I can't imagine anywhere I'd rather do than go than hot-topic.

Also, blending my computer's innards into a fine powder and eating it. That'd be equally enjoyable.

I wouldn't be surprised if they sell better at Hot Topic. For as much shit that Hot Topic has, they do have a few gems every once in a while and if you are looking for a gaming shirt, it is a good place to go for that.

So what if I'm a gamer with a shred of self-respect, and want one of these shirts? Am I screwed?
I mean...Hot Topic. All the proof I need that it's a place forsaken by god is their official site: [www.hottopic.com]

Cmon', I hope the Hello Kitty store or Limited 2 stocks them. Then, even as a straight male, I'll maintain more of my dignity.

@Polywhirl: Sometimes you have to just swallow your dignity and go places you don't like to go. I hate shopping at FYE for things because they are overpriced, but sometimes I want a cd right then and FYE unfortunately is the only music store that has a large enough selection to usually have whatever it is that I'm looking for and I suck it up and go there.

The reason they should sell them at Hot Topic is because Hot Topic can mark up their shirts by like 500% and people still buy them. Seriously, a crappy t-shirt for $20? Outrageous.

So, can I just buy them direct already? I'm not going to Hot Topic, and I'm not going to apologize about that.

@Moonshadow101:

Agreed, Hot Topic is...

lets just not.

Urban Outfitters I might be okay with, but the price would soar if they sell them there.

I don't see what the problem is with Hot Topic, I do shop there occasionally, for T-shirts, mostly. As for the price mark-up, well we are talking about the mall, right? What do you expect? I most recently bought 2 tees there for 1/2 price.... So it's not all that bad.

@holy_cow: That's all you have to do. Wait for the item to go on sale.

well i saw these shirts at very end like in this picture, they were not put closer to other cooler shirts. The reason i didn't buy any of those shirts is because they were not that great to wear.

Hell will freeze over when Urban Outfitters agrees to carry these.

Hot Topic can have them, I don't step foot in that place. All in all though these are ugly shirts, and who wants to wear a shirt of some indie game anyway? Just count your losses and fire the genius who came up with this idea in the first place.

Damn. I wanted to grab that Robot one. :(

I'm kinda mad I didn't get it last Saturday. Given the Target in my area still has it, I'll go and pick it up before it's gone.

@HibikiRush:
this is perfect for Urban. Its counter-culture that doesn't think it's too cool... just cooler than everyone else in the room

Sell them online? I'm sure that'd work.

@bangbangblah: No, dont think so. Half the appeal was getting a nice physical copy of the game, but online, well, you can download them for free online, kinda takes the fun out of it

That's a shame, wanted to pick up at least one just for pure support of the devs if nothing else. Maybe I'll have to go see if the target near me has one and do some CAG game hunting at the same time.

One day? Well if i see them in a bargain rack i'll pick some up. I was really looking forward to these.

Not really surprising. There really isn't that big an audience for these things.

Although I've seen a recent trend in selling Transformers and retro game-themed T-shirts at my local mall. Guess they're going for the geek dollar.

Anything new happen in regards to the Playstation apparel story? I want a sweet Kai hat, or at least an Uncharted shirt. It would be awesome with a half tuck and ND holster. ;)

I don't understand why Kotaku's commentors (I'm sure you guys are all acclaimed fashionistas) start pissing and moaning whenever Hot Topic is brought up. Is it because a lot of posers go there to buy shirts of supposedly "indie" bands that are manufactured by huge corporations so they can "out-cred" their friends? Because replace "bands" with "games" and that's exactly the same thing as buying a "Tower of Goo" shirt,except liking indie games probably won't get you laid.

As far as the price goes,I got a sweet Siouxsie and the Banshees shirt AND a Darkstalkers shirt there for 4 bucks each. They have a LOT of stupid shit there,but if you look around,they also have Super 7's book,cool transformers stuff,and I've even seen Metal Slug shirts there. Games don't get any more hardcore than Metal Slug,people.

And for the person complaining about the shirts being 20 dollars,sometimes even unliscensed video game tees can cost 30. ;)

This is the first I've heard of it, though not like I've ever seen a Target in Canada anyway... but I would totally wear a Gish shirt until it wore out and fell off me.

@kidnicky: Exactly. We have people on this site that will pay a lot more for McWhertor's shirts , and then complain about spending $20 at the mall.

Even better is the people that crap all over Hot Topic. Was Target really any cooler? I go to Target with my wife and don't really go to the mall, so I'm no 'fashionista'. But can either of these stores be considered hip? I know that I have a better chance of getting a game shirt at HT than somewhere else.

That's depressing.
I think the problem is that no one had any idea what the games were. Indies need to get the word out about their games. In general, they need better marketing.

Hot Topic can be devided in 2. One side(litterally, sometimes) has some pretty neat stuff(actually a bit less than half unfortunately), and the other side is the one filled with the half goth/half emo crap that attracts all the wierdos and requires all the clerks to have atleast twice as many holes as the ones they were born with.

Frankly, I actually prefer them at Hot Topic, mainly because there is one in the mall here, and that all the hippies in the San Francisco seemed to have scared off Wal-Mart and Target miles away from here, and the other reason being it will sell more. Probably for the wrong reason(World of Goo? Oh, I get it, it's ironic. *throws away game*), but I would like to think it somehow converts a few emo kids into nerds, and that makes it all worth while.

They also have some other nice tee-shirts, so with having the games there too, I might have enough of a reason to brave the horrors of the wierdos there.

My target didn't even have these shirts. I asked. They never got them.

As for hot topic, I hate the store. I always have. They try to hard to be "cool" and I'm old enough now that this sort of nonsense just offends me (though to be honest it offended me when I was a good deal younger as well). Target was fine for me, it's just a store that sells stuff. Different kinds of stuff. No pretense.

Oh well, I guess I won't be supporting indie game developers. I honestly haven't played any of these games (work/life keeps me from spending 70+ hours a week gaming whenever a new zelda comes out), but with such a low low price for a shirt AND game, I was set to buy pretty much all of them.