-Storage/Storage-Cabinets/OWVISIONCH
scree
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 5:21 PMMy dog would just knock this over. not to mention there is no room for it in the lounge room. And it looks like a dust collector.
I currently use an aldi DVD cupboard for my games but I’ll need to get another one because I have nearly 300 games from 1st gen to current. It is a source of argument with my mum (and before you judge, I am her carer so I have to live with her), and I am thinking of getting a large ottoman for the consoles and guitars.
Andrew
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 11:06 PMWhy the hell don’t either of the towers charge the controllers or add extra usb ports?
Ty
Saturday, June 18, 2011 at 12:47 AMMy wife would get pissed if I tried to box up and hide all our games. Maybe your wife just isn’t cool, bro.
Dean
Monday, June 20, 2011 at 10:46 AMIt has ventilation for the console, awesome…and my TopShotElite would look good hanging off the side ;) i may have to check this one out.