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Awesome IKEA Gameplay Footage
Posted by Owen Good at 1:00 AM on June 30, 2008
This hits close to home, because home is a shithole (that's what $AU 1562.4 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.
IKEA, bastion of furniture with unpronounceable names that you assemble sloppily and inaccurately in the comfort of your own home, is now spreading its empire into The Sims' world. Electronic Arts announced that through a partnership with the retailer, Sims 2 players will be able to decorate their bedrooms, living rooms and home offices with IKEA furniture and decor with The Sims 2 IKEA Home Stuff, going for $US 19.99 in North America and €14.99 in Europe.
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: 
