Hot Topic cashes in on Guitar Hero II; yeah, punk is officially dead

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 of Guitar 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 can shake a loaded shotgun at.
Sorry kids, gaming used to be cool. It used to be a refuge from the "normal people" with their "attractive girlfriends" and "proper hygeine", but with Hot Topic's apparent co-opting of your favorite titles, it's now strictly mainstream. Every time you fire up your PlayStation, Xbox or Wii, you're officially fellating the money-hungry phallys of "The Man".
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