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Gaming is one of the most popular enthusiast industries in the world, with gamers all over the globe spending ungodly amounts of hours playing, streaming, and engaging with games media in some capacity. However, it has also become one of the most expensive hobbies around. Consoles are more expensive than ever, games are pushing even…

Home video game consoles have been around since the 1970s, and while there are only a handful of consoles today, it wasn’t always like that. This was especially true throughout the 1980s and ’90s as more companies threw their tech at consumers hoping to gain a significant chunk of the market. This was both a…

Military systems are becoming increasingly sophisticated, but the person operating them still needs a practical way to control what is happening. Complex interfaces can increase training requirements and cognitive workload, particularly when operators need to make decisions quickly.

If you often find yourself walking into Ikea and being disappointed by its lack of nerd memorabilia, worry not. In an unlikely alliance, Ikea and Xbox have come together to produce a line of home goods specifically designed for—you guessed it—gamers. The collection is called YXSTABY and is currently available for purchase if you’re into…

IKEA’s collaboration with Xbox is now live, offering nine new gaming-inspired furniture pieces and accessories. Called the YXSTABY collection, an IKEA spokesperson told Mashable the collaboration was named after a small locality in Sweden, which was chosen because it includes the four letters on the Xbox controller’s buttons: X, Y, B, and A.

The “YXSTABY” gaming furniture collection, co-created by IKEA and Xbox, launched on October 1. The thumbstick stool, developed using original 3D CAD files from the Xbox Wireless Controller, is drawing particular attention.