The set dressers for this game were ingenious, and they were thrifty. Once I started spotting it I couldn't stop, and along with all these bursts of recognition, I felt like I'd had an insight into Life is Strange I wouldn't have otherwise had. There it was in the principal's office in a break-in scene. It was like having a very dull superpower. Recognition had made it visible to me all of a sudden. That fascinated me at the time - I am boring as well as weird - but what I really loved, looking back, was all the times I then saw this Expedit unit elsewhere in the game. Weirdly, Max's Expedit was a 2x3, a form that did not exist in the real world. In Max's dorm room, over by the computer desk, I once spotted what looked very much like an Ikea Expedit, the classic book/record shelf unit that was so beloved that it made the front page of the Guardian when it was replaced with the similar, but not identical, Kallax. And this is a strange case, as it happens, because it's not the books but the shelf itself that stood out to me. Let's go bookshelf snooping in games.įirst stop, Life is Strange.
But you might get something else: a hint at what the developer values, a suggestion of how much time the team had to lavish on the little things. You rarely get that flash of recognition - the Shopsin, or that classic '70's Tolkein with the memorable yellow spine - from looking at a bookcase in a videogame. Games are great for this too, but in quite unusual ways. On CNN I can't help but scan what the people being interviewed on Zoom have stacked behind them. In movies, I always lean forward trying to see what the heroes and villains have on their shelves. But the bookshelves of people I don't know feel like fair game. Not in friends' houses, necessarily, which always feels like a bit of a step too far. I've always been a bit of a bookshelf snooper. And seeing the book there on that shelf was a chance to spot a new, illuminating connection between two things I already loved.Īnyway. Shake Shack and Shopsin made a lot of sense. I emailed Shake Shack about this, because I am weird and because I am always hoping for an invite to a test kitchen, but even before they got back to confirm that they loved Shopsin as much as I do, I knew I was right in my identification of that book. The book was Kenny Shopsin's life-changingly great cookbook Eat Me, which I absolutely recommend, and the shelf it was on formed part of a cookbook library in Shake Shack's test kitchen. The spine of it, anyway: a perfect bolt of cheery gold, stacked neatly on a shelf by some plants. Looking for ideas & accents to style your new bookshelf? Decorative items such as vases, bookends, picture frames, figurines and plants make interesting choices for an attractive bookshelf display.A few years back, browsing on Instagram, I was delighted to see a book I knew. Whether you prefer antiqued shelves or a simple, rustic look, choices are in plenty at Target. If you prefer an Industrial vibe you can find modern and durable designs at Threshold. Check out the Project 62 furniture collection for mid-century modern styles that combine storage and display. Got lots of stuff to store? Tuck away anything in a storage cubby with cubes that fit right inside your bookshelf.
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