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Purple Dave — Tue, 29 May 2007 19:40:52 MDT

Disposable razor: Buck fifty
A month of repeated trips to get jabbed with a needle: $1000 (ok, I'm guessing on that one)
Walking out with a gigantic gamer's back-tat that's capable of growing its own beard: worthless

Have fun trying to score bikini babes at the beach with that monkey on your back...

Purple Dave

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Wuffles — Tue, 29 May 2007 06:26:29 MDT

The Okami one is kinda cute, woulda been much nicer if it was more professional.

They're still idiots for getting gamer tattoos though. :P

Wuffles

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Garcian — Tue, 29 May 2007 06:22:09 MDT

Im thinking of getting a black and white Toshiro Mifune tattoo doing his famous grin- artstic value? ----YES

Garcian

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khdownes — Tue, 29 May 2007 03:24:20 MDT

Ha ha! That second image reminds me of the Chaser's War on Everything episode with the fashion police;

"These pants are below the wanker line!"

khdownes

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muppetsausages — Tue, 29 May 2007 01:09:23 MDT

In a word: shit.

muppetsausages

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DomDeluigi — Tue, 29 May 2007 00:09:42 MDT

Hi, I get tattoos of tv shows and video game characters, I get therefore I am a TOOL

DomDeluigi

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Maldron — Mon, 28 May 2007 22:40:15 MDT

@LunarAura: I'm sure it's a different incarnation in a different time period, don't worry. It's an again, not a still. Or a before. Middleish, maybe.

Maldron

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LunarAura — Mon, 28 May 2007 22:35:55 MDT

Looks like Ganon still has the triforce, guys -_-

LunarAura

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The Bigger Unit — Mon, 28 May 2007 21:35:57 MDT

Gah, the Okami tattoo is terrible. It looks like the serious effort of a sixth-grader, not a paid "professional". Probably done with a rigged motor and ink pen at a group home for delinquents.

The Bigger Unit

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Vabor — Mon, 28 May 2007 20:59:17 MDT

Good to see another Okami/Amaterasu tattoo...but mine is better... :)

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i178/emm3333/P1000227.jp...

Vabor

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ShepherdDog — Mon, 28 May 2007 20:45:38 MDT

@Gamemaster:

If you want to prove you're, infact, hetrosexual the last adjective you should use is totally.
Just a thought.

ShepherdDog

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Gamemaster — Mon, 28 May 2007 20:39:07 MDT

@Ms_Poe: If there was a hot guy there there wouldn't be as much complaining, either.

What? N-no, I'm totally straight...
...
:goes to look at half naked women:

Gamemaster

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ShepherdDog — Mon, 28 May 2007 20:38:14 MDT

@Rowd:

Why yes I do, I'm a huge fan of his work, never seen wolves done better.

ShepherdDog

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Rowd — Mon, 28 May 2007 20:34:40 MDT

...Polymorph, is that you?

@ShepherdDog:
I wouldn't use that icon; you know he's naked in the rest of the picture, right?

Rowd

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ShepherdDog — Mon, 28 May 2007 20:26:07 MDT

@Ms_Poe:

Defaintly
Is it so wrong that gaymers and female gamers get THEIR share of eyecandy?

ShepherdDog

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monkey_87 — Mon, 28 May 2007 20:25:16 MDT

You know Crecente, cakes we can take, but I think you are asking too much of your readers on this one.

monkey_87

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Neer'mo — Mon, 28 May 2007 20:22:34 MDT

Ugh... man... take it down. Why must I see these pics first thing when I come to the site?

Bad Crecente! You are BANNED from your own site! ... And no pudding for 5 weeks!

Neer'mo

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Swordmonkey — Mon, 28 May 2007 20:18:44 MDT

Ugh, new post please, i hate seeing these pimply backs on page load.

Swordmonkey

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Archebaldo — Mon, 28 May 2007 20:16:29 MDT

What's gonna happen to that triforce tatoo when that guy's back hair grows back in? Seems kinda pointless there.

