Excluding some of our more gregarious MMO brethren, gamers today are a different breed from the pocket protector and thick rimmed glasses wearing, socially awkward generations before us. Video games are part of pop culture in a major way now. Video game inspired movies, books, tattoos, colloquialisms, clothes and more abound. Gamers are cool now.
Or so I would like to believe.
Read on, dear friends, so that I may tell you the tale of “PMPB and the Real Gamers Do It Inverted T-shirt go to the mall” after the jump!
This past Sunday started as so many before it had…at around 3:30pm. Weekend mornings being reserved for old people and those among us “fortunate” enough to have to walk their dogs in -20°C weather. Their only warmth provided by the warm little “good morning” gifts their required by law to pick up. What can I say, I’m a cat person. Mornings suck.
I roll out of bed, do a quick “IS this shirt clean?” smell check and don my newly acquired red SG “Real Gamers Do It Inverted” T-shirt and a pair of blue jeans. Fun fact: the only reason I work for SG is because I get free clothes.
After a quick shave to keep the ol’goatee looking nice (I often wonder if Billy Gibbons’ beard keeps him extra warm in the winter), a quick brush of the teeth and a “you the man,” me and the mirror conversation and I’m out the door on the way to the mall. My mission: to acquire a copy of Saints Row 2 for the 360 and a copy of Uncharted for the PS3.
Now as a rule, I never leave my coat at the coat check at the mall. It’s not that I don’t trust the kids running the booth, it’s just that I don’t trust the kids running the booth. Of course rules can be ignored on occasions when the mall’s internal temperature is sitting somewhere between “hell in summer” and “I think I’m swimming in lava.” After feeling the boiling temperatures of the mall that day, I begrudgingly gave over my coat (after making sure I had not left anything valuable in it like gum wrappers) to a young man whose demeanor assured me that he took his coat monitoring responsibilities VERY seriously.
Now proudly displaying my new shirt (with an always fashionable white long sleeve undershirt I might add) I headed straight to EB Games. Wouldn’t you know it, the place was packed. I picked up my desired games and stepped into line, chiding myself for not bringing my PSP along to kill the time.
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Interesting read.
Let us know how the date goes.
I know it is hard for most gamers to get dates.
Luckily, I am also a musician.
Weeeeee! Great story!
Haha, brilliant. I wore mine today but since it’s Scotland, it was ruddy freezing and so my shirt remained under my jacket. My hair covers up the “Real Gamers Do It” bit anyway.
Awesome story and good luck with the date^^
The only one who really recognized my inverted shirt so far was a PC nerd from school…and he DIDNT understand is HAHA
Funny stuff! I like all the shirts too…it’s what I wear more than anything else. I don’t wear the red one though. I look bad in red and I really wouldn’t know how to answer an “Inverted” question. Good luck!!
Sorry, their isn’t enough alcohol in the world to make me think wearing any of those shirts is something I might do.
If I saw somone…a group would be worse….wearing that shirt, I would have to make fun of them.
I’m having a hard time believing this story is 100% truth.
“Just as I was leaving she turned and said “Eric…wear the shirt next weekend, it’s lucky now.”
How does she even know your name?
He’s called Eric? I thought his name was George the invertibrated giraffe!
Interesting story. I wonder if I’ll ever have such an interesting day if I ever pick up one of those shirts? My favourite shirt I have is one that says Big Cheese on it, from Murry’s cheese shop in New York.
@Abelmisi: She knows my name because I told her obviously, that’s how introductions work.
Glad you all enjoyed story time with PMPB.
@Sherwood
You can go ahead and make fun of me for wearing the inverted shirt (and I do) and I’ll just make fun of you for being too stupid to know the difference between “there” and “their.”
What is this “pop” you speak of? Is it Soda?
I asked myself the same question XD
Sounds like coke or something.
Some bracing “Pop” with ice
Rofl, awesome job, PMPB.
@Abelmisi: That is TOTALLY Pacman for you. He probably left out the alien encounter and two kidnappings in between the EB Games and Food Court just to make it a bit more believable.
@Pacman: Awesome story… all four pages had me chuckling. I think you should wear your “lucky” shirt to Vegas this week… ya never know!
Yes pop is soda or coke.
We need a picture!!!
The word pop is used in Chicago a lot also, ask Lono.
Very good story. I was scared by the lenght of it but was very entertaining.
Good read and good luck
Never knew getting kneed in the face could turn out to be a good thing rofl
I laughed out loud several times especially since I know all to well that these are exactly the kinds of days PMPB has all the time.
That was just awesome lol
This is the single greatest article ever written. Take that, Volkov.