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The Home Despot.
How doers don’t.

The Home Despot is a hardware parody in Empty’s American shopping world. Its departments include Tools, Outdoor & garden, Kitchen, Décor & furniture. Browse a few of the actual game listings below before opening the store; the shopping, payment and delivery are all fictional.

Open The Home Despot in Empty

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From the in-game storefront

Cordless drills, ladders and paint in colours named after things you’ll never get round to. The project starts Saturday. Saturday never starts. Plants, hoses and wheelbarrows for the yard of your dreams, which, like most dreams, does not require watering.

The shop’s own retail character

How doers don’t. Free delivery on thousands of things you’ll do next weekend. The store calls its basket a cart; its department names and advertised perks below come from the same storefront you can open inside the PC.

A look at the game catalogue

These are items you can inspect in The Home Despot inside Empty. Every purchase uses imaginary money.

Choose a department

The shop’s advertised pretend perks

Pro Xtra
Volume pricing on zero volume
Tool rental
Rent a jackhammer by the hour. Return it by the hour
Free workshops
Learn to tile a bathroom you don’t own

Try a specific stop

These shortcuts open the actual department or page inside Empty, so you can try the parts described above.

Before you switch on

The Home Despot is an original parody, not affiliated with or endorsed by The Home Depot. The game uses imaginary money and fictional checkout details. No real purchase is made.

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