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Snake Makes a Solid Tat
8:00AM Owen Good | There seems to be no shortage of the impressive art gamers are both willing to pay for and have etched into their skin. More »
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See Patapon March Across Human Flesh
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Masatomo Ueda likes Patapon. A lot more than you or I like Patapon. He likes it so much he’s not only got himself a Patapon tattoo, but made himself Patapon prey in the process. More »
Ms. Pac-Man Tattoo Might Limit Career Options
9:40AM Owen Good | Lord knows we encourage enough tatting around here, but like the mafia, we don’t deliberately go for the face. More »
Reader’s Tattoo Update
5:20AM Stuart Houghton | Well, we did ask. Our heavily inked readers have sent in a plethora of pictures detailing the game-related tattoos with which they have adorned themselves. As expected, they run the gamut from impressive to slightly baffling. Magnet Genocide wears Chun Li on his arm, Rob Thrift has matching mega man and heat man, Melissa Stiltner sent us her impressive Master Sword back piece – she has Okami piece on the way. Nick Purdy sent us pics of his girlfriend Robyn’s Super Mario Galaxy star, Sebastian Zethraeus wears a foxy MGS 4 insignia, An anonymous reader has the Sith code in UV ink. More »
Show Us Your Tats
10:40AM Stuart Houghton | Two more readers have decided to permanently mark their bodies to show how much they love gaming (and wearing sleeves for job interviews). The first — Jim Osterhout — had his Fallout tat done back in 2005. A stylish, almost calligraphic, Vault Boy in black ink with yellow and red highlights (and a bonus penguin). Jim informs us that he has taken to telling non-gamers that it is a picture of him. Secondly, Adam Zweig sent pics of his impressive, full-colour sleeve tattoo featuring “Sonic, Shy-Guys, Paper Mario, Poe, Ghoul, Nel from Star Ocean, C&C Renegade Dead 6 Logo”. Bet that hurt. More »
Tattoos: Area Man Hoping Fallout 3 WIll Be Critical Success
9:20AM Stuart Houghton | You are doing it wrong! You are supposed to wait until AFTER a game is lauded as a bona fide classic before you get its iconography indelibly etched into your flesh. Sure, Fallout 3 is looking good and all signs point to it being a decent game.. but you have know that somewhere there is a sheepish body art fan walking around hiding his Too Human inkage under a heavy wool shirt. Reader David Lo sent in some snaps of what we assume is his actual arm, now forever marked with a colourful rendition of Vault Boy cheerily gibbing someone with a handgun. It is nice work, but.. well, we hope it works out for you, mate. More »The Peter Moore Challenge
10:40AM Brian Crecente | EA Sports head Peter Moore is not a man to mince words. That’s why we loved him so when he was at Microsoft, he cuts through the BS and gets straight to the point. In a recent post on his blog over at It’s In The Game, Moore talked up his new studio alluding that EA Sports is primed to have one of the best years in its history. In particular Moore sings the praises of NASCAR, NBA LIVE, Madden and NCAA Football. He’s so sure that this season is going to be unrivaled, in fact, that he’s promising to get a new tattoo if they don’t deliver. Big talk Moore, but lets put a little reality into this pie-in-the-sky promise. Why not say that if you don’t have an overall Metacritic increase (yes I hate review scores) on all four of those games you’ve failed to deliver and it’s time to ink up? We’ve even found this swell logo for your possible future use. Let us know. Not Resting on our Laurels [Peter Moore's Official Blog] More »A Serious, Permanent Metal Gear Solid 3 Fan
11:00AM Michael McWhertor | Kotaku reader and Philadelphian “daeeatsall” is not what you might call a “casual” fan of Metal Gear. This pair of Metal Gear Solid 3-inspired tattoos that have effectively eliminated him from the regular workforce are a testament to that, with a “Zombie” facepainted Snake on his right and an Eva on his left. We’ll just sit back and admire tattoo artist Bird’s work on his hands, keeping our opinions to ourselves. We’d hate for any misconstrued words to be misinterpreted and to be on the receiving end of those meaty fists. Yikes! More »