Archebaldo

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Ms_Poe — Mon, 28 May 2007 20:13:58 MDT

Agreed ShepherdDog, but I think that since this board is comprised mostly of males...They would complain a lot about that! LOL!

But...

I bet if there was a HOT half-nekkid girl with a decent gaming tatt(she wouldn't even have to have a tatt) there wouldn't be as much complaining as in this thread...Haha...

Ms_Poe

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ShepherdDog — Mon, 28 May 2007 20:08:46 MDT

I think they are both really cute, now figure out if I'm talking about the tatoos or the boys.
More half naked men please kotaku

ShepherdDog

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DeathJester — Mon, 28 May 2007 20:07:12 MDT

Memorial Day 2007.

Worst front page in Kotaku history.

DeathJester

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Stratovarius — Mon, 28 May 2007 19:49:26 MDT

@Edgey:

Kotaku Voltron! Go!

Stratovarius

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edgey — Mon, 28 May 2007 19:45:43 MDT

Oh my god.

If we work together, maybe we can submit enough gamer cakes and get this on page 2 by midnight.

edgey

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Gamemaster — Mon, 28 May 2007 19:32:32 MDT

@excaliburps: Uhmm... Mario's DEAD!! Alert the press!!

Gamemaster

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Altima NEO — Mon, 28 May 2007 19:19:49 MDT

That zelda tattoo guys is nasty looking. The guy is pretty gross too. Though the Okami one is pretty gar.

Altima NEO

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excaliburps — Mon, 28 May 2007 19:05:55 MDT

I wasn't planning on commenting on this post, seeing as everybody already said everything. But the lack of updates are disturbing. The Tri-Force tat looks really messy. Especially the triangles. They looked like someone used a water-color paint set on 'em.

The Okami one looks decent enough.

C'mon make with the news! People are getting antsy!

excaliburps

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Megalowho — Mon, 28 May 2007 18:46:59 MDT

Wow, this is still the first post on Kotaku.. I'm all for game ink but this is probably a bit too much hairy manflesh for any website's welcome mat

Megalowho

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GOOR — Mon, 28 May 2007 18:31:16 MDT

The Okami one is facing the wrong way and is far too small. Solid white ink doesn't hold up so well when used in a large field like that; it would have been put to much better use only as highlights.

The wings look good around the tri-force, but egads, what the hell kind of technique was the artist going for? It definitely doesn't look like it'd be too hard to fix, but I really wonder what they were thinking!

GOOR

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AkikoMyazaki — Mon, 28 May 2007 18:25:15 MDT

