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The Plattsburgh Public Library in Plattsburg, New York recently added bean bag furniture to their Teen Room to create a comfy, modern space for teens to enjoy their favorite books. As part of the young adult fiction section, bean bags encourage teens to read by providing a lounging area. In the Plattsburg Library Teen Room, young adults can lounge and read or hang out together in comfort. [...]
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Attendees to a Toronto museum exhibition can sit on bean bag chairs as they take in the view of the all the works. Varsity student writer Emily Kellogg got a chance to experience sitting on her own bean bag during a trip to see the Ron Terada: Who I Think I Am exhibit at Toronto’s Justin M. Barnicke Gallery.
Ms. Kellogg describes the Vancouver artist’s showcase as a “baffling signage”, and states that the mixed media exhibition incorporated black canvases and video installations inscribed with white text. Ms. Kellogg enjoyed being able to sit down while enjoying watching the projection of a spinning vinyl record and found her bean bag chair as “moderately comfortable” enough to make her nearly forget she was in an art gallery. [...]
Think back to college- or think about your dorm, if you’re currently in school. Your dorm room is a place where you spend a great deal of time: studying, sleeping, talking with friends. Often, you may spend hours upon hours, up late, preparing for important tests and exams. Other times, you’re spending time with your friends, and enjoying company, maybe playing video games.
You know that you have a style that is all your own- and being comfortable is also important. Being able to fully decorate your dorm room easily, with space saving in mind is something that every college student considers. Bean bag chairs are a great way to do that, enhancing the overall look of your area, while at the same time [...]
Does your gaming cabinet have all the latest systems, but your game-room furniture screams old school NES? Have you been having a hard time scooting back that heavy couch so that you can use your Kinect or Wii with all of the awesome action games? This has been a conundrum for many gamers- but one with a simple, attractive and affordable solution.
Bean bag chairs have been modernized [...]
It has been 30 years since home gaming consoles first started becoming household tools of entertainment. Today, the gaming community ranges from young children to men and women who began playing in the early 1980′s.
Anyone who partook in the early days of home gaming remembers the lack of comfortability offered to the user. [...]
According to a recent Video Game Chair article, large bean bags can be a great alternative to traditional furniture or add a new place to relax.
The article notes that a large bean chair is a “wonderful addition to any room in the house.” Large bean bag chairs, also called bean bag sofas, can be a great place for the family to sit and watch a movie or play video games together. Bean bag chairs are also lightweight enough to be moved from room to room, and are easy to maintain. [...]
If you’re anything like my teenage sons you spend hours thinking about, talking or playing video games. There are games grown ups can get into too but usually work gets in the way of having an all night marathon playing online against others people around the world. The graphics in these games are what make them so attractive but having a comfortable place to sit while you play is one of the most important aspects even though so few people actually think about it. Sitting in an uncomfortable chair will ruin just about any game. Here are some ideas to consider when thinking about a video gaming chair of your own. [...]
More and more people these days are discovering the fun of video games played at home on consoles and massive multiplayer online video games and computer games. Some people sit for hours on the weekend or in the evening playing these games, and there are huge tournaments devoted to the pursuit of virtually blowing up other people.
Marathon gaming sessions can be a lot of fun, but they also place a lot of strain on the body. Sitting in one position for hours at a time with very little movement can strain the back and shoulders, not to mention the pain in the arms and hands from holding your controller for so long.
There’s no good remedy for hand strain other than taking breaks from destroying your enemies, but when it comes to the body aches associated with long periods of gaming, there is a solution: picking a different chair. Next-generation beanbag chairs like the Comfy Sack are a perfect choice for gamers because they give needed support while also being incredibly comfortable.
These foam chairs are different from the bean bag chairs of old. Instead of being filled with those noisy, crunchy Styrofoam pellets that leak out all over the floor, these chairs are stuffed with furniture-grade Comfy Foam for extra comfort and durability, but they keep the classic beanbag shape, allowing users to sit or lie however they like.
Comfy Sacks come in a variety of sizes, but the most popular one for gaming is known, appropriately, as the Gamer. This five-foot sack is perfect for one person to sit in for long hours playing video games. If you’ve got a little more room, the six-foot Video Sack is another great choice for watching movies and playing games. It can even replace your couch!
Because the foam in Comfy Sacks is incredibly supportive, it puts no pressure at all on the body, so no matter how or how long you sit playing your favorite video games, you’ll feel a lot more comfortable than you do sitting on a traditional couch. Gamers who have used the Comfy Sack for gaming rate them even higher than chairs that were designed for long-term gaming—they’re just that comfortable.
The Comfy Sack has been cited by gaming magazines as the ultimate choice for marathon gamers, and this beanbag chair is actually used at some gaming tournaments so that fatigue is not a factor in the scoring of the games.
If you’re planning the perfect game room or simply love gaming and want to have the best chair possible for your favorite hobby, invest in a foam Comfy Sack. These aren’t your grandma’s beanbag chairs, and they’ll get you through many hours of gaming (or watching movies, or television, or whatever else you do in front of your television) with ease and comfort.
