IKEA made a mod for Skyrim [video]

(youtube.com)

145 points | by kegenaar 2 days ago

9 comments

  • warpspin 0 minutes ago
    Pure marketing genius
  • kalleboo 1 hour ago
    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.
    • Tade0 1 hour ago
      IKEA is known for going the extra skogsmil in whatever they do.
  • LelouBil 1 hour ago
    • peterus 4 minutes ago
      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.

  • ludicrousdispla 1 hour ago
    Play a game long enough and the main challenge becomes inventory management. I look forward to the IVAR update.
    • vanderZwan 1 minute ago
      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?))

  • jml7c5 1 hour ago
    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.
    • vlyan 2 minutes ago
      >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

    • blitzar 1 hour ago
      They needed to do a few nerfs and buffs to the other storage solutions to balance the game for the introduction of KALLAX
    • cyh555 39 minutes ago
      Is this Skyrim Special Edition or the Legendary Edition?
  • aenis 57 minutes ago
    Best thing I saw on hacker news in a while.
  • brindleth 1 hour ago
    Is that Matt Berry!?
  • fragmede 1 hour ago
    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?
    • bcraven 1 hour ago
      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...

    • altmanaltman 50 minutes ago
      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
  • tonijn 1 day ago
    Is it April yet?
    • carabiner 2 hours ago
      No it's 9/12
      • ganzsz 53 minutes ago
        It's not December yet?
        • englishrookie 23 minutes ago
          I agree with the spirit of your comment. 20261209 Is a much better way to express the date than the 9/12 Americanism.
          • tmtvl 1 minute ago
            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.