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IKEA made a mod for Skyrim [video] (youtube.com)
155 points by kegenaar 4 hours ago | hide | past | favorite | 27 comments
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I watched a bit of someone's play through and was impressed by how much content there actually was for a one-off bit like this. I would have assumed they would have just made enough content to make for a funny ad but there's quite a lot of scripted storyline and voice acting.

IKEA is known for going the extra skogsmil in whatever they do.

I wanted to install it, but the instructions were just a bunch of pictures.


I like the attention to detail with the Todd Howard reference:

> Become encumbered in-game to start your quest to storage bliss! It just works.


> Will there be meatballs?

> Maybe.


Play a game long enough and the main challenge becomes inventory management. I look forward to the IVAR update.

Casting Leomund’s Secret Chest, now with TROFAST modular storage management system installed.

Oh, so you're team IVAR?

BILLY gang forever!

(just kidding, I actually have both, and way more IVAR shelves than BILLYs at that(BILLIES? What would be the proper plural here?))


Billipodes. Obviously.

I was wondering what compelled Bethesda to update the game a few weeks ago, the first time in two years. On PC, any update to the game breaks mods that rely on DLL modification, so you'd expect them to be wary of doing it for no reason. Maybe improving support for this was the impetus.

>so you'd expect them to be wary of doing it for no reason

average skyrim patch notes:

- added no features

- fixed no bugs

- moved around some buttons in the paid mods menu


They needed to do a few nerfs and buffs to the other storage solutions to balance the game for the introduction of KALLAX

Is this Skyrim Special Edition or the Legendary Edition?

Just a reminder that they are a corporation and to not fall for their PR. They are actively destroying the environment while paying as little tax as possible. The cheapness of their furniture does have externalities one needs to consider.

Best thing I saw on hacker news in a while.

Pure marketing genius

Is that Matt Berry!?

Unmistakably so.

Do you think someone at IKEA had the idea and they hired someone to do it, or did someone have the idea and made it, and then talked IKEA into making it official?

The idea has been conceived and executed by creative agency Mother, in partnership with Kinggath Creations - a team of creatives, fans and mod developers who make fun and original content that blends seamlessly into the game world.

https://creative.salon/articles/work/ikea-mother-kallax-stor...


It is likely they had the idea they (the people that actually made the mod) could talk a brand into this and IKEA was one of the many brands pitched. But someone at IKEA has to have seen this and say okay this makes sense for it work obviously. Eitherway i would say it doesn't really matter as long as they do fun stuff like this

Is it April yet?

No it's 9/12

It's not December yet?

I agree with the spirit of your comment. 20261209 Is a much better way to express the date than the 9/12 Americanism.

Year, day, month in that order written all together? I have seen both day-month-year (12-09-2026) and year-month-day (2026-09-12), but _that_'s a new one.



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