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Hot Topic To Buy ThinkGeek Parent Company Geeknet

Posted by timothy on from the timmy-salute dept.

jones_supa points out the news (also at Ars Technica, and -- paywalled -- at the Wall Street Journal) that clothing and music retailer Hot Topic has announced plans to buy Geeknet, parent company of ThinkGeek and ThinkGeek Solutions, for $117.3 million. ThinkGeek Solutions is a distributor of video-game themed merchandise through licensed web stores. Hot Topic Inc. will pay $17.50 per Geeknet share. Privately held Hot Topic, based in Los Angeles, has more than 650 stores in the U.S. and Canada. Geeknet will become a Hot Topic subsidiary. This news inspires some nostalgia here; ThinkGeek was for a long time one of Slashdot's sister sites under the umbrella of VA Linux, and I had some fun years back helping to set up the ThinkGeek booth at LinuxWorld in New York.

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  1. Where are the goth kids when you need them? by NotDrWho · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm reminded of a great ending to a South Park episode which pretty much summed up my feelings on Hot Topic.

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  2. Ah, Nostalgia... by dark.nebulae · · Score: 5, Funny

    This news inspires some nostalgia here; ThinkGeek was for a long time one of Slashdot's sister sites under the umbrella of VA Linux, and I had some fun years back helping to set up the ThinkGeek booth at LinuxWorld in New York.

    Ah, yes, back in the day before Dice ruined slashdot, those were fine times, weren't they...

  3. Sweet! by Lumpy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now all Think Geek merch will be Emo and the packaging will cut it's self open!

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  4. Re:Ah, memories... by LaurenCates · · Score: 5, Funny

    Demands like that from an AC are exactly the kind of turn on that makes a girl want to do naked camera stuff, but I think I might pass today.

    But thanks for the vote of confidence. I'm sure you're dashing and suave yourself, honey-child.

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  5. Re:Ah, memories... by LaurenCates · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm not sure which feminist talking point to espouse to combat your lack of belief in my chromosomal configuration. Maybe that Slashdot isn't a safe space for women? Maybe an old boys club mentality that keeps women out?

    Would it please the court if I just took the easy way out and called you a shitlord? /sorry if my sarcasm isn't evident

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    Some people don't believe in fairies. I don't believe in The Patriarchy.