I love the fact that gaming apparel has quietly slipped from geek wear to chic wear. OK, maybe not chic, but it was the only fashion word I could think of that rhymed with geek. Kyle Orland, of Video Game Media Watch, wrote an interesting story about the rising mainstream popularity of geek fashion for the Escapist a few weeks back. The best part is that he quoted are very own weekend editor Michael McWhertor, who also runs Geek on Stun.

"It's a quick punch line versus an elite club of recognition," says Michael McWhertor, author of the Geek on Stun blog, about why he doesn't like shirts, like those mentioned above, that use familiar videogame images as a jumping off point for some ironic gag slogans. "Why does it have to be a joke? I'm semi-comfortable admitting in public and in front of peers that, yeah, I'm a gamer. But if Kuribo's Shoe is a good design or aesthetically pleasing, why can't we start there?"

Personally, I only like the truly obscure T-shirts like my Shiigy shirt, or the Role Model hat I just bought.

Geek on your Sleeve [The Escapist]

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