TGR recognizes something about gaming: The truest, most hardcore gamers aren’t a product of what console they own, the achievements or trophies they’ve unlocked, or anything silly like that. No, nothing speaks louder about the level of affection for your favorite pastime as the amount of pointless crap you own. That’s right folks! Go ahead and beat Gears of War 2 on super duper hard without firing a shot and taking no hits, because those bragging rights will never compare to the power of pure commercialism! As such, we present you The Schwag Review, TGR’s bi-weekly guide to all the goodies a gamer could ever want to up their geek street cred! As I’m in a Zelda mood this week, that’s going to be our starting point, so get out your rupees, boys and girls, we have some spending to do!

The Legend of Zelda (NES) T-Shirt

No matter what Nintendo is currently doing to further ruin, or as they’d say, make the Zelda games more accessible to all those adventure-inclined soccer moms, we still have the good old days when the best graphics were 8-bit and a complete and utter lack of a story wasn’t a problem, but an expectation. This shirt taps into the best of that era, featuring a nice style print of the original Legend of Zelda logo. I have a lot of gaming shirts, and while I’m a fan of the occasional shirt loaded with bombastic imagery, usually I prefer something a bit more subtle. This shirt meets that requisite and with the recent love of retro stuff by both gamers and the mainstream, you might earn a few compliments from more than just the middle-aged balding fellow that manages the local GameStop.

Price: $15.88