Ikea: the RPG

[miekec]

When Ikea opened in Stoughton, just south of Boston, earlier this month, I had a whole mixed set of thoughts. Of course, first and foremost there was the "Yay! finally! A store with affordable, good-looking stuff. None of this stodgy american crap." Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go go go!
Then soon after came the inevitable "Damn, there is so much I want to buy, and so little money... or space to put it... or time to put it all together...". There's also the sympathy with friends who live/work/commute around there, and have to deal with sudden insane traffic situations.

This weekend I remembered the hilarious Ikea Walkthrough.
(and I quote from the beginning of the link:)

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IKEA WALKTHROUGH v2.3.1
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IKEA is a fully immersive, 3D environmental adventure that 
allows you to role-play the character of someone who gives 
a shit about home furnishings. In traversing IKEA, you will 
experience a meticulously detailed alternate reality filled 
with garish colors, clear-lacquered birch veneer, and a host 
of NON-PLAYER CHARACTERS (NPCs) with the glazed looks of the 
recently anesthetized.