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The best and worst game promo T-shirts

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Words: Nathan Irvine, GamesRadar UK
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ThunderMuffinsMcgee  - 8 months 12 days ago 
cool
Mainman  - 8 months 12 days ago 
I have a long, sordid history of gaming shirts, which I will recount for you in a TL;DR comment:

- When UK shop chain Gamestation started offering gaming shirts a few years back, I bought two little Zelda-related numbers; one was all-black with a Triforce on the chest, 'Legend of Zelda' in gold on the rear neck, and the other was Kokiri-green with LttP Link on the front, holding the complete triforce, and in-game text recounting the legend "May the way of the hero lead to the Triforce". Now that I'm older and wiser, these are for indoor/emergency use only.

- In support of a webcomic called The Slackerz, I bought one of their first-run Johnny Turbo shirts (http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x257/Da_Mainman/DSCN0271.jpg). Safe for outdoor use, as other people can easily understand that their shirts DON'T EVEN COMPARE!

- I have two super-rare official Nintendo shirts; 'NDS VIP', and a long-sleeve white Wii one. The VIP one came as part of a special bundle for being one of the first people in Europe to own a DS (special Stars Catalogue pre-order), giving me a month's head-start and several free (American) games. The shirt is all-black with white writing, 'Nintendo DS VIP' emblazoned across the back and the ancient "Touch me!" slogan on the front. I wear this to public events and nights on the pull, covering up the back when necessary. The other one came as a prize in Gamestation's new 'GeddIt' scheme (exclusive to Scotland), where they run your card through a machine at each purchase and give you a prize if all three Space Invader sprites match (the machine wipes the card's surface, then reprints the necessary text/values/sprites). I missed a train, because it took them half an hour to figure out where the prizes were being kept (this was the first day of the scheme, and I was the first winner). I use this when playing tennis, or if I need to parody a Wii advert for some reason.
Gahmah  - 8 months 12 days ago 
Why is the drakengard t-shirt so happy when that game was.... nearly kafka-esqe
Hobojedi  - 8 months 12 days ago 
I heard Crytek bought Free Radical recently from the latest issue of Game Informer.. (I still love you PC Gamer)
ShAnWOW  - 8 months 12 days ago 
good ones are:
All Fallout 3 shirts
Bioshock Shirt
Burgershot shirt
COD 4 shirt
and Lost And The Damned Shirt
GoldenMe  - 8 months 12 days ago 
That "Raving Assassins" shirt.
I will pay you for it.
I really am not kidding.
ShAnWOW  - 8 months 12 days ago 
Good Shirts:
All Fallout 3.
Bioshock
COD4
Burger Shot.
Lost And Damned
nuno004  - 8 months 12 days ago 
It would be badass if they made a StreetFighter IV t-shirt with all the characters like in the Streetfighter anniversary Edition game cover
hunter_dude  - 8 months 12 days ago 
how are these so bad if i know were these were sold i would buy any of them
colorado20  - 8 months 12 days ago 
If anyone is looking for a casual Fallout 3 shirt I would suggest this http://cgi.ebay.com/Fallout-3-Vault-Boy-T-Shirt-black-S-M-L-XL-XXL-XXXL_W0QQitemZ140301228044QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item140301228044&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50.
It looks like just a guy giving a thumbs up if your not a gamer, but if you know about Pipboy the shirt becomes even better.
nadrewod999  - 8 months 11 days ago 
Why does anyone want to try to cash in on videogames through SHIRTS, let alone enough people for A WHOLE 3-PAGE ARTICLE TO BE WRITTEN SOLELY ON THE SUBJECT?!? It is at least one possible reason why we hhave NO FREAKING MONEY, WHAT WITH THE COLLECTORS, THE SHOPAHOLICS, AND EVEN ALL THE IDIOTIC SHIRT MAKERS WHO CAN'T EVEN MAKE SHIRTS THAT FEEL RIGHT OR ARE ABOUT GAMES PEOPLE KNOW AND LIKE!! IT'S MADNESS!!!!


(P.S. It isn't Sparta, in case all you l33t n00bs wanted to reply to me.)

((P.S.P.S. Anyone tries to reply to me with that message and I see it, I will parade their name on my profile as a total n00b, among other things, unless GamesRadar does it because you can't fight the law and expect to epic win.))
NelosAngelos  - 8 months 11 days ago 
I like the 101 tee, if only it didn't say Fallout on the back and was a deeper shade of blue.
Timothy_Lemon  - 8 months 11 days ago 
Working in a games shop I'd say i've seen worse.

XXXXL (yes four x's) 50 Cent Bulletproof tshirt anyone?

worse still i have to make my staff wear these hideous shirts to promote the games.

we had the pipemania one. also had some turok shirts that just had green T's on the front and nothing else.

at the moment we have these massive tees that say "ask me about Professor Layton" on the front.

definitly a binner.
Spybreak8  - 8 months 11 days ago 
I so would have the GTAIV Burger Shots one since I'm a fat American who loves burgers right? lol My personal fav is a cool zelda tshirt from jinx but can't find the link. However:
GTAIV Crime in the City shirt - http://www.jinx.com/men/shirts/video_games/crime_in_the_city.html?catid=2&cs=2&csd=2
Doom 2 BFG shirt - http://www.jinx.com/men/shirts/video_games/bfg_creed.html?catid=3&cs=2&csd=3
and my fav your skill in reading - http://www.jinx.com/men/shirts/video_games/your_skill_in_reading.html?catid=2&cs=2&csd=2
Zongoz  - 8 months 11 days ago 
Actually on the Fallout shirt that is not Pip-Boy, it is Vault-Boy.
somerandomchap  - 8 months 11 days ago 
i cant stand the stupid rabbids they are not funy anymore or ever were funny, please kill them all
SonicX_89  - 8 months 11 days ago 
The Rabbids Creed shirt was funny. I used to have a T-shirt that had a NES controller on the front, and the caption "Know Your Roots" underneath in black cursive. It was a cool shirt, and I didn't feel like a nerd wearing it; It actually fit me quite well.
colorado20  - 8 months 11 days ago 
Thanks for pointing that out Zongoz I felt rather stupid after reading my comment again.
Accidental  - 8 months 11 days ago 
I wish some of the decent shirts were avilable in a woman's cut. I'd wear them with pride.
deathrebellion  - 8 months 11 days ago 
Bunnies creed Lmao
GTA 4 lost and the damned tee looked nice
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