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I Almost Want This Mario-Inspired Hoodie

So cool, but... nope. Can't do it.

"Hoodie" is short for "hooded sweatshirt." You're welcome.
Only people who look like they don't play a lot of video games can truly get away with wearing game-related clothing. When some scruffy, stoned-looking skater guy is all "dude, Mario hoodie," people are all "oooooh, niiiice." When I wear it, people are all "yeeeeeeeah, okaaaaay, we get it."

Some years back, I decided to retire nearly all of the game-related clothing from my wardrobe. Most of it was a bunch of crappy free T-shirts that consist of the game logo on the breast and... the same logo on the back, but bigger. I've since kept a Halo 3 shirt, mostly because it doesn't immediately look like it's a game shirt. And, when I forget to do laundry and get down to the bottom of the drawer, I still occasionally wear my Maximo underwear.

This Mario-inspired hoodie from Enclothe is quite a bit cooler than most purely promotional items, but not quite cool enough that I can pull the trigger on it. Plus it isn't official, so the art is all, like, hand-drawn or whatever. If I'm getting some Mario 3-era style, I want hard, pixelated edges all over that piece.

Still, it's pretty awesome. They've almost got me.

Oh, and those of you who are into cool designs and not so into logos will be happy to know that we aren't doing that whole "logo on the sleeve" thing that most places do. The logo will be applied tastefully when appropriate on our stuff. Speaking of which, I think we're going to be ready to start taking shirt and hoodie orders pretty soon. So there's your Giant Bomb merchandise update!

(This is the part of the story where I tell you that I originally saw this on Geekologie because that would be a nice thing to do)
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Edited By DFILL450

I feel like if I wore a Giant Bomb hoody, someone in my school would make me take it off because they're retarded and it has a bomb on it.

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Edited By Media_Master

looks neat

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Edited By kennybaese

I kinda want it. Retro gaming is in, man. :P

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" I think we're going to be ready to start taking shirt and hoodie orders pretty soon"

Will Gamestop be handling all the preorders?  Will preorders come with a LE item of some sort ie a hamburger, mini-Luchadeer keychain, nasty socks that were worn in Tokyo, etc.?

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Meh, that looks like crap to me.

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Edited By Kyle

Yeah, I almost want that hoodie as well

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Edited By erinfizz

Well, I think it looks cool...but then I have been known to wear Magic the Gathering and Settlers of Catan tee shirts.

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So true about wearing the shirts. Unfortunately, i think that will be the same case for giantbomb themed clothing for me. People won't get it, and then i'll explain it to them and then they'd probaby just look at me and slowly edge away.

Plus that hoodie looks terrible.

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Edited By tmontana1004

maximo underwear lol bad image jeff

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Edited By TheToecutter

Dude just grow a beard to look scruffy and you look stoned anyway and just buy that shit

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Edited By Captain_Fookup

overprint is wack as fuck same with thumb holes on the sleeves.

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Edited By TheIneffableBob

dang niggah u be pimpin that shiet hot tiems yah

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Edited By comradecrash

I am getting this!  I like the bright crazyness of it.  And hey! No one knows that I like video games so its a bonus for me.

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All I got from this is, "Soon and I can have my own Giant Bomb Hoodie....Awesome!!"

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What if you're a stoner skater-looking guy who's intensely into videogames? I think I could pull it off. Also...I want!

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Edited By Fbomb

Okay... that thing screams dork... but I guess that's just me. I think I'm past trying to pull off fashion trends tailored for the 16-24 demographic. A 27 year old business analyst wearing something like that doesn't scream dork so much as it cries out "I still want to be 18". I'm with you on the getting rid of branded promo shirts however. I have a closet full of hats, jackets, and shirts from my time spent at a beer rep that I only wear when working around the house. And, as much as I like video games, I've never been able to wear or buy a video game item of clothing...I guess I've never been able to publicly embrace my inner geek. :(

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Edited By Jayzilla

Black Giant Bomb hoodie with just a little logo upper breast. I'm sold. Make it happen. Heck, a little one of your deer mascot upper left, i will buy one of those too. Seriously, make these happen.

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Only people who look like they don't play a lot of video games can truly get away with wearing game-related clothing.

Very true
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Make a Bowser's castle variant and I'm sold.

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Edited By solroyale09

cliffyB (young Clifford) would be into this methinks...

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I'd buy that hoodie in an instant if I had any cash!

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Luchadeer underwear. Make it happen, gentlemen.

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"Only people who look like they don't play a lot of video games can truly get away with wearing game-related clothing."

wtf does that even mean? stoopid
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It means that only people who buy it because it's "trendy" can pull it off fashion wise.
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Edited By JoeLoaded

From the point of view of someone in between being a total geek and a "hipster" (I fucking hate that term) I'll tell you right now that the "allover print" hoodies area dying breed. Seriously... this is equivalent to those goddamned paisley patterns and "wallpaper" clothes I keep seeing everywhere.

Keep It Simple, Stupid!!!

I have to admit, though, this hoodie has irony written allover it. I kind of want it. Just kind of...

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Edited By FesteringNeon

Just make sure to add "UNI" to the top of the hood... please.

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Good luck with the merch

I love my Gears of War hoody, its the warmest one i have and we have no heating atm. Ill take the fashion hit