Since yesterday, just prior to the very kind Kotaku mention which is going to have us filling orders all weekend (thanks Luke [seriously!]) we’ve been steadily adding new products to the store. You can see all the new stuff in the rightbar, but I’ll save the ‘official’ new-merch update for tomorrow evening.

If you’re subscribed to the mailing list, you might want to hold off on your purchase for another day or so—we’re hoping to send out a small coupon tomorrow night :) In the meantime, some miscellaneous news/announcements:

  • Orders will be shipping a little slow until this weekend, so please bear with us as Steve, Camille, and I work through the backlog (a good problem to have, for sure).
  • We’ve got at least one big announcement coming a little later this month as we prepare to make strong moves into some new franchises. We’re also going to be giving new definition to our business model (hint: Starmen.Net isn’t the only fansite which deserves great merch). It’s gonna be awesome.
  • I’ve been doing some miscellaneous maintenance on the store, but most importantly, I finally implemented product variants! No more massive lists of shirt styles/colors—everything is now pared down into nice pulldown boxes.
  • Our friends at Mana Potions not only wore one of our shirts in their awesome chain gun video, but they also sent us a really cool package filled with neat things designed to increase our heart meters (and our heart rates)! I love those guys/girls.
  • Brandon Boyer from Offworld, Bob Mackey from 61 FPS, Michael Abbott of Brainygamer, Rant Howard, and lots of other bloggers have bought their own copies of the Handbook (and other merchandise as well!) and then given us some very kind reviews. No payola or anything, just dudes who love good gaming merch! Heart = warmed, thanks guys :)
  • You’ll notice that our merch updates are getting more ‘diverse’, and we’re starting to feature merchandise which supports independent artists. This is a goal I’ve personally been working towards for years now (oldbies may remember Artistorm), so it’s really exciting to finally see it happening. If you know a great artist who loves the classics and is interested in selling some handmade art, let us know!

PS: You can finally leave comments on these front-page updates! Hoorj!