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Subtle gamer clothes you can wear in public

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that shit is cash
 
Well, if you want over-the-top obvious; look no further than my favourite jacket:

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I've had people, so many people, like, two people over the past 3 years recognise this.

However, if I want to go low-key and tasteful, I also have this refined, subtle little number.

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Jokes aside, Fangamer.com and insertcoinclothing.com have a fair number of designs that are wonderfully subtle. By no means their entire ranges, but they have some decent stuff.

Thank you. I didn't know about insertcoinclothing. A bitch going to definitely buy something off of there.

I also didn't know the PS1 launched in 94. I could've sworn it was 96. I didn't think we crossed into 3D gaming so early.
 
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Bloodborne
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There are shirts with blue prints that look great and you some you can't even tell it is video game related and not just some random science/engineering thing.
 
I bought this Castle Crashers tshirt for my wife at Pax East about 4 years ago and its still her favorite tshirt to this day.

Known in our home as "the poopin' deer shirt".

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It looks great on my wife because she's half white/Japanese with olive skin, black hair, and huge boobs. The print is right over those juggernauts.

i want to quote this for the new page. just amazing
 
I got a ton of compliments on this one from both people who knew what it was and people who had no idea (one of them thought it was an inuit thing or something):

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And it's not so subtle but this is my favorite game t-shirt I own:

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Looks close to regular pjs.

Ah actually a dude I work with in my office who's a lawyer showed up with this same color blue hoodie and just had a number on the back ... Recognized the font and said " oh a vault dweller ". ... Was pretty funny had no clue dude played games.
 
I thought OP was listing what isn't subtle and would ask for something better at the end of their post.

Whew what a doozy.

For real though, anything minimal is good. Like no logo or preferably even words at all. Like a triforce or a 1up. Anyone who it's relevant to will know what it is without a big advertisement to go along with it. And no clothes that are made to look like a character are good, they are Halloween costumes nothing more.
 
This Uncharted 4 shirt is really good.

Best Buy Canada was giving them away for day one purchases. I did not get one but I wanted to buy one off someone who did
but they declined.

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I don't like Uncharted very much but I'd still buy the hell out of this shirt. Love Lemurs and my birth year was 82!
 
All right guys, so I have this pitch for a funny video game shirt that I want to get some feedback on:

So you have two washroom icons dressed like a bride a groom, right? Now, stay with me, because this is where the bucket of LOLZ comes in. Below the two, you have two words in black impact font. The two words are "GAME" and "OVER". You see, it's funny because single life is like a video game, so being married is like the end of the video game. I spent 5 months coming up with this concept, so it's basically perfect.
 
I...look, there's a few things in here that are ok. The AM2 shirt and the Splatoon ones. But seriously, a shirt with something like a gigantic Mario on it? Good on you for having the bravery/apathy to wear that, but subtle it isn't and you're likely actively repelling conversation from some people.

Id wear that Dark Souls shirt in the OP though if only to completely embarrass anyone I was with.
 
I...look, there's a few things in here that are ok. The AM2 shirt and the Splatoon ones. But seriously, a shirt with something like a gigantic Mario on it? Good on you for having the bravery/apathy to wear that, but subtle it isn't and you're likely actively repelling conversation from some people.

Id wear that Dark Souls shirt in the OP though if only to completely embarrass anyone I was with.

You're also likely to invite conversation from some other people. Whether or not you actually want to talk to them, however...
 
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Why, I oughta......

I...look, there's a few things in here that are ok. The AM2 shirt and the Splatoon ones. But seriously, a shirt with something like a gigantic Mario on it? Good on you for having the bravery/apathy to wear that, but subtle it isn't and you're likely actively repelling conversation from some people.

Id wear that Dark Souls shirt in the OP though if only to completely embarrass anyone I was with.
Dude, you have some major issues to work with if you're so bent over gaming shirts. Like sure, see things here are over-the-top, but it's just clothing dude jeez

Yeah man––I'd sell my soul on eBay to smell her leggings.
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In other news, I bought this one the other day and it's not super subtle but it's innocuous enough to wear out

 
I have this one from Wipeout

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That's awesome. I found a really great Assegai logo t-shirt on eBay a while back. Ended up not buying it, but I intend to lose a bit of weight and buy some slick tees.

Wipeout art is so good that it really lends itself to clothing like this.
 
I have abysmal taste, I'll hold my hands up to that; with that, though, I will acknowledge that I really like this T-shirt:

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And while it's a bit garish, I think this one's gaming association is pretty subtle:

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The thing that's always been a big hit with me is clothing that masquerades as something that would plausibly exist in-universe; the Silent Hill Radio Repair one above is a bit too on-the-nose, but that ballpark is the right region. I remember - moving away from gaming for a moment - falling in love with a Cyberdyne polo shirt I saw at T2-3D at Universal once, just with a simple embroidered Cyberdyne logo on the lapel, but they had limited sizes available and wouldn't fit me. Always been a bit gutted about that one.
 
Well, if you want over-the-top obvious; look no further than my favourite jacket:

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I've had people, so many people, like, two people over the past 3 years recognise this.

However, if I want to go low-key and tasteful, I also have this refined, subtle little number.

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Fucking love the Silent Hill 2-jacket. So good.
 
Well, if you want over-the-top obvious; look no further than my favourite jacket:

james_jacket.jpg


I've had people, so many people, like, two people over the past 3 years recognise this.

However, if I want to go low-key and tasteful, I also have this refined, subtle little number.

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Nice Jacob Singer jacket brah.
 
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