10 best game shirts for the holidays

November 28, 4:42 PMDenver Video Game ExaminerCarol Orsini

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With the holidays right around the corner, nothing says 'I love you' to that special button-masher in your life more than the gift of garb. As one fanatical gamer to another, these are the absolute best t-shirts that loudly proclaim; 'Yes. I play games.' Click on the images to go and get them! And as an incentive to you non-gamers, buying your gamer a shirt rather than a game equals more time they spend with you wearing it and less time that they're glued to the TV.

RRoD t-shirt design @ © SplitReason.com

Amazingly poignant, there's hardly a gamer out there who hasn't experienced the red ring of death on their precious Xbox 360. This shirt will make your gamer fiend an official survivor of the red ring epidemic and therefore, a god among humans.

Available at Jinx.com, a place many of you should already be entirely too familiar with, this classic Portal shirt clues you in to the imminent deception you will face as you proceed through the game. Remind that special gamer in your life that the cake is indeed a lie and have them remind the rest of us.

Another Jinx.com design, this shirt gets kudos for calling out the immense amount of working out all gamers no doubt take part in. Perhaps they should have a picture on the back of really ripped thumbs. Regardless, your gamer should call out what gave them that sweet body you love so dearly! Don't let those gym rats have all the fun. 

Obviously not something you want to wear at a children's birthday party, this highly inappropriate and highly hilarious BioShock t-shirt pun really deserves a spot on this list. Hey, at least Jinx.com is remaining creative! If you do get this for your gamer, or for yourself, make sure to count how many second looks you recieve while wearing this beauty.

Another classic Jinx.com shirt. Proclaim your lack of dependancy on drugs and just say no! Define your 'anti-drug' as video game addiction. Much safer, much more rewarding. Except when you don't hit the top of the flag when you jump on it to complete those Super Mario Bros. levels. Who doesn't feel lame when they miss that jump?

ThinkGeek.com steps it up and gives props to the best survival horror series out there: Resident Evil. If your gaming honey is a zombie-phile and knows every Jill Valentine, Claire Redfield and Leon Kennedy stat backwards and forwards, reward their useless knowledge with a Resident Evil shirt. They'll thank you for it. Just don't wear it to an airport unless you want a cavity search. Yikes!

Another winner from SplitReason.com. If only all achievements were so simple. This is a great incentive gift for your gamer who blithely replies 'Meh' when asked if they want to go out Friday night. It'll get you points...

Sold by the innovative and ever-wonderful, Threadless.com, this shirt, entitiled 'Amazon Addiction' portrays a softer side of Tetris. Another bonus is that it won't embarrass you with the largely scrawled writing of 'NOOBz' and 'PWNED' when you and your special gamer go out. A must-have for any person who has to bring their gamer into a social situation where 'polite company' is the buzzword.

Another beautiful design selling for $5 on Threadless.com. This, incidentally, was the winning entry from their 'Threadless loves Bioshock' art contest. I think another one should have won the title, but hey, not bitter.  Again, a game shirt that can be worn out in 'polite company' and still manages to make its wearer look artsy and deep. As deep as the city of Rapture! Ok, that was corny.

For the final, best game shirt out there comes another entry from the 'Threadless loves Bioshock' contest, entitled 'Dead Sucker.' On this artistic and beautifully rendered shirt is a Little Sister clutching her Adam syringe as well as a teddy bear, an 'angel' lying behind her. This shirt is utterly a personal favorite, and a shirt I've worn so often that it's really time for me to buy a new one. Unfortunately, Threadless.com is out of this style. Let's all request reprints and reap the benefits!