Insert Coin Clothing

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If you’re a gamer you should enjoy this one, although the brand name Insert Coin Clothing harks back to the arcade generation, but all the tees and hoodies on offer are far more up to date. Taking inspiration from all your fave games including Gears of War, Mario Kart, Metal Gear Solid and Bioshock.

They’ve had a ton of exposure including a recommendation from the (not particularly funny) comedian Phil Jupitus (where’s Bill Bailey when you need him?) and appearances on the BBC, Xbox Live, Start/Select and plenty more media channels. They’ve already sold 1000′s of tees and hoodies and have a big online following, so I’m rather flummoxed why Jon Rhodes (any relation to Nick?) – one of the guys behind the company  – wants our lil’ old blog to give them a shout… still we’re glad to oblige.

I’ve reviewed a few movie themed labels before and ICC work on much the same principle, if you love gaming and know the titles well, these tees should all be pretty much self-explanatory. I, to be painfully honest with you, haven’t a clue, I still can’t get a copy of Populous 2 to work on my Macbook, but that’s another story. ICC’s tees are available in different cuts for guys (s-3XL) and girls (S-L) to at $20/£25/€30 each. They also have a very hot female model …heh.

Calber’s Fine English Ketchup Tee

Inspired by Metal Gear Solid.

Zakhaev International Airport Tee

Inspired by Modern Warfare 2.

Torgue Tee

Inspired by Borderlands.

Red Shell Garage Tee

Inspired by Mario Kart.

Glowing Sigil

Purely on a design level my fave. Inspired by Shadow of the Colossus.

See all the tees, hoodies or even buy a gift voucher at www.insertcoinclothing.com.

Choose Your Weapon T-Shirt

admin    T-Shirt News     Ian Leino, collection, cool tees, gamer t-shirts, graphic t-shirt, icon, montage

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from ace designer Ian Leino, so it was great to hear from him about his latest t-shirt, it’s called “Choose Your Weapon” and I’m sure you’ll get the idea the moment you see the pics. I really like icon montage/collection designs, I’ve featured a few on this blog, but this is definitely a new one on me. This tee is actually an ever so subtle gamer shirt, perhaps the most subtle I’ve ever encountered. All the weapons depicted are from popular video games, the best of the best mind you. It includes some of my own personal favourites like the BFG from Doom, the Railgun from Quake 4 and the Energy Sword from Halo. So get ‘tooled up’ now and… Choose Your Weapon!

Choose Your Weapon T-Shirt

Here’s a handy fan-made key to all the weapons featured in this shirt.

You can buy this cool  t-shirt in all sizes for both men and women for $18 at shop.leino.com.

Sometimes Being Jinxed Is A Good Thing!

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     Jinx, RPG, WOW, gamer t-shirts, geek t-shirts, jinx.com

Jinx or as this √ºber cool label like to spell it J!NX are more like a geek and gamer crew than a community, plus there are some heavy graffiti and street art influences in both the design of their site and their unique t-shirts. If you’re like me and lean towards illustrated and graphic shirts then you’re in luck, most belong to the gamer genre, they seem to be particularly RPG mad there. If you love Warcraft, EVE Online, Afro Samurai , Axiom or Dungeons and Dragons then you’re spoilt for choice when it comes to their special collections, if not then check out their classic tees, and yes loads of them feature skulls ;)

They do go on a lot about identity rather than fashion, I’m guessing it’s something to do with sliding between real life and virtual life all hours of the day, I wouldn’t take the philosophy to seriously though, just wander round and enjoy the tees. Here’s some of my faves… read more

A Close Shave With Fuzzy Ink

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     Fuzzy Ink Tees, Mario Bros, fuzzy ink, fuzzy ink tshirts, fuzzyink t-shirts, fuzzyink.com, gamer t-shirts, gamer tees, gamer tshirts, retro gaming

This is what we love at Buy Tees, a great label with graphic flair and a sense of humour who have created an enticing store, cool products, and all based on an original philosophy that’s guaranteed to pull in the punters. Ironically if there’s one thing I’m sure about Fuzzy Ink T-Shirts it’s that they’re certainly not fuzzy, oh okay perhaps in a warm fuzzy glowing way tinged with a taste of retro gaming nostalgia, but in every other way these guys are bang on the mark.

The Mario Bros. mad, false mustachioed, t-shirt addicted guys behind Fuzzy Ink are John Paul, Justin Stimmel and Mike Paul have made sure that from the second you step into their site you’ll feel at home. Their unique style and graphic bravado is equally matched by their overtly quirky sense of humour, which guarantees that should buy a t-shirt, hoodie, button or belt or just want to “hang out” for a while, you are guaranteed to have a laugh. If you want to keep updated on all their escapades then you can read their barmy blog here at the site, follow them on Twitter or become their friend at their Myspace page.

The guys at Fuzzy Ink want you our readers to feel even more at home and are offering this permanent discount for all Buy Tees readers:-

Tees Please

Enter the above for a 10% discount on all their products!

There’s two things you have to know about Fuzzy Ink, expect to witness a sincere passion for hilarious handlebar moustaches and a devotion to the now almost forgotten Mario Bros. game, yes, yes, you can still play it on all the latest new fangled consoles, but it’s not the same as trying to manouvre an 8-bit pixellated Mario with a dodgy old joystick on an old NES (even a SNES was a luxury then). If you don’t know what I’m talking about you missed out big time, once in the far and distant past most kids didn’t have cellphones and serious gaming gear, we had L.E.D calculators, arcade games that were still in the arcade, and limited access to decent t-shirts (oh you lucky things), plus if you wanted to text it was on a piece of paper at the back of the class. Still back to the future, which apparently seems to be now…

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