Look, it’s time for video games to go beyond mere entertainment. I want video games that have so much mass-market🍨 appeal that shoe manufacturers are falling over thems෴elves trying to acquire game franchise license agreements just so they can turn those games into shoes.
That hasn’t happened yet, but has at least devoted some of its tim🏅e and resources to imagine what that world might look like. Here we have eight bespoke pieces of footwear that are all themed on a separate game franchise.
Starting with 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Animal Crossing, which comes as a casual sneaker done in pastel colors. Note the Nook and Bell icons that dot the material. We c🐎an’t quite make out the pattern on the tongue, but it’s probably going to have something to do with Dodo Airlines.
Next up, BioShock. Technically laceless, this loafer-style shoe has a tiny gear system that tightens down and a pneumatic spring in the back thatꩲ looks like a giant shock absorber. Very steampunk, but also very cumbersome.
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:God of War’s sneaker is clearly based on the most recent PS4 game. It’s furry, leathery, and almost looks🉐 like you’re wearing a pair of boulders strapped to your feet. Not exactly the sort of thing that you’d call comfortable, but certainly useful for kicking in the skull of a Viking god.
Journey is the complete opposite of God of War. Rather than wearing boulders, now you’re wearing p💖illows. Light material scoots up your ankle (precluding the necessity of socks) while a flapping piece of material miꦗmics the game’s iconic scarf that seems like a tripping hazard.
Most of these have been sneakers, but Portal's shoes are Basket𒀰ball shoes designed to give a person some serious air. Depending on where you place your portals, potentially i♈nfinite air. Like BioShock, the heel has a sort of shock absorber device attached but it's far more clean and futuristic.
Resident Evil 8 (or 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:RE: Village as it's being called) is very much a military-style shoe. The buckle, laces, and material all scream rugged durability in the face ♒of the zombie apocalypse. Note the Umbre꧋lla corp logo.
Zelda has a very simil🦂ar military-style boot to Resident Evil, but with leather straps that tie together with shields.
And finally, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:World of Warcraft's shoes are made of chainmail with a spiked front and a pauldron in the he👍el. Although certainly protective, they're also probably very he𒆙avy and therefore really only suited to combat.
Each of these designs will be available ab🍃s💧olutely nowhere, but we can at least dream.