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Diablo 3 shirt pokes fun at people who don't like color [Update] photo

Earlier this month we shared a couple of curious screenshots with you from Blizzard’s Diablo III. Instead of prominently featuring a Barbarian with bloodied mace amidst a crowd of skeletons, the screens revealed a brighter side of the game. One showed a unicorn spraying a crowd of enemies with a stream of rainbow colored poo. The other, well, had a marshmallow barbarian poised to strike.

The screens were nothing more than a tease -- a shot at the Diablo ultra-fans who have been clamoring for a grittier Diablo III since noticing that the game would have foreign colors like green or blue.

The image of that unicorn and his poo rainbow resonated with me on a level that I don’t want to make public. It must have hit the guys over at NerdyShirts pretty hard, too. They now carry the abominable shirt commemorating the epic mocking of hardcore Diablo fans with the aforementioned unicorn. The tee is bright, tasteful and colorful -- everything that a Diablo
zealot hates.

[Update: Oh, Internet. I originally thought that this shirt was created to commemorate a fake (yet tasteful) screenshot of Diablo III featuring a unicorn crapping a rainbow. I’m afraid that this isn’t the case.

Apparently, this is a recreation of a t-shirt Blizzard employees wore to BlizzCon 2008. You know, to piss off the “Hey, this game has to be dark or I’ll do something mean ... like sign an Internet petition!” crowd.

Well played, Blizzard. Thanks for your comments guys, and a very special thanks goes to Rob. He e-mailed me a hot link so I could get my facts straight.]

If you find yourself digging this shirt or any hilarious apparel over at NerdyShirts feel free to use the promo code “DestructoidNerd” for a 20% off coupon. Careful though, it's only valid for six more days.








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grafkhun's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2009 11:25
grafkhun
Everyone going to Blizzcon should buy this shirt and wear it.
Char Aznable's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2009 11:27
Char Aznable
This is brilliant, it's such a great "fuck you" to those people who take this too seriously.

Nice plug for NerdyShirts, do you get a cut?
BulletTrain's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2009 11:30
BulletTrain
I wouldn't say the design was inspired by the previous screenshot releases. This is a logo design that blizz put out as a joke a while back for some event after everyone complained that the game was too bright and happy.

But it being on a shirt is still pretty sweet. I think they should package it as swag for the game release hah.
Vanilla Gorilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2009 11:30
Vanilla Gorilla
They're sold out. =(
Corak's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2009 11:37
Corak
What Char said. If I was going to Blizcon I would totally rock this shirt just so I can meet these super fans face to face.
SephirothX's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2009 11:53
SephirothX
I want one of these
Pangloss's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2009 11:54
Pangloss
Holy piss this shirt is awesome. It would be awesome even if there hadn't been all that stupid "controversy" over D3's colors. I must have it, and it was sold out as soon as I saw this article. :(

Take note, NerdyShirts, I wait, twenty dollars clenched tight in my fist, for you to reprint this motherfucker.
KamikazeTutor's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2009 11:57
KamikazeTutor
Err... Brad... http://kotaku.com/5062184/behold-the-new-diablo-iii-logo-t+shirt

I was expecting Blizzard to sell these, not some random guy ripping off their joke design.
gamadaya's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2009 12:04
gamadaya
Very funny, but to be honest, I kind of agree with some of the whiners. I don't play Diablo, but I still don't like the look of 3 very much when you compare it to 2. Of course, I would never throw such a fit about it.
zanthox's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2009 12:28
zanthox
Sign me up for this mess!
BattyAdroit's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2009 12:31
BattyAdroit
I don't play Diablo, but D3 does look like WoW-derivative garbage. It doesn't look like Diablo at all.

I think the whiners have a point.
gamadaya's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2009 12:45
gamadaya
Yeah, that's it isn't it! It looks a lot like WoW. Now, WoW is a very pretty game with great art direction, but I'm not so sure it works as well for a game like Diablo.
ThrashingLimbsEd's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2009 12:46
ThrashingLimbsEd
I too agree

I really feel all blizzard games have the same art style.

Diablo really should go darker and not just look like WOW

Of course if the game is actually good I will buy and play it but honestly why can't we have something a little bit darker.
ShamblingCat's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2009 12:57
ShamblingCat
Like Kamikaze said, this is a blatant rip-off of blizzard's own design.

http://diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15849
Pacopaco's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2009 13:42
Pacopaco
@ShamblingCat

God it pisses me off when I see T-shirt companies ripping off other designs and peddling them as their own. It's like there's some contest in the apparel business to see who can sell the closest replica without getting caught.
Bleach Boy's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2009 13:44
Bleach Boy
I love this shirt so much!

As for the game, we haven't seen all that much of it at all. We don't know what the other locations look like. I'm sure they will have dark and gritty places in it.
Midgetsnowman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2009 15:12
Midgetsnowman
If you guys want diablo 3 to be darker and grittier looking why not just run it at lowest settings with the contrast on your monitor all screwed up?
woodPecker's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2009 15:55
woodPecker
I just bought this shirt in a hypnotic haze. All I know is my wallet feels raped.
woodPecker's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/18/2009 15:59
woodPecker
Now that I look at this shirt I've realized something. It's not bright nor cheery enough. The unicorns need to look happier and the rainbow....well don't even get me started. Why can't blizzard make a good f*ckin shirt anymore? It looks like a WoW shirt that says Diablo 3! THIS IS GARBAGE! BLIZZARD DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE GAMES ANYMORE! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
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