Want a conversation starter at awkward parties? Want everyone to know how much you play video games? Do you want strangers to approach you and say, “cool shirt, dude”? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you should consider buying a gaming shirt.
Whatever your reasons, gaming shirts are plentiful these days! With so many options, it’s hard to choose – and no one’s wardrobe can consist solely of T-shirts. To lend you a helping hand, we are with some of our very favorite options in this article!
if you can see me
If you are a Dungeons & Dragons fan, this shirt is a great option for busting your nerd-dom in public! It comes in ten colors, so there are options for every wardrobe out there. As we see it, if you’re going to wear a shirt with a cheesy slogan on it, at least make it funny! This one is a little goofier in bright, light colors like pink that jump out at you, just for the irony.
In addition, this shirt makes you feel good when to leave a conversation – just point to your shirt and say you rolled a natural 20. Then run away as quickly as possible. They’ll laugh… or they’ll never talk to you again, but that’s okay, because if they can’t appreciate a good D&D joke, then we don’t want them.
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Nutrition Facts
This generic gaming shirt is a good conversation starter. From a distance, it’s pretty common – if you can read the word ‘Gamer’, a stranger might laugh at it. But up close you can check out all the crazy stuff that’s written on the shirt, like how you “need pizza and soda.”
This one is available in five colors and thanks to its conversation-starting nature it is great for parties. It’s best used when you know that the people around you will at least be receptive to some light-hearted conversations about video games; we wouldn’t recommend this shirt for an office meet-and-greet. Finally, what if they look you up and find your Twitch stream?
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Borderline Animal Crossing cosplay
Animal Crossing has a distinct feel to it as a franchise, and the latest installment, New Horizons, only served to perfect and solidify it. Worn by the team who help manage and run your island, these button-up shirts are simply iconic. Thanks to the miracle known as technology, you can have a perfect recreation of it!
The best thing about these shirts is that they are hidden. Anyone familiar with the game will love it, while it won’t come across as particularly unusual to non-gamers (maybe a little flamboyant).
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Back in society
Shirts that are full of text tend to overwhelm an onlooker, but we’ll make an exception for this one. It’s a shirt about how someone forced you to be social (which, unsurprisingly, is the subject of most game shirts these days).
What we love about it, however, is that this controller vaguely resembles the original Sony PlayStation DualShock controller, which was released in 1997. If we are to believe the shirt when it tells us you put down this controller and re-entered society, it would mean: you’ve been locked out of video games for over two decades. You must be getting desperate!
Or you can always just buy it to feel smart when you explain to people the differences between the controller on the shirt and the actual 1997 DualShock.
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We know
The design of this shirt is nice and simple: the hand (which is the symbol of the Dark Brotherhood in the Elder Scrolls) with ‘We know’ scribbled underneath. It mimics the letter you get in Skyrim once the Dark Brotherhood takes note of you.
Like Animal Crossing’s, we love this shirt because it’s hidden. To any uninformed onlooker, this might look like a tense, foreboding shirt. Even if they had played Skyrim before, that might not mean they had contact with or remembered the Dark Brotherhood. However, the educated people in the crowd will know you for the gamer that you are.
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Lilo & (Gamer) Stitch
Stitch might not be from a video game herself, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be in your gaming merchandise! Available in seven colors to choose from, this adorable t-shirt is sure to give you an adrenaline rush every time you look at it.
Finally, what better way to start the day than by taking this shirt off? Even if you don’t want it for yourself, it would make a great gift for a teen or child in your life who has started gaming.
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Atari logo
We can never forget the early days of video game culture. At the same time, the world was somehow incredibly different and essentially the same as we are today. Many of us grew up with the early consoles, such as the Atari, and will never forget them.
With this shirt you can remind all spectators of that. It is available in five different colors and cuts for men, women and children as everyone of any age or gender is welcome look back fondly on the old days.
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Adventure awaits at Baldur’s Gate
Another secret shirt option! This is equipped with Dungeons & Dragons’ Baldur’s Gate, drawn in a modern style. You see these kinds of designs on shirts from many places – cities, countries, tourist destinations, the works – so when one eye goes over it, it looks pretty normal.
However, take a closer look at the details, and there are lots of little references to make any Dungeons & Dragons fan happy. This shirt is also available in five different colours, giving you plenty of room to match your wardrobe.
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to mischief
We can’t help but love this simple yet unique Mario t-shirt design. Boo (the ghost) lurks in the distance while the villains of the series nearby get into some mischief.
With popular brands such as Mario, the shirts are often quite uninteresting. They have a Mario game logo and/or some franchise characters and/or some crazy joke. This one is a refreshing change of pace; it creatively features underrepresented characters from the series.
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gamesoltl
We couldn’t resist showing you this adorable “gamesolotl” t-shirt! It with an axolotl holding a small controller in his hands – we could coo about it all day.
The shirt comes in ten colors, so you have a lot options on how edgy you want your gamesolotl to look. Black is of course a classic gamer color, so it can suit your setup and make the gameolotl look like a serious player. On the other hand, a yellow shirt makes it look like the game solotl is having a nice relaxing day, laying in the sun and enjoying their favorite hobby. The choice is yours.
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