The books aren’t out until 23 November, but something else has escaped first. Our little walking handheld, the mascot drawn for The Glow of the Game, now has a range of official merch, available from today in the new Merch section of this website.
The design is a bold, one-colour orange print in the style of an old screen-printed shop T-shirt: a waving, pixel-faced LED handheld, “The Glow of the Game” in chunky lettering, a little Japanese text as a nod to the makers who started it all, and the web address underneath.
What’s in the range
- T-shirt in Pepper grey, heavyweight garment-dyed cotton, sizes S to 4XL: £24.99
- Hoodie in black, sizes S to 5XL: £39.99
- Embroidered cap in black with orange stitching: £22.99
- Tote bag in natural organic cotton: £19.99
- Black glossy mug, 11 oz or 15 oz: £15.99
- 2027 wall calendar, A4 portrait with a wire hanger: £16.99
A calendar full of glow
The calendar is the one I’m most pleased with. Every month is a close-up of a real game screen, photographed from my own collection while I was working on the books: red LED blips, blue-green vacuum fluorescent displays and flickering score digits. January opens with The Dice from 1975 and the year closes with Head to Head Hockey from 1979, with the likes of Logic 5, Sub Chase, Armor Battle and Space Laser Fight in between. Weeks start on a Monday, and there’s space to write on every day.
Printed to order
Every item is printed or embroidered when you order it, so nothing sits in a warehouse and nothing goes to waste. UK delivery on merch is £3.95 for the first item and £1.50 for each extra one. Merch is made and posted separately from the books, so if you order both, they’ll arrive in separate parcels.
Have a look at the full range on the Merch page. And if you’re waiting for the books themselves, they go on sale here on 23 November: find out more.