Nintendo fan scars image of NES controller into leg

Posted Jun 17, 2009 at 8:10PM by Glenn M. Listed in: Tags: modder, NES, NES controller, tattoo

After 8 years and 12 piercings, BME user metal_games wants to move on to other forms of art he can apply to his body. But instead of going down the tattoo road, this guy opted to go for scarification, wherein you intentionally scar yourself to create a pattern or an image. The interesting bit here is that the design isn't what you usually see - it's the image of the NES controller. For the squeamish, the pics may not be too suitable for you guys.

"Starting with the lines, the pain wasn't half as bad as I'd expected. In fact, it was a breeze for the most part," he wrote on his blog. "It took Jeffrey, the artist, about 20 minutes to cut all the lines. A couple of deep breaths, and we went straight on to removing the skin. I wasn't looking forward to that, but again, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be." So despite the bloody mess, our body modder didn't seem to hurt too much.

Here's an except from the same blog entry:

Some parts on the more sensitive parts of my leg had me clenching my jaw, and after about 45 minutes I just wanted it to be over with. We were nearly done at that point however, and after another painful 10 minutes it was all over. Stopping the bleeding was a different matter though, and I lay there for a while until it stopped. After bandaging it, it felt like a large abrasion. So back to Utrecht, where it turned out the bleeding had started again, but the next morning when I cleaned it for the first time, it had stopped. Cleaning it for the first time turned out to be pretty painful (duh), but the second time it was a lot better. Now all I have to do is to care for it according to Jeffrey's advice, and I can't wait to see how it's gonna come out when it's fully healed. All in all, it wasn't the most fun experience I ever had, but I'm glad I went through with it. It looks so cool!

The thing is, he didn't mention why he went for the NES controller, why he picked his leg, or what games he enjoys playing. Then again, he's more of a body-modder than a gamer, so all we have are the intricacies of his bloody conquest.

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Comments

# wow.... — ShadowDemon1892 2009-06-17 16:17

why the hell would someone do this?....

# masochist? — ov3rkill 2009-06-17 16:26

sounds like a masochist to me. xD

# Hardcore — merkajoe 2009-06-17 16:31

A whole new level of emo.

# NASTY — FORCE4121 2009-06-17 16:36

HARSH COOL BUT COMPLETELY NAASSSTY.......did i meantion cool?

# ... — akadewboy 2009-06-17 16:40

Jesus *****ing christ! why the ***** would you post this? What the hell is wrong you QJ? What's next? Vomit in the shape of Mario? A piece of ***** shaped like Yoshi? Come on, don't post this crap...

# Hmm — xXxZEROxXx 2009-06-17 16:40

That oudda get all the girls on the block...

# Emo? — vash9 2009-06-17 16:41

Scarification is actually not an "emo" thing to do. Just because it's cutting of the skin, doesn't automatically make it emo. Actually, when it heals CORRECTLY, it will look much nicer rather than red bright bloody red. Google it. Emos probably do it, but it isn't only an emo thing. I've seen scarification on a business man to a tribal African American dude. It's everywhere.

# . — FABLE 2009-06-17 16:52

Holy crap that is insane. I'm kind of squeamish so this makes my stomach turn. i like how squeamish people are warned about the picture after they've already seen it

# Honestly — Worm4Real 2009-06-17 16:59

You guys will put SPOILERS behind a cut but not something like this? Are you mother*****ing retards?

# cool — malgora 2009-06-17 17:16

wow.. now thats dedication right there... thats pretty cool i think, i wouldnt do it myself.. sure a tattoo, but yeah not scaring .. would like to see how it is in a few weeks..... i give this guy 2 thumbs up for crazyNES.. (lol had to do it)..

# WTH... — Impuls3 2009-06-17 17:41

I'm just glad he did it to himself and not anyone else.

# lol — yourmistakes 2009-06-17 17:45

yeah, i can picture some crazed nintendo fan randomly scarring a controller into somebody!

# ^^ — FORCE4121 2009-06-17 18:03

AGREED

# . — m3rox 2009-06-17 18:06

Not exactly the best job. I mean, if someone's going to intentionally scar your body with a design, you'd at the very least think that they'd want to do a decent job..

# . — PopPooB 2009-06-17 18:36

This looks fake also if it is real they did a really nice job anyone see the high res pics you have to have an account on his blog

# i was also wondering the same thing — death 2009-06-17 19:20

so i googled scarification to see what it looks like when it heals

http://bodyhacked.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/scarification.jpg

WOW like that look REALLY GOOD now i see why people would endure this type of pain........ i wonder if he had anything to numb his pain lol.

BTW when the flock is Googled going to become a word lol spell check marks it wrong

# . — Spawnx777x 2009-06-17 19:25

that would actually be funny as ****, both the mario and yoshi thing.

# . — VashioKun 2009-06-17 21:28

I actually have to agree with Spawnx lol

# emotional hardcore — Dunpeal1978 2009-06-17 21:59

I think you should educate yourself before labeling things when you dont even know the definition

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_hardcore

# So are you saying... — GUNBEHINDTHESUN 2009-06-17 22:39

...there are no African American emos?

