Visiting the website of Canadian company Split Reason is like opening the doors to a geeky dream closet. It’s hard to pick just one thing to wear, as there are so many winning selections.
“Inspired by that dude with the pointy ears, and we don’t mean Mr. Spock,” Split Reason’s line of Zelda-based apparel will enchant Nintendo fans on a quest to tap into the power of the Triforce, and tide over followers of web series The Legend of Neil who are currently waiting on poll results for official show t-shirts to be made. The Linked design, available as a men’s hoody and t-shirts in men’s and women’s baby tee sizes, incorporates all the iconic images associated with The Legend of Zelda video game and is printed on a thick, Link-green fabric that’s double-stitched for extra durability. The t-shirts are soft, pre-shrunk, 100% cotton, while the sweatshirt is a warm cotton-polyester blend with a double-lined hood that helps hide pointed ears on travels outside of Hyrule. Split Reason also offers a Hearts Mug to sip your favourite re-energizing potions out of while playing Zelda or watching The Legend of Neil. Final score for Linked: three out of three healing hearts.
If Mario is the franchise that makes you jump for joy, Split Reason has a bunch of related garb featuring the Super and 1-up Mushrooms. Get set to power-up and earn extra lives when you wear these stylish and brightly-coloured threads!
The Grow Up and Get a Life t-shirts, like the Linked design, come in men’s and women’s baby tee sizes made of pre-shrunk, double-stitched cotton. A snuggly Grow Up hoody is listed only in men’s sizes but will fit women who order a size smaller than they normally would.
Greedy gamers who think one mushroom just isn’t enough have the option of laying claim to the entire Tree of Lives. “It does exist!” Split Reason insists, “and if you can only ascertain its location, you can ditch the fountain of youth and simply feast on its fruit and 1UP your way to immortality!” Whether this fabled tree of the Mushroom Kingdom really exists or not, it makes a peachy image that proclaims to the world that you are the master at cheating digital death.
“Every day you wake up and have to get dressed, why not get dressed with a little geek and gamer pride!” Split Reason enthuses. “Now go forth young Jedi and spread the word about the geek and gaming haven that is Split Reason.com!” Split Reason’s playful attitude, coupled with first-class customer service, is why it pwns its competition. That, and an interactive website, more playground than place of business, where geeks congregate to compete in weekly contests, earn rewards by submitting pictures of themselves in their new gear, trades ideas and feedback for Gold Pieces that can be redeemed on future purchases, and submit ideas and designs that their peers are then able to vote into actual production. The company even has a 30-day money-back guarantee on the loot you drop your hard-earned coin on, so what are you waiting for? Go do some retail damage!
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