Hahahah, look at second guy's boxers...
~~~~KAWAII~~~~

AkikoMyazaki

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AZRoboto — Mon, 28 May 2007 18:21:16 MDT

I want to get the tattoo of the "Shield" from the Halo difficulty logos. You can see how cool it looks in the campaign area of someone's profile in the Halo 3 Beta. It looks amazing. But I'm thinking of that because of personal reasons, not just because it looks cool.

But my friend got a tattoo of the Lionheart emblem from Final Fantasy VIII on his right bicep area. It's pretty cool. More well done that those...drawings....

But yeah, about the tattoos posted here.....ugh... the first guy has a terrible tattoo, and the second one is alright, albeit a bit unprofessional.

AZRoboto

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aelfin — Mon, 28 May 2007 18:08:17 MDT

I like the Okami one, not so sure it really works at a tattoo though, but it probably has more meaning than "the wolf from some game" to it's owner.

aelfin

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Walshicus — Mon, 28 May 2007 17:56:15 MDT

Sweet mother of Artemis, Crecente! Put 'em behind a link already... Ugh. I feel sick.

Walshicus

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code.monkey — Mon, 28 May 2007 17:48:09 MDT

@JamesSorensen: Haha, that'll do.

code.monkey

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Deletable_Man — Mon, 28 May 2007 17:34:08 MDT

That triforce looks more like some sorta skin disease.

Deletable_Man

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hypernova — Mon, 28 May 2007 17:31:08 MDT

is it me or is the second guy missing a nipple?

I like games a lot, but to have some obscure game in my skin for the next 80+ years doesn't really strike me as a good idea.

hypernova

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PapaBear — Mon, 28 May 2007 17:27:46 MDT

Quick, someone post the pic of the girl with the Zelda "tramp stamp!" I need it to get this horrible image out of my head.

PapaBear

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Qwizatblah — Mon, 28 May 2007 17:24:42 MDT

Someone needs to post a new story ASAP.

It has got to have been at least a couple of hours and every time a come back here I get a face full of hairy moleback man with his retarded as hell looking triforce glowy crap going on.

UHG.

Qwizatblah

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JimmyHACK — Mon, 28 May 2007 17:24:27 MDT

@code.monkey: gaymer tag??

JimmyHACK

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code.monkey — Mon, 28 May 2007 17:16:31 MDT

We need a "tramp stamp" equivalent moniker for these types of tattoos... I've tried to come up with something funny but I got nothing.

Any thoughts?

code.monkey

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splotki — Mon, 28 May 2007 17:14:28 MDT

why is it that all game tattoos look fucking gross? Also, I bet that Okami tattoo is going to be really meaningful when that dude is 55. "When I was your age, I liked this game called Okami" "What's Okami, Grandpa?"

splotki

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kikuchiyo — Mon, 28 May 2007 17:07:58 MDT

1) No one wants to see your pasty white flesh, nerds.

2) That first guy is really kind of hairy.

kikuchiyo

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Agies — Mon, 28 May 2007 17:05:27 MDT

@Lyrai: Amen.

Agies

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Adam In Texas — Mon, 28 May 2007 17:03:21 MDT

Adam

I came to say the same thing. I wonder if they had to charge him extra for all the disposable razors it took to shave that winter coat off.

Adam In Texas

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Kantwon — Mon, 28 May 2007 16:56:27 MDT

The Okami tattoo picture looks like the guy took the picture on a sidewalk.

@protozoider: And exactly how many people is that out of the grand sum of people who have tattoos.

Kantwon

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huhwhat — Mon, 28 May 2007 16:55:22 MDT

Tattoos - permanent ways to disfigure yourself.

But, I respect people who have the guts to put Okami and Zelda tattoos and not regret it ten years down the road.

huhwhat

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max_steel — Mon, 28 May 2007 16:48:52 MDT

Hide this after a jump! If i want to see a hideous person i'll look in the mirror thank you very much!

max_steel

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Wodkaredbubu — Mon, 28 May 2007 16:33:44 MDT

@E2K:

"They are gamers, not photomodels so don't criticize them for looking ugly. The guys were brave enough to send in the photos so give them some credit."

Well, their tattoos definetely look ugly. Gaming tattoos are just way too nerdish and white tattoo ink isn`t a rather clever choice either. That wolf/dog animal is going to look very yellowish soon.

Wodkaredbubu

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Maldron — Mon, 28 May 2007 16:27:47 MDT

@bluep3ace: *beats you with sticks*

Maldron

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masticate — Mon, 28 May 2007 16:25:12 MDT

@ everyone who hates tattoos:
you guys must live in a shitty part of the world. i know that south american tribes have some pretty cool tattoos. also, where i live, we have 2 of the top 20 tattoo artists in the US, so everyone around here looks pretty cool all ink'd up.

@everyone who hates gaming tattoos:
