Scarred for Life: Eye-Gougingly Bad Video Game Tattoos

Tattoos can be art. They can speak volumes about our personal lives through an image on our body. Tattoos can also be an absolute joke, and for those who want to adorn their body with video game images, the jokes are just too easy. If you’d like to see some of the worst, we’ve got you covered right here.

Let’s get one thing straight from the start; all these people probably love their tattoos. But for the rest of us…well, sometimes we all can’t help ourselves. We have to point, laugh and scrutinize, and with that in mind we give to you some of the most dreadful video game tattoos.

Is that a Pajama Top?

Here we have a random assortment of footwear, robots, food, and other crazy characters. Yes, it’s very colorful… and that’s about all it has going for it. To me this just appears to be a set of children’s pajamas tattooed on to someone’s chest. Not exactly art.

Wow, you must really love bacon…

Next, we have what appears to be an Atari logo. I get it, you’re old school, and you want to show some love for your first console. The problem here is it looks like someone held them down and burned it into their skin. Maybe that was the desired effect, or perhaps they share as much love for bacon as they do for Atari. If so, this is the perfect tattoo for them. Sadly, the rest of the world will probably just laugh. Either way, it’s a piss-poor tattoo, but we’ll let you be the judge.

The Blue Screen of Death

I know that this next example isn’t specifically a video game tat, but I still thought it was ridiculous enough to include in this piece. This guy thought it was absolutely necessary to get the text from the infamous “blue screen of death” written onto his arm. I’m guessing that his arm is now as popular as the BSOD, because they are both something that nobody wants to see.

The Power Glove

This one, is by far my favorite. I hope that everyone remembers the interactive breakthrough that was,
The Power Glove, but just in case you don’t this guy’s got it tattooed on his back for your viewing pleasure. Doesn’t it just bring back all that NES nostalgia? This tattoo is pretty much as useless as the actual Power Glove was, except the glove at least kept one of your hands warm. To add some icing to this cake of awfulness, it sports the slogan from Nintendo’s 1989 product placement film The Wizard. “It’s so bad” pretty much says it all.

If you’re at all interested in seeing some more terrible video game tattoos, a more comprehensive
list available. Be warned though, it’s not pretty–but it sure is funny.