Due to the workplace Steam Deck, I now have a alternative of venues for taking part in Infinity Nikki: on the couch, wrapped up in a quilt, AND avoiding all of my duties. Jokes apart, handheld gaming PCs have ushered in an period of AAA gaming-on-the-go, however they’re nonetheless pretty cumbersome units. Effectively, the newest assortment from Asus sports activities luggage that try to guard your preciously priced {hardware} in type.
With a price ticket of $800 for the ROG Ally X, you possibly can’t simply pop your handheld right into a sizeable pocket and keep on with out first confronting the worry of a scratched-up display screen at the very least; a specialised carry case is a should for anybody desirous to take their handheld additional afield than the sofa. As such, Asus has revealed new additions in its Slash line of journey luggage particularly for stowing your ROG Ally and related handhelds. Sadly…nicely, I am going to simply put it this fashion: I do not suppose these luggage are going to function in lots of look books this season.
Three totally different luggage have been introduced: The Slash Sling Bag 4.0, the Slash Sleeve 4.0, and the Slash Backpack 4.0. Although they don’t seem to be successful any factors for these product names…nicely, they seemingly will not be scoring notably extremely within the stylist battle both.
The entire luggage can be found in a tasteful all-over-black colourway, with the sling bag and sleeve each that includes “tear- and water resistant building.” I can solely theorise as to why the Slash Backpack is not additionally described as at the very least ‘water resistant’. One chance is that, whereas the roll-top opening with magnetic Fidlock quick-release buckles makes the backpack’s total measurement considerably adjustable, it does not make for essentially the most safe closure—then once more, it could merely be that sporting this backpack will make you appear to be a giant drip.
Nonetheless, 26 litres of capability is nothing to smell at, with the Slash backpack simply accommodating bigger laptops as much as 18 inches in dimension. Even the Slash sleeve is pretty roomy too, with area for as much as a 16-inch laptop computer, plus equipment.
Nonetheless, these new Slash luggage all function a design flourish that I simply can’t get previous. To be truthful, I can see the thought course of: when crafting any form of textile product that includes virtually completely one shade, it is smart to play with texture and dimension.
Maybe Asus hoped for one thing slightly extra in dialog with motorbike leathers, however sadly what they’ve ended up with feels ever so barely paying homage to highway kill to my eyes. Alas, I dread to suppose what the Sovereign of Cool would say to me if I rocked up with one in every of these.
That mentioned, I’ve glowed up many a chunk in Infinity Nikki that was in any other case missing in stars, so by no means say by no means—possibly any one in every of these Slash journey luggage would sit fairly as a part of a techwear match. That apart, no launch date or pricing has been introduced for these new additions simply but.
