I think I’m realizing that I’m a jacket guy. I’ve always loved layers, and love when it gets cooler in NYC so I can unearth my outerwear, but the spate of cool video game jackets recently has solidified that I’m a slut for some good ol’ fashioned outerwear. I really want the Disco Elysium jacket, for example, and one of my favorite things in my closet is my Destiny 2 raid jacket.
I would commit crimes for one of those $US1700 Death Stranding 2 jackets that apparently sold out in minutes, and now there’s an Elden Ring jacket coming for me. No, not that one, but it’s still pretty rad. Available exclusively on the Bandai Namco Store , this Elden Ring jacket is emblazoned with iconography of one of the game’s coolest boss fights against Maliketh, The Black Blade.
The large, hound-like demon is one of the final fights that players need to complete in order to finish the game, and he’s appropriately tough. No surprises there, considering he’s supposed to be safekeeping the Rune of Death and has embedded it into his own skin by the time you find him, but this isn’t the time or place for a big-ass lore dump. The black-and-gold sukajan jacket has a bunch of lovely touches that make it stand out.
For example, both breasts panels feature an embroidered design of Maliketh’s head, showing the armor plating covering his face, his snarling expression and sharp teeth, as well as his long, ashen-white mane. His head is surrounded on all sides by illustrations of clouds.
