Game weapon lets us into our hotel room
by Vladimir Cole 
{ Sep 23rd 2006 at 2:30AM }
Pictured above: a life-size statue of Sora, the protagonist from hit action-RPG franchise Kingdom Hearts (PS2). We have it on good authority that he held that rictus grin all day, despite the sweaty photogs who shoved lenses in his face.
Pictured below: the key to our hotel rooms at the Century Hyatt in Tokyo. Coincidence? Yeah. That's just how some keys are made 'round here. But I'm obsessed with games, so whatever it is I think I see, becomes a tootsie roll to me.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Silver @ Sep 23rd 2006 2:46AM
Nice key. I'll give you a dollar if you mail it to me.
PSWii360 Fanbot @ Sep 23rd 2006 2:48AM
This is news? Snore
IcebergSlim3000 @ Sep 23rd 2006 3:07AM
Why does everything have to be news. I could have sworn I was reading a blog not IGN.
Fisher @ Sep 23rd 2006 3:10AM
It's okay! He's a fanbot. That explains it all.
Me_Izme @ Sep 23rd 2006 3:30AM
Yes. Despite what you may think, this is a blog site. You know. For blogging.
When I first laid eyes on that key, Sora's Keyblade instantly jumped to mind, even if I hadn't been thinking about it anyway due to the first picture. Uncanny resemblence...
Jay @ Sep 23rd 2006 3:40AM
The photographed key looks bugger all like the key in the game. OH WAIT IT'S THE SAME COLOUR.
Wedge @ Sep 23rd 2006 3:40AM
It doesn't really look anything like the keyblade. It just looks a lot like... an old fashioned key. Which you don't see anymore these days. The keyblade is just one of the few fresh references in your mind to such a design. It is still a really damn cool key for a hotel room.
Filth @ Sep 23rd 2006 11:40AM
You should blur out the tip of the key, someone could make a copy of it and steal all your shit.
Leslie J. Hartley @ Sep 23rd 2006 3:54PM
Here in the office, someone has a small potted palm, which is basically just a few fringed fronds sticking out of a small mound of dirt. It doesn't sing, but every time I see it, my thumb twitches as I try to get the "Nirn root". The first time I saw it, I actually became dis-oriented - waaaay too much Oblivion.
Dp462090 @ Sep 24th 2006 2:29AM
"You should blur out the tip of the key, someone could make a copy of it and steal all your shit."
Only, if someone can make a copy (I doubt you could even fun a blank, like it, and scale would be a problem), goto Tokyo, and then find the room that it's for, all before they leave. I think their stuff is pretty safe.