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Posted by Alex Zalben

This coffee table has a totally awesome secret. Can you guess what it is? I'll give you a few hints:

- It doesn't also make coffee.

- Neither does it produce magazines and kitschy books from thin air.

- If you look closely at the design, it may remind you of another kind of table...

- Once you find out, it will bring you great "joy."

Did you figure out what it is? If not, or to check your answer, here's another picture:

Yup, it's a new version of SurfaceTension's Arcade Coffee Table, with a built in LCD screen, computer, and old school arcade controls.

You can dress the boy up with nice furnishings, but you can't take him out of the arcade.

[£2999, Surface Tension]

[Via Unplggd]

+ DIGG

+ DEL.ICIO.US

+ REDDIT

Posted Oct 24 2008, 10:32 AM

Filed under: living room, coffee tables, arcade, secrets

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