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What one symbol do you think defines video games?

Asked by Triiiple (1356points) February 27th, 2009

Ive been wanting to get a video game related tattoo for a while but always get stumped on something that defines gaming, i wanted to stray away from any main characters such as Mario, Sonic, Samus, Megaman or Link.

The only Mario design i really liked was Zombie Mario but then again im not a huge fan of him.

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Waffle's avatar

I feel like a D-Pad or some controller could do the trick.
@uberbatman that logo is amazing!

Triiiple's avatar

@uberbatman i have to admit that is bad ass, maybe a play on that Dpad? Gonna have to hop on Photoshop and start playing with it.

El_Cadejo's avatar

btw that logo came from the webcomic Ctrl+Alt+Del

Sakata's avatar

@uberbatman OMG that symbol is sweet.

Between this question and that post I’m considering the tattoo for myself.

GQ… GA… lurve2u

jrpowell's avatar

I played for a few seconds. I hated the tribal stuff.

I suck at Photoshop

eambos's avatar

@uberbatman I thought that logo was cool, then I saw it came from CAD. No lurve to them (or the d-bag author).

Triiiple's avatar

I got a good a idea on something to do with that symbol, got some inspiration from a Salvador Dali picture.

Also found another cool symbol i might consider getting, just taking the text out and changing it around a bit.
http://www.splitreason.com/product/741

jrpowell's avatar

That isn’t nerdy.

Nimis's avatar

If you’re going the church/religious route, how about something like this?

El_Cadejo's avatar

“photo is currently unavailable”

Nimis's avatar

Try this.
Thanks for the heads up.

Triiiple's avatar

@Nimis not religious at all, but i like the design, i dont mind crosses at all. Just a symbol to me like any other.

Nimis's avatar

@Triiiple Well, not religious in the traditional sense.
More of a metaphor for how ahem dedicated you are to video games.

seVen's avatar

Game Over
sign

Blondesjon's avatar

@Triiiple…Maybe you should get an iron lung tat…

Triiiple's avatar

Haha the Iron Lungs icon is pretty sweet.

bananafish's avatar

How about the Mario mushroom?

Or the Mario question mark block (from the NES) – the one that you could bop coins out of.

Maybe a Mario turtle shell?
Or a video game “coin” (make sure it looks super 8-bit)

Otherwise you’re going to have to go with a controller design, which I think is pretty boring and humorless.

StellarAirman's avatar

An Atari joystick is the ultimate symbol for gaming to me I think. Even though no current consoles have joysticks like that, it still immediately conveys gaming.

sweetteaindahouse's avatar

The Assassin’s Creed logo is pretty awesome.

arfserra's avatar

A d-pad is the most recognizable video-game icon I can think of.

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