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It’s Time to Consider Getting a Gaming Chair for Your Home Office

The SecretLab Omega comes in posh nappa leather and offers all the support you need for long hours of gaming—or working from home.

Photographer: Janelle Jones for Bloomberg Businessweek

Chances are, if you don’t already have a “gaming chair,” it’s an item you’ve either long obsessed over getting—or didn’t know existed.

Designed to deliver comfort and posture support for video game fanatics who spend hours a day sitting down, these chairs have become increasingly posh since car seat manufacturer DXRacer USA marketed a racing-inspired version in 2006. Several companies specialize in them now, and the popular Omega chairs from Singapore-based SecretLab are available in 24 colors and variations, including “Dark Knight” for Batman lovers and the Game of Thrones-inspired “House Lannister.”