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It’s not easy being geek.Posted November 17th, 2009 At 11:30 pm By MTV ASIA
Gamers and gadget geeks are not exactly the most fashionable folks around
Jeans and t-shirts would be the standard uniform, and a pair of beat-up Chuck Taylors would round out the look. However, geek shirts — tees emblazoned with in-jokes and visual gags on games, gadgets, and sci-fi/fantasy titles, are gaining a following outside of geek circles.
Star Wars T-shirt: Urban Regeneration Project
Some of my favorite shirts are video game shirts produced by online gaming comics. Penny Arcade and VG Cats are two of the most popular lines, and I love them for two reasons: 1) they are genuinely funny even for non-gamers; and 2) they feature not just the games but also the web comic characters, so you get the best of both worlds. I am particularly fond of the ones about Final Fantasy VII, as I am almost embarrassingly in love with the title and will purchase anything with its logo emblazoned in it.But my absolute favorite shirts are from Star Wars fandom. Most — if not all, of these designs are unofficial art by fans, and many refer to famous lines and situations in the iconic movie franchise. The best thing about these Star Wars shirts is that the jokes are understood by any person who has seen the movies (and that would be about 2/3rds of the general population).
Some of these shirts are visually stunning and most are incredibly witty, and I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one who needs one in their current wardrobe.





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