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Elvis Sends Sparks — Then Chairs — Flying Toward Priscilla Presley in Chilling ‘Priscilla’ Trailer – Rolling Stone

  1. Elvis Sends Sparks — Then Chairs — Flying Toward Priscilla Presley in Chilling ‘Priscilla’ Trailer Rolling Stone
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Razer’s $399 Enki is better than most office chairs, period

In the past decade we’ve seen the tag “gamer” used increasingly as a lifestyle sales pitch. Sure, you can buy gaming headsets and gaming mice and gaming keyboards, but there are also gamer hoodies and gamer drinks and even gamer furniture. Chairs made especially for playing have been proliferating over the past few years and until now, they’ve tended to be overpriced and ostentatious. Razer’s new Enki chair is still a bit over the top, but at least it’s a more affordable over the top, starting at $299.

To build the Enki, Razer called in ergonomics experts, paying attention not just to lumbar support, but also to how test subjects sat on the bottom cushion. The 21-inch-wide seat is shaped to distribute your weight more evenly, so you can sit for hours without getting a sore ass. They even considered the needs of those who like to sit in more unusual positions, like a half- or full-lotus. As someone who often sits cross-legged in my chair, I am grateful for the extra space and support.

Gallery: Razer Enki gaming chair | 7 Photos


Gallery: Razer Enki gaming chair | 7 Photos

Perhaps the most impressive thing about the chair is how far back it can lean. It’s not quite 180 degrees, but 152 degrees is still pretty good — the kind of angle you might only see on an airliner’s international business class. It’s the kind of chair you can fall asleep in. It seems precarious but in use, the chair held my weight well when I opened it to its max. It didn’t feel too top heavy, like it would fall backward, but it felt a bit unnatural due to the lack of a footrest. But let’s be honest, you really should just retire to your couch or bed when you need a proper snooze. This is good for when you need a bit of a stretch between Overwatch matches or Zoom meetings.

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My one nitpick besides the lack of a footrest is the head pillow, which is only included with a more expensive $399 package. It’s a nice shape and the fabric feels good to the touch, but it’s also not very adjustable. It has to be strapped on around the moon-shaped cut out toward the top of the seat, which means the height is non-negotiable. I found it ended up in that limbo between my head and neck, where it just jutted out and supported neither of them. I found it incredibly uncomfortable and ended up tearing it off. However, it also felt weird to not have something supporting my head in this chair. I can only hope that Razer ends up offering more options for users of different heights.

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Aside from that, it’s a very good chair offered at a very good price — other chairs from Secretlab or Logitech might cost hundreds more, and a good non-gaming office chair can easily go above $1,000. And, while some might find it silly to buy a “gaming” chair, there’s no rule this has to be used only for gaming. You can use the chair for work, meetings and anything else. It’s not gaudy in any way that would draw attention on a video call, as Razer eschewed its usual use of lime green highlights.

In the end, it’s just a chair. A nice, comfortable chair that you can buy directly from Razer or various retailers starting today, for $299 for the Enki X or the $399 Enki that includes the head pillow, a more reactive seat tilt and an armrest adjustable in four directions. With all the time you’ve been spending in front of the computer lately, you should make it a little nicer.

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Vue Cinemas fined $1 million for the recliner chair death of patron in 2018

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London-based movie theater chain Vue Cinemas must pay $1M (£750,000) in fines after a patron was killed by a motorized reclining chair three years ago. What was initially thought of as a “freak accident,” turned out to be a result of the cinema chain’s negligence in safety protocol.

In 2018, 24-year-old Ateef Rafiq was attending a screening at the Star City venue in Birmingham when he dropped his phone under the seat. While he was trying to retrieve it, the motorized footrest began to lower onto Rafiq’s neck. His wife, other moviegoers, and employees struggled to free him for 15 minutes, and had to break the foot rest off in order to relieve Rafiq of the extensive pressure on his head and neck—which was equivalent to 3/4th of a ton. He went into cardiac arrest, and was rushed to the hospital where he died one week later from his injuries.

It turns out the motor in the seat had blown a fuse, in a bizarre sequence of events that lead up to what Judge Heidi Kubik described as “an accident that never should have happened.” Additionally, the automized chair was missing the bar which would have allowed Rafiq to be released manually.

“It is conceded that clearly a number of members of the public were exposed to the same risk of harm,” Judge Kubik added. “The complete lack of a risk assessment was a significant cause of the actual harm that resulted.”

In April, Vue Cinemas admitted to “failing to ensure that persons not in their employment are not exposed to risk to their health or safety” and for “failing to make a suitable and sufficient risk assessment,” racking up two charges under the Health and Safety at Work Act.

Vue has since removed all of those recliners from its theaters, and following the verdict, a spokesperson told Variety, “The death of Mr. Rafiq saddened everybody at Vue and we remain deeply sorry for the loss suffered by his family and friends.”

“We hope that that the end of these proceedings brings some closure to them following this tragic accident. All recliners of the type involved in the incident have been removed from our cinemas and we have taken all possible steps to learn from this and ensure it could not happen again,” the company added.

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