Lol, that sounds retarded!

# You do know Kids will be reading this forum QJ. — KingPepper 2009-06-17 22:42

You do know Kids will be reading this forum, don't you QJ, right now i bet some Kids are now thinking that its Cool, because of your stupidity, that will now go & do the same thing to themselves, scarring themselves for life, to make them look Cool in front of there mates, infact you might have started a new craze.

This world is already F**KED up as it is, without you making it worse. >:(

# Ugh... — girandhistacos 2009-06-17 23:21

Actually KingPepper, there is absolutely nothing wrong with this. It's the same thing as getting a tattoo or a stretched piercing.

Secondly, most reputable body-mod/scarification parlours wouldn't operate on a child. It's illegal.

And it sickens me that there are still people like you that are so closed minded as to think that something as beautiful as body modification makes the world more f**ked up.

I don't agree with the person that got the corporate product branded onto himself. But it is his body to do with what he pleases, and that goes for everybody.

# - — RJ 2009-06-17 23:56

Wow, is this an internet record for oldest news post? This happened, if they're using the correct dating method, in April last year! Bloody hell guys.

# . — 1ofamillion 2009-06-18 00:31

up top!

# actually.... — Mister Common Sense 2009-06-18 02:13

There are an incredible number of idiot loyal nintendards that worship it like an evil cult.

Why isn't this guy ashamed?

"Hey, check me out! I love a company making money off me so much I'm going to cut it into my body!"

moron

# Wow — Relys 2009-06-18 03:31

What a *****ing retard.

# WTF?!? — nensondubois 2009-06-18 04:26

This complete insanity. Why would omeone do something like this. akadewboy us *****ing right.

# what, — sickofitall 2009-06-18 04:58

the hell is wrong with this person?! This is crazy.

# Whoa — lordoftheluis24 2009-06-18 05:22

I don't care what anyone says, this is a whole new level of emo.

# Idiot... — thexile 2009-06-18 05:36

Why didn't he do it on his *****?

# ... — xavis75211 2009-06-18 06:35

im may cut myself here and there but cuting that into a leg is way to much for me let alone someone else.

but then agian, I SELUTE YOU for the bravery

# .... — Silver-Tiger 2009-06-18 07:35

Mybe you should read the headlines, then you know what awaits you.

# im sorry — celebbb 2009-06-18 07:37

but NICE. hell thats the most genius i've seen. its like a tattoo, but with no ink! the guy who made this, nice, seriously, i could never take that.

for the people who cant take it, you obviously dont play enough gorry games. get desensitized already. joke, seriously, i can see how that would be freakishly sick.

# Something to add... — Serosis 2009-06-18 07:53

The things kids learn at school from their peers is more often as horrible or more than what the kid just saw on QJ.

Just because someone takes a picture of a cut up leg automatically means "save the children", ***** off. Kids get enough attention as it is.

# Now — Serosis 2009-06-18 07:55

All we need is a HD video of someone killing themselves with a WiiMote, then I'll be happy.

# ..... — danhm001 2009-06-18 10:20

hurt yourself....because u want a nes controller on ur leg....i think u have a mental disease.....i have seen people on mental institutions because of that.....and i mean it

# Well — Digitus 2009-06-18 12:27

This is actually a common practice in europe. Its a step above tattoos where people have an "artist" cut the shape into their skin to have it scar over later for "body art" in a way its no different than a tattoo with no other color but...scar color lol. Would I do it? Hell no, I wont even get a tattoo let alone have someone cut shapes into me. And for a videogame console controller? Double no lol. Thats something you can leave to the types who love doing stuff to themselves like piercings tattoos and crap like that.

# Well... — Arliman 2009-06-18 18:48

If someone wants to hurt themselves badly and intentionally to put a nintendo controller, or anything else on their body, more power to them... I sure as hell am not going to, but I wouldn't say that that guy's leg is making the world worse...

# Who cares... — Arliman 2009-06-18 18:52

Why is there always someone making a big deal out of bumping an old thread or bringing a topic "back to life"? Does it put some sort of odd strain on a server somewhere? Or is it just part of some sort of internet religion... kinda like how Christians hate DNA manipulation?

# Retards — suloku 2009-06-18 20:43

Anyone can do whathever the **** he wants with his own body, stop calling him retard or something for that.

Yes, he's a freak to scar a nes controller, but i'd prefer to have that instead of most tatoos.

BTW check this page:

http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/extreme-body-piercing-branding-scarification/offbeat-news

You will see that scarification is the best looking one among them.

IMO, scarification and tatoo are the only things I wold do to my body (maybe some ear piercing, but not somewhere else). The reason? You can rip off a piercing if it gets stuck and you pull.

# eh — shiohigari 2009-06-20 21:54

I dunno if he want's to do that to himself then he can go for it but man he coulda picked something better that looks like crap.

# Not a good idea. — S1L3NC3.. 2009-06-25 04:36

Serious health risks are caused by scarfication. Click here to learn about the risks. http://www.healthmad.com/Healthcare-Industry/Euthanasia.757251

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