Hot Topic, the company that brought you such chillingly anti-authoritarian fashion statements as, well, anything you’ve seen on that smelly kid who subsists primarly on pieces of his own flesh pulled from his face and Mountain Dew, have started selling a line ofGuitar Hero II shirts. Of course, to compliment their psuedo-cutting-edge gaming-as-hipsterism shirts, they still offer wallet chains, music from bands Carson Daly is too hip to listen to, and all the faux-teen-angst you’re able to shake a loaded shotgun at.
Sorry kids, gamingusedto be cool. Itusedto be a refuge from the “normal people” with their “attractive girlfriends” and “proper hygeine”, but with Hot Topic’s apparent co-opting ofyourfavoritetitles, it’s nowstrictlymainstream. Every time you fire up your PlayStation, Xbox or Wii, you’re officially fellating the money-hungry phallys of “The Man”.
As a reaction to the assault on our haven,Destructoidis going to be changing from a video game Web site to a Web site devoted to DIY bird feeders. You heard it here first;home made bird feeders are the new black.
