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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
Rezbit at 04/25/2007 00:21
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.
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subnet6 at 04/25/2007 00:23
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.
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Vesty at 04/25/2007 00:25
the ghost looks like it was just drawn on as a joke and not really a permenant pac man reference
William Haley's Avatar
William Haley at 04/25/2007 00:29
Hard. Core.
Crosswayboy's Avatar
Crosswayboy at 04/25/2007 00:29
Hideous. Just hideous.
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destroda at 04/25/2007 00:30
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
ArrestedDeveloper at 04/25/2007 00:34
@ 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?"
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morbo47 at 04/25/2007 00:37
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
Dennen at 04/25/2007 00:39
Looks kind of like it was more meant to be a labyrinth style maze more than it does Pac-Man. But kudos either way.
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Joseph Leray at 04/25/2007 00:41
I think it's amazing. How anyone can find it hideous is beyond me.
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Not Matt at 04/25/2007 00:42
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.
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DrRockso at 04/25/2007 00:58
Absolutely awe-inspiring.
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Danzuke at 04/25/2007 00:59
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
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specter620 at 04/25/2007 00:59
@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.”
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Adamska at 04/25/2007 01:16
It's still a reference to the yellow dot.

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

If it was full body, that would be amazing. :D
Virtualgirl's Avatar
Virtualgirl at 04/25/2007 04:45
wow, that is some dedication!
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Cruds at 04/25/2007 05:46
Nice, I doubt it's Pac Man related. The ghost is there as a joke as someone pointed out before.
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brad drac at 04/25/2007 07:32
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.
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momiji58 at 04/25/2007 07:42
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
ShinAmano at 04/25/2007 07:47
This is not a pac man tattoo...
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BlindsideDork at 04/25/2007 07:56
Is he going to fill in the walls?
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jimjo at 04/25/2007 08:14
The ghost doesnt belong
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jimjo at 04/25/2007 08:16
*I mean it's a maze right?
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B-Radicate at 04/25/2007 08:24
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
Mxyzptlk at 04/25/2007 08:30
Ouch.
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Crunshii at 04/25/2007 08:41
I heard Niero was going to do the same Tat, but with donkey kong.
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BahamutZero at 04/25/2007 09:08
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
BahamutZero at 04/25/2007 09:12
get it? Donkey dong? I kill me. LOOK AT ME I'M AN ATTENTION WHORE

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BahamutZero at 04/25/2007 09:15


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
morbo47 at 04/25/2007 10:15
What if they do it to break their brother out of prison??
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Brandon Undead at 04/25/2007 10:37
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?
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silencethefire at 04/25/2007 10:57
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.
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Grimspoon at 04/25/2007 16:00
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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