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Think you're a hardcore Pac Man fan? Think again. photo

No matter how much you love the little yellow guy, I guarantee you don't love him as much as this dude does. Gamer tattoos can range from cool to totally awful, but this is flat out insane. If you read the link, Malaysian native Will says the piece represents his perception of the path of life. It seems that his path is destined to include invincibility pellets and ghosts. That's some deep cosmic sh*t right there.

[Thanks to James for the tip!]


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Rezbit's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 00:21
Rezbit
Holy crap! This is the sort of thing I could never do to myself. But on someone else it's all kinds of awesome. Surely that was so excruciating, in terms of pain and time taken.
subnet6's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 00:23
subnet6
yeah, thats some ugly shit there.

Now, if it were one of the actual pac-man (or better yet, MS Pac-Man) maps, then it would be cool.
Vesty's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 00:25
Vesty
the ghost looks like it was just drawn on as a joke and not really a permenant pac man reference
William Haley's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 00:29
William Haley
Hard. Core.
Crosswayboy's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 00:29
Crosswayboy
Hideous. Just hideous.
destroda's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 00:30
destroda
The little Xs are placeholders, so the artist knows what to fill in with black later on. The ghost is also there to inform the artist to leave room for a more refined image later on. (If he shades all of the box in black, he can't place a colorful ghost over it. He'll have to tattoo in the ghost before the black.)

All that said... HOLY MOTHER! I don't want to know how long that took!
ArrestedDeveloper's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 00:34
ArrestedDeveloper
@ Destroda

Thank goodnes. I was like "why get a pac man tatoo and then have a lame ass ghost and a bunch of X's on it?"
morbo47's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 00:37
morbo47
If he was a hardcore fan, shouldn't this be... hardcore?

Like, shouldn't it be an actual Pac-Man map? This looks like it was pretty random.
Dennen's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 00:39
Dennen
Looks kind of like it was more meant to be a labyrinth style maze more than it does Pac-Man. But kudos either way.
Joseph Leray's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 00:41
Joseph Leray
I think it's amazing. How anyone can find it hideous is beyond me.
Not Matt's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 00:42
Not Matt
Yeah I don't think it's Pac Man at all, just the ghost was drawn on as a joke.

The map isn't any of the Pac Man maps and doesn't have pellets etc. Besides it's too narrow for the ghost to move out of the central part which seems a bit pointless.

The guy says the maze is an indication of the paths we take in life which I think is pretty darn cool though.
DrRockso's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 00:58
DrRockso
Absolutely awe-inspiring.
Danzuke's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 00:59
Danzuke
I don't think this counts as a gamer tattoo... it looks nothing like a pac-man map and if someone hadn't drawn the ghost in as a joke you'd never put the 2 together.... it's just a maze tattoo
specter620's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 00:59
specter620
@Not Matt

I agree, not pacman related at all. From the link "Notice the void in the middle of my tattoo. I’m leaving it blank until the day I found my true self... and then I will put something in it.”
Adamska's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 01:16
Adamska
It's still a reference to the yellow dot.

Ask me nicely and I'll show my gaming tattoo.
Adamska's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 01:18
Adamska
And you can see a pacman on the left shoulder blade. I think...
deanhatescoffee's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 02:43
deanhatescoffee
It's cool as hell, no matter how you slice it.
GENACON's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 03:46
GENACON
The tattoo is cool the way it is, but...

If it was full body, that would be amazing. :D
Virtualgirl's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 04:45
Virtualgirl
wow, that is some dedication!
Cruds's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 05:46
Cruds
Nice, I doubt it's Pac Man related. The ghost is there as a joke as someone pointed out before.
brad drac's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 07:32
brad drac
My first reaction was "yeesh", but that's largely because of how fucking painful it looks. Given a few weeks to heal and become more natural looking, and it will be a pretty damn cool tat.
momiji58's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 07:42
momiji58
Wow it must've taken hours to do that... But as other people pointed out, it doesn't look much like from pacman... just an regular-looking maze.
ShinAmano's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 07:47
ShinAmano
This is not a pac man tattoo...
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 07:56
BlindsideDork
Is he going to fill in the walls?
jimjo's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 08:14
jimjo
The ghost doesnt belong
jimjo's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 08:16
jimjo
*I mean it's a maze right?
B-Radicate's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 08:24
B-Radicate
even gabe from penny arcade couldn't compete with that shit... damn. haha. that's if it was actually a pac man tatoo, though.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 08:30
Mxyzptlk
Ouch.
Crunshii's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 08:41
Crunshii
I heard Niero was going to do the same Tat, but with donkey kong.
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 09:08
BahamutZero
Crunshii I heard he now has to hide in shame because the dude misheard him and now he's got a monster donkey size penis tattoo
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 09:12
BahamutZero
get it? Donkey dong? I kill me. LOOK AT ME I'M AN ATTENTION WHORE

BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 09:15
BahamutZero


considering this thread I actually think this is rather appropriate. anybody who covers themselves with tattoos (I have nothing against a few) with these "theme" graphics is just a grade A douche-lord
morbo47's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 10:15
morbo47
What if they do it to break their brother out of prison??
Brandon Undead's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 10:37
Brandon Undead
This isn't a Pac-Man tattoo at all.

It is just a maze. That ghost isn't permanent. Did anyone read the blog these pics came from?
silencethefire's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 10:57
silencethefire
This is destructoid. People don't read here, they just look at the pretty pictures.

But the meaning behind that tattoo is interesting, and definitely makes it ten times better.
Grimspoon's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2007 16:00
Grimspoon
truely disgusting. Easily one of the ugliest gaming tats I've ever seen.

Also, not using an actual pav man map was a totally retarded move.

Shame on him and shame on the "artist" who agreed to do this tat.
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