you guys must never have seen a good tattoo(no, these are not some of them; they are in fact terrible).

masticate

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AdamW — Mon, 28 May 2007 16:13:13 MDT

Youth minister and, judging by the fur, part-time Teen Wolf.

AdamW

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TheJordanator — Mon, 28 May 2007 16:11:00 MDT

That guy with the okami tattoo has the same body as me O_O

mole and all.

TheJordanator

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mahi — Mon, 28 May 2007 16:04:32 MDT

Is this the last post in hours ? Game tattoos look like shit no mater how good they are.

mahi

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cheeseboybeans — Mon, 28 May 2007 15:54:26 MDT

i am considering a zelda tattoo quite similar. except mine shall be smaller, more subtle and all solid black. and less hairy.

cheeseboybeans

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SanityMask — Mon, 28 May 2007 15:51:49 MDT

the okami one would have looked nice on a girl

SanityMask

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Christian_Otte — Mon, 28 May 2007 15:49:37 MDT

@Eastwood: Yeah, because wrinkly tattoos are the biggest of their worries when they're eighty.

Christian_Otte

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Sailorcancer — Mon, 28 May 2007 15:38:40 MDT

That youth minister is a mighty scary fella. I think I'd hit him with a bible and some holy oil!

The other guy NEEDS to pull up his pants. We aint gangsta here.

Peace yo.

Sailorcancer

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Lyrai — Mon, 28 May 2007 15:33:58 MDT

You all whine too fucking much. Set your browser to not load images if you're going to be such babies about a few images.

Lyrai

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chuckbb — Mon, 28 May 2007 15:22:11 MDT

that 3 triangle design from zelda, is actually quite similar to a very ancient pagan symbol for the god Odin which had 3 interlacing triangles. sucks to be into a minister with a pagan inspired tattoo. HA HA!!!!

chuckbb

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JimmyHACK — Mon, 28 May 2007 15:18:58 MDT

OMG howabout a warning... you always tease full stories after the jump, these tats would be appropriate ONLY after the jump.

btw, neither one is good

JimmyHACK

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TokeYo — Mon, 28 May 2007 15:12:57 MDT

Okami is badly drawn, and tri-force is poorly inked.

Why do people waste money on going to a tattoo artist who can't draw?

Because they're cheap?

Seems to me it would be cheaper to let a two year old loose with some pens every morning, to achieve similarly unprofessional looking results.

TokeYo

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Keeko_ca — Mon, 28 May 2007 15:10:57 MDT

Yeah, that top pic certainly is puke-a-licious...

Keeko_ca

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AnEternalEnigma — Mon, 28 May 2007 14:55:50 MDT

Can we please get this disgusting picture off the front page and put it behind the jump? I'm trying to eat.

AnEternalEnigma

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Iceman B. — Mon, 28 May 2007 14:51:14 MDT

I agree, can we have something different at the top of the page. MY EYES ARE BLEEDING x_X

On a related note, the Okami tattoo is pretty cool.....but the rest of the pic is rather....how should I put it....spooky.
Of course...one could always argue about the artistic value of said picture.....in which case I'd run like hell from the argument.

Iceman B.

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L_K_M — Mon, 28 May 2007 14:42:09 MDT

I'd say that, if you absolutely have to get a games-related tat, get something that either has already aged well (maybe a pixelated NES sprite of a 1-up mushroom) or something that looks good and makes some sense on its own.

Also, tatts will blur. Don't make it too small. Don't be the girl who tattoos a cute little ladybug only to have it turned into an ugly black-red splotch within a few years.

L_K_M

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Cirrus — Mon, 28 May 2007 14:36:39 MDT

@Protofunk: Lol yeah.

I just hope we get another newspost soon, i'm tired of spamming refresh and seeing the same greasy back. And i have nothing better to do :(

Cirrus

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protozoider — Mon, 28 May 2007 14:32:27 MDT

I'm being totally serious when I say I'm sick of these tattoos. I don't need to see what some drunken idiot thought was a "great idea" over the weekend. I don't see you posting video game art all the time. Where's that? You know tons of people make great drawings and paintings of video game stuff and we don't see that every time one shows up. Tattoos are the lowest form of bastardized art.

Tattoos were never cool, they are just something stupid you regret when you're older and/or fatter. So says everyone I know with a tattoo.

protozoider

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mendo — Mon, 28 May 2007 14:32:22 MDT

I usually don't like tatoos and these are no exception :)

mendo

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bigman88zz — Mon, 28 May 2007 14:27:16 MDT

@ E2K: i will never give them credit. never! maybe if they were women, but for these guys, never!

bigman88zz

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interstellarpig — Mon, 28 May 2007 14:17:46 MDT

