Militant Geek Custom Shirts

Deflated Defenses Tee for Your WOW Geek

matthew.reinbold — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:00:07 +0000

When it comes to geek finery sometimes I think I get too focused on only technical or sci-fi oddities. In reality, the land of geekdom is full of social misanthropes and quirky neurosis to fill a hundred of Mariah’s closets.

Take, for example, ‘Deflated Defenses’ from Glennz Tees. They obviously saw the huge renaissance fair contingent, weighed it against the legion of bouncy castle practitioners, and came up with an epic mashup to appeal to thousands (if not millions) who belong to both camps. Or maybe it just made them laugh. For $19.95.

WikiPedia is Accurate TShirt

matthew.reinbold — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:00:18 +0000

What could I say about Wikipedia that already hasn’t been said? Depending on what pundit you may be sitting closest to its either the repository of all that’s worth knowing (that’s not pr0n) or the victory of bully masses over reasoned scholarship. All I know is its where I look up my Dr. Who factoids.

This brilliant shirt from Busted Tees perfectly captures the ying and yang of the source that everyone love to doubt. You can have yours (no citation needed) for $18.99.

Rubix Cube = Sexual Dexterity?

matthew.reinbold — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:00:31 +0000

Dexterity This shirt has me torn. At first glance its a clever, albeit juvenile, tie in with a pop culture phenom that has been making a subtle comeback. On the other hand, it gives me great pause when I recall the words of Uncle Mort describing the “great pleasure” he derived from the “hours and hours” spent on the cube. Its that kind of ‘is-it-or-is-it-not-a-double-entendre that makes family reunions such hell. Don this tee at your own risk.

Rubix Cube shirt from Wicked Cool Stuff for $17.99. Tip ‘o the hat to Fashionably Geek for the find.

Back to the Future - starring Obama?

matthew.reinbold — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:26:28 +0000

So we’ve covered quite a few political-themed geek tshirts in the past several months. Thankfully, the quality of geek tie-ins continues even if the campaigns have gotten mired down in negative ads and semantics.

‘Barack Is the Future’ can be bought from KarmaLoop for $20. Props to Hide Your Arms for the find.

R2D2 Cutaway TShirt

matthew.reinbold — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:32:05 +0000

When it comes to geek memes few things can surpass Star Wars (despite Lucas’s best efforts to kill the franchise with episodes 1-3). A mainstay in the pantheon of lovable science fiction characters is R2-D2, the droid that could. Artist Reece Ward here shows us a cutaway of just what is in our favorite bleepin’ hero - apparently a trike, Dalek, etc.

You can buy this shirt from RedBubble.com for $23.94. Hat tip goes to Geekologie for spotting this gem.

Apple Derivatives Aren’t Dead Yet: iPwn Tee

matthew.reinbold — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:00:24 +0000

Pure Pwnage is a Canadian mockumentary based on Jeremy and his quest to be a pro gamer. Of course, central to any pro gamer is the ability to pwn, or completely decimate opponents, preferably in humiliating ways. Pure Pwnage’s store has a number of great items reflecting that including the ‘iPwn’ tshirt.

It’s available for $16.99 from the n00bstore. Online smackdown is extra. Props to TCritic for the find.

Human Genome Homage T-Shirt

matthew.reinbold — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:00:13 +0000

After launching to extremely high expectations Shirt.Woot.com has been quite a hit or miss affair. For every great, geek centric design there are a dozen that seem to be the equivalent C or D Threadless class submissions.

The ‘Human Genome’ shirt falls into the first category. Available for the post-Woot price of $15 its a nice addition for the genetic manipulator in your life. As first seen on TRoundup.

Battlestar Galactica: Roslin ‘08 Tee

matthew.reinbold — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:00:25 +0000

And now, in this hotly contested election year, I offer a ballad in support of a worthy candidate (sung to the tune of Gilligan’s Island):

Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from this Kobol port
Aboard this old spaceship.

The mate was a military man,
The president brave and sure.
The passengers set course that day
For a three hour tour, a three hour tour.

The Cylons started getting rough,
The old ship was tossed,
If not for the courage of the fearless crew
Humanity would be lost, humanity would be lost.

The ship set course for uncharted planet Earth
With “Starbuck” Thrace
Adama too,
Roslin and her staff,
those Boomers,
Dr. Baltar and Number Six,
Here in Battlestar’s berth.

So this is the tale of the castaways,
They’re here for a long, long time,
They’ll have to make the best of things,
With frakkin Cylon slime.

The President and the Commander too,
Will do their very best,
To make the others comfortable,
(Only after their Cylon test).

So join us here each week my freinds,
It’s sure to be a while,
The space stranded castways,
on this modern Gilligan’s Isle.

Rosline ‘08 shirt available from Hijink’s Ensue Store. Prices start at $20.

Catina Band - A Rock Band Parody Tee!

matthew.reinbold — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:00:40 +0000

Have you played Rock Band? If not, you haven’t lived. For many geeks, Rock Band is the closest we’ll ever come to having underwear thrown in our direction - hence its appeal. Combine a Rock Band parody shirt with a Star Wars reference and you’ve got a groupie worthy product.

The shirt comes from Think Geek and is available starting at $14.99. There is an affiliate link (to help the site) and a non-affiliate link available (to provide I’m not in the pocket of the powerful Tee lobby). Thanks to SlashFilm.com for the reference.

Hack Almost Makes CNN TShirts Newsworthy

matthew.reinbold — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:00:47 +0000

So CNN recently opened up its own tee shop. The idea was that when you found a headline you like you could order it on a shirt with the words ~~“I’ve got nothing better to do than shill for CNN”~~ “I saw it on CNN.com”. By itself that was only as titillating as a portrait of Bee Arthur on velvet. Luis, over at the Signal vs Noise blog, discovered that by manipulating the URL variables you could create something vastly more interesting - headlines that were actually funny. The subterfuge was made all that much more satisfying when ‘I saw it on CNN.com’ continued to be appended to whatever outrageousness could be divined.

Initially the only problem was that a checksum prevented people from ordering the shirts they actually wanted; “I’ll put Blitzer in a Situation Room” and “Anderson Cooper Has No Flag Pin” could only viewed, not bought. However, new reports show that even the ability to approximate physical impropriety has been nixed. Instead we’re left with “Shelter Dog Nurses 9 Orphaned Kittens”. Awesome…. and Fail.