The Demonic Fashion Potential of Early 80’s Arcade Games
One of my favorite Brooklyn spots is a little slice of happiness called Barcade. As someone who spent the early 80’s standing on top of a milk crate to reach the game controls, the booze is a pretty thrilling addition. A jack & coke + whacking the eggs out of everything in Joust = happy times.
“Satan’s Hollow” is one of the games they’ve got, and I love the batwings embracing those menacing capital letters. Enough with the Care Bears, I’d love to see the fake vintage retro-80’s craze bring back the demonic stuff, I want this emblazoned across the chest of a babydoll t-shirt. (and then half the time people would ask if it was a band. No, just an OK video game that didn’t get nearly as popular as Space Invaders.)
However…
…this graphic, which flanks the screen, totally called to mind something I’d seen on Etsy.
I doubt the owner of 3 Rexes had luciferian gaming in mind when designing these earrings – more like Celtic art – but they’re so close. True, the pink gem isn’t as menacing as the game’s eyeball, but swapping in some blood-red stones would jack up the ferocity a tad.
And I would be totally unable to resist clicking through the wares of an Etsy store naming itself “Satan’s Hollow.” Like, “hi, I’m Satan, eternally evil but making crafty little things here in my hollow! Tempt, tempt!”
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