For those of us coming of age in the mid-80s, Super Mario Brothers for the NES represented the pinnacle of video-gaming. It was also hard as balls to defeat. Times change, however. With today’s typical video game requiring some sort of military training and a degree in particle physics, most people can beat the relatively simple 8-bit Mario Bros. in five minutes or less.
Yet and still, if you do happen to die while zipping to World 8 via World 1 and 4 warp tubes, it’s likely at the hands (or wings, rather) of a flying koopa paratroopa. In other words, when you attempt to jump over a flying turtle on the large staircase at the end of a level, Mario’s shoestring — not even his shoestring, that little plastic tip at the end of a shoestring — brushes against the wispy tip of a koopa paratroopas’ feather, killing you.
This is all to say that koopa paratroopas are, in the parlance of our times, “player haters,” which lends much credence to BustedTees Player Hater t-shirt. This tee depicts koopa paratroopa v1.0, the original avian-reptilian monstrosity from Super Mario Brothers, with “player hater” written underneath. It’s a subtle, pixelated beauty.
Details:
Color: Army
Sizes: Men S-3XL; Women S-XL
Price: $20
Get the Player Hater t-shirt before someone stomps your wings off!
nipples are distracting..