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Does getting a video game tattoo make you a twat?
codballs | 9:46 AM on 08.14.2007 15 comments


Tattoo's are great. Video games are great too. With that in mind, you'd expect a video game tattoo to be 2,000,000%, blow-job-from-a-girl-with-a-pierced-tongue, super fucking awesome. But are they really?

This guy has a 3/4 Mario sleeve, is about to get a full length Zelda sleeve and is collecting artwork for a Metroid piece for his chest.

My first thought was "What a dick", just as it was when I saw the guy with the Halo Legendary tattoo. Now I'm not so sure. It's a nice piece of work and, unlike Master Chief*, Mario is a timeless character that will probably be around for as long as Mickey Mouse. Also, I can relate to his motivation for getting it. I am an only child and British so spent a lot of rainy days in front of my computers and consoles playing games. Surely that has shaped me in some way and, for better or worse, made me the man I am now.

So has anyone else got a video game tattoo? Would you get one, and what did you/would you get? What was your motivation and, most importantly of all, are you a twat?

*I'm not saying Master Chief isn't cool. It's just that stylistically he's just a generic super-soldier that won't be around in 20 years. Not that I'd say that to his face.



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Kif 's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2007 10:32
Kif
Most tattoos I've seen suck, and that includes video game ones. If it's something a little ambigious and something a non-gamer wouldn't recognize, then maybe. But I'd carve "RETARD" into my head with a knife before I got Mario or the Triforce on my arm.

Tattoos just suck nowadays. No originality in them whatsoever.
guy e's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2007 10:44
guy e
i've been really considering getting the final starman from earthbound for snes. i love that game to death and i think starmen look so rad.
AngelsDontBurn's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2007 10:47
AngelsDontBurn
You know, if you can pull it off and it's done nicely, then I think it's awesome! Themed sleeves are very cool if all the art looks great!

I'm still thinking about getting the Strogg logo on the back of my calf.
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2007 10:52
BluDesign
Yes, gaming related tattoos are retarded. Especially Zelda ones. ESPECIALLY Zelda ones. They're the worst.

-D-'s Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2007 10:54
-D-
You just called Snaileb a retard.
Topher Cantler's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2007 11:04
Topher Cantler
I think they're kind of awesome, but I'm a nerd. :P
nilcam's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2007 11:23
nilcam
I have an Ikaruga tattoo that I posted in the other thread. I like it very much, but most people, including the gamers on this site, would not recognize it as a video game tattoo. It's a black and gray somewhat abstract image that I created using elements from the concept art. Whether or not tattoos suck depend on the design and presentation.
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2007 11:32
Snaileb
Dammit Aaron! Stop calling me out! I love my tattoo... and it's the Master Sword! Not Zelda! (phhhfft.. newb.)


(D, I think it was on purpose. HI-YAH!)
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2007 11:32
Snaileb
I so saw what he did there.. you wiener.
Edarios's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2007 11:57
Edarios
I wouldnt mind getting the FoxHound emblem on my arm..
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2007 12:01
Snaileb
I will fucking end you Tazar.
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2007 12:29
Snaileb
I'm sorry.. I forgive you...

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