In Real Life

The Fellowship Of The Zelda Tattoos

And now they know for sure, there are six guys in the wolf pack. Six wolves, running around the Bay Area together, in San Francisco, looking for rupees and heart containers. So tonight, we make a toast!


December 7, 2010
In Real Life

This Man’s Flesh Is A Tribute To Video Games

Yeah, we’ve seen amazing gaming tattoos before, but this guy’s full-sleeve piece – covering a wide array of platforms, genres and characters – must surely rank up there as one of the best.


November 26, 2010
In Real Life

A Link To The Past (And This Couple’s Future)

This couple, married on the 4th of July, found just about the sweetest way imaginable to commemorate their anniversary: with complementary Zelda tattoos. As seen on Fuck Yeah Tattoos.


October 11, 2010
In Real Life

It’s Dangerous To Go Alone! Get Inked Together!

Reader Tim T., perhaps taking a page from Fahey and the soon-to-be Mrs. Fahey’s art, sends in these his-and-her Zelda tattoos he and his wife have. The heart containers are mirrored so that both halves form the same whole. Dawwwwwww.


October 7, 2010
In Real Life

I Choose You… Jigglypuff, For This Giant Tattoo

You hear someone has a Jigglypuff tattoo on their arm, you begin to think horrible, horrible thoughts, but Danielle White’s forearm piece looks… well, it works.


September 14, 2010
In Real Life

16-Bit Boba Fett, Inked On Human Flesh

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Sure, two Boba Fett tattoos on one arm may be “a bit much”. But when one is a 16-bit rendition of New Zealand’s finest bounty hunter, that’s OK in our books.


August 31, 2010
In Real Life

Why This Lady Has A Zelda Tatt

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On a recent episode of cloak-and-dagger thriller series Rubicon, a female analyst explains to Miles Fielder, played by actor Dallas Roberts, why she has a Triforce tattoo. Haven’t seen this show yet — is it any good?


July 13, 2010
In Real Life

Keep Your Yakuza-Style Tattoos To Yourself

Kazuma Kiryu, the hero of Sega’s Yakuza series, has a back full of yakuza-style ink. But it’s not only Japanese gangsters who tattoo themselves. Sometimes it’s voice actors.


July 8, 2010
News

APB Transforms A Regular Guy Into A Pierced And Tatted Criminal

Cops and robbers MMO APB is world filled with grungy-looking criminals covered with tattoos and riddled with piercings. Now Realtime Worlds is letting fans vote on how they permanently disfigure a real human being with the Human Avatar Project.


June 7, 2010
News

Hold It There Soldier, That Tattoo’s Not Serviceable

This might sound nitpicky, but it’s not to veterans who game. And those who served in Vietnam might wonder why Call of Duty: Black Ops personnel in “denied” areas would want to advertise an American military unit on their forearm.