check ouy "links" back hair, it looks like they had to shave quite a chunk. either that or it just grows all blocky like that, Youth pastors are creeps.

interstellarpig

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interstellarpig — Mon, 28 May 2007 14:15:30 MDT

I like zelda as mutch as the next guy but not that mutch, Shit at least the okami guys looks professional the triforce looks like it was done in prison. Oh well maybe potential deliquents will turn to christ after they see this youth pastors "rad" tattoo..(snicker)

interstellarpig

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Chippo — Mon, 28 May 2007 14:04:58 MDT

i don't think i have ever seen an image i like enough to have it put on me.

Chippo

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E2K — Mon, 28 May 2007 14:02:28 MDT

They are gamers, not photomodels so don't criticize them for looking ugly. The guys were brave enough to send in the photos so give them some credit.

E2K

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Eastwood — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:54:52 MDT

I wonder if they'll still want those when they're eighty.

Eastwood

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AwShucks — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:47:25 MDT

As somebody with a few tattoos (none gaming) I can honestly say that the Okami one is a shame. Okami is beautiful looking and could work as a tattoo. But not when the lines are bad. You can't tell so much on the tree...because the tree isn't supposed to be perfect, but on Amaterasu the lines are just god awful and the flames...I won't even say anything. I wish that guy had a better tattoo artist.

AwShucks

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Arugala9 — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:47:24 MDT

Um, dude thats the wolf from Okami not a Growlithe.

Arugala9

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causality — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:45:26 MDT

i hope those are temporary.

causality

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bluep3ace — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:39:53 MDT

i love growlithe.
so does the person in the 2nd pic.
i am happy :)

bluep3ace

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Mit — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:35:06 MDT

The Zelda one was good until they made it look like someone vomited all over the triforce pieces. They should've used that same brushed metal effect, except with yellow.

Okami one would've been neat but, something doesn't seem right about the dog itself...

Mit

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BlueNocturne — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:33:22 MDT

Good god.. I'd imagine that Okami one was very painful to get. I never would be able to get a tattoo on my side like that. >_<

BlueNocturne

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futurebiblehero — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:27:23 MDT

The Okami one doesn't really flow all that well as a tattoo in that area, but it's nicely done. Nothing to be ashamed about. The Zelda one? Hmm, positive spin here. It'll help him in avoiding the "temptations of the flesh"? Yeah, that's it.

futurebiblehero

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Keeko_ca — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:25:42 MDT

Yeah...glowing the triforce pieces was a bad idea...much like getting these tatts in the first place. I'll never understand the demand for a game related tatt. To each their own I guess.

However, too bad for pinky there...that Okami image isn't very good IMO. Triforce looks pretty cool though.

Keeko_ca

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skullivan — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:25:29 MDT

The Zelda one looks unfinished (the Triforce looks like 3 Doritos) but the Okami one is awesome.

skullivan

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raison — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:18:06 MDT

rofl @ pink boxers with green turtles. But yeah both of these tats are pretty mediocre. Id say the triforce one looks the best to me, but the colors on the symbols seem a bit wierd.

raison

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Jurai — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:17:44 MDT

I threw up in my mouth a little at the first one. And the bottom one is hahaha bad

Jurai

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vinchbr — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:17:29 MDT

i liked the okami one...
but he should´ve got a better pic

vinchbr

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Ape.of.Gods — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:14:38 MDT

I think I have yet to see a really good gaming tattoo

Ape.of.Gods

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Protofunk — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:14:21 MDT

Ugh, yeah, that's just what I want to see when I'm looking up the latest in video game news:

Some dude's greasy spotty back and some other dude's pasty, bony midsection and girly pink shorts.

What the hell, is this 4chan? Did I miss the /b/ sign on the way in?

Protofunk

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Sillender — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:07:53 MDT

A youth minister?
With those ears? o_o;

Sillender