Not to belittle you or anything idol, just offering some constructive criticism, but as others have said I don't like the red or the 3D skull next to the text for one reason each:
1) The red clashes or otherwise stands out to much with the colors of the forum.
2) The 3D skull looks too detailed next to the simplistic (don't mean that in a bad way) text.
I like the pixelated text, but I don't necessarily love it. Maybe do a mockup with just the black text and a black border like Que mentioned so we could see what that looks like. Or maybe try the text in the same color blue as the tabs on the forum.