Jun 19 2009Wow, Just Wow: NES Controller Scarification

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After the jump you will find a picture of BME member Metal_Games, who had the likeness of a NES controller cut into the back of his leg AND THEN THE SKIN REMOVED. Hey, different strokes for different folks. I like freestyle.

The stencil went on, and we were ready to go. 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. 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...

Fun fact: it took me five smelling salts to write this post.

Hit it if you dare.

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An NES Controller Purchased from the Merchant of Venice [gizmodo]

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That's .....just ....I dunno, just beyond wow

I predict a massive infection.

What's wrong with people?

FAIL ...looks more like a skin tissue donor. He should've made it actual size & put a box around it with a bloody cord attached to his heart.

If you're going to massacre yourself like that I suggest doing super mario land

Thats a whole lotta stupid right there.

Sprinkle a little salt on that and watch him scream

Or spill a little alcohol onto him. "Oops sorry!"

i hope the moron dies from infection

now this is what i call emo...

what a jip, the lines aren't even straight.

what a great idea! the equivalent of a really ugly tattoo that's gonna make everyone think you cut yourself!

i am waiting for that stupid daisy character to say his/her usual not funny photoshop line....

badass scars

this reminds me of the occasion when I took a 18 inch hunting knife and carved the preamble to the constitution into my upper thigh.

Then on an "unrelated" note... one day most of the ladies in the tri-county were suddenly able to recite the preamble to the constitution by heart.

@11 funny, I was waiting for someone stupid to question when Daisy would say his/her not funny photoshop line

FAKE!!!!

This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.

This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max killed a drug dealer and then dumped his body in the ocean. Another guy who the drug dealer owed money to assumed the dead guy took off to avoid paying him, and started peeling the skin off all his friends trying to get someone to tell where the dealer was hiding.

the outline looks pretty neat but he totally went overboard on the whole "lemme take my skin off while i'm at it" part.

he probably has a mad case of ocd. he saw that the lines were'nt straight and decided to pick his skin off because of it.

=/

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Mother: "oh son, you make me so proud, that i`m glad me and your imprisoned murdering rapist dad had sex that time"

Son: "ah thanks mum! and i promise i wont follow up on all those mad plans of murdering all my school mates, that i`ve scribble all over the wall of my room"

Mother: "i`m glad son, whats that in your pockets?"

Son: " of this? nothing just my 9mm, my pipebombs and by cherished copy of the anarchist cook book"

Mother: " I love you son"

Son: "cheers mum POP POP POP, that take that 9mm in your face bitch, oh better get going school starts in 15 min!!"

I gotta get my hands on some of that UK weed, that was a great story

@16 lmao

massive scabage

skin, uh, well how do i put this, skin tends to grow back...this may have been a waste of time. JK it was definitely a waste of time

IF that is his right forearm we got a serious masturbator right there. Damn someone has high speed internet and a lot of ME time!

Eventually the scars from wound like this lose their pigment. Then you get skin cancer.

I can't believe people deface their bodies in the name of stupidity. I can't even come up with one of my witty monologues on this one. If I were the Fonz this would be thumbs down.

hardcore nerdage

For the love of god WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY.... i agree with 4 if you want todo shit like this least do it so it looks decent

its actually on the back of his leg...vertical...
so he gets to explain it to people as they tilt
their heads to see it...

Just FYI to everyone commenting, scarification is common in the body modification community. When done properly and treated properly (as with piercings and tattoos), they have varied outcomes, but typically turn out just fine.

@22 I hope you die in a car accident today.

Not only is that lame, the "controller" looks stupid. Great work, retard.

Fake?

Well at least he didn't try to carve out a Wii controller. That has more buttons.

Thanks GW, schools' obviously out today

Whew yeah I felt myself rock in my chair that was a little gruesome. There's worse pictures on /b/ though ... whew

WHAT IN THE HELL IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE!!!! OW OW OW OW!!!!

Yea, it doesn't even look that good. I bet, once that heals, he'll have to explain to everyone what it is. Hopefully he doesn't get an infection and lose his leg. I wonder what a person is trying to "say" by doing something like this.

"I really like video games" ?
"I think the old school video games are better" ?
"I am incapable of imagining my life 5 or 10 years in the future " ?

F*cuking gruesome. What an idiot

me

i have to side with #27

http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Scarification

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

Grow up, children. Scarification in and of itself is not guaranteed for infection the same as neither a tattoo nor piercing is guaranteed for infection- the majority of people attempting a procedure like this are more aware of the risks associated than your average person getting a tattoo, and infections are much more rare than you would assume. Friendlystoner: what a great comparison. I'm sure someone would have to be a murdering sociopath to get such a bizarre modification. And Mirror Mirror- duh, that is the point. The skin will grow back and, depending on the recipient's desire for a more/less intense scar will be irritated somewhat in order to make that likelihood possible, though it's very difficult to predict exactly how a person's body will scar from any given procedure.

That being said: I personally think this looks stupid. It probably could be improved by a box around it and in a different location.

Daisy:
You spent your time on that.... ?

Is there a character limitation on these comments? This is annoying :P

@43

NO, but GW will delete those comments in the dead of night. He's sick like that.

@22

"I can't believe people deface their bodies in the name of stupidity. I can't even come up with one of my witty monologues on this one. "

the right wing mentality combined with cliche phrases a 9 year old would giggle at -dude, you should be someone's show n' tell for a philosophy or cultural studies class.

your remark about cancer, writing and view of body modification tells me you are someone who memorizes information and tries passing for an intellectual
i bet you are a suit, engineer or lab assistant at best

don't bother answering me you fuking work drone -just go do what your told


that's stupid!

i do this kind of thing. scarification, branding/cutting/skin peelings etc. its not nearly as painful as anyone would think it is.

Wouldn't a a tattoo have been easier, and a somewhat safer?

What the f*ck is with all the hate?

If he wants to do that to his body, let him. It doesn't hurt you in any way.

Scarification is on thing to denote a moment in ones life some great happening, an achievement, or a milestone like passing into manhood. I will admit the NES was a great happening but not enough to tear my skin off, there is no achievement here, no great happening nor is it a milestone(unless stupidity is a milestone) there is just one Grade A dumbass. Its a great system I still have and play it, but this is not to way to remember it, cant he play the system?

Ewwwwwwwww

there is nothing wrong with scarification. when someone goes into a fight dont they expect to get hurt? battle scars have been viewed as powerful and strong. i find it intimidating if anything. but this one right here.... it just looks nasty to touch if you ask me.

To all of the people saying "it doesn't hurt that much" think about the itching and cracking the scabs will make. Ahh, long term irritation, like a hundred papercuts daily until it heals. Think ahead people, think ahead.

A tattoo would have been neater, cooler, less likely to case gang green, septic shock, or the possible removal of his leg. I've seen scarification, done right (as in dashes or symmetric shapes which don't have to be precise) they look fine and can have tribal meaning , this however will shrink, distort and otherwise morph its way into an unintelligible blob. Nice Work!

@40

See what I mean?

WTF was the point of that?! It doesn't look cool, it looks dumb!
I can't wait till he's 70 and the skin sags, then it'll look something special.

@25 lmao!!

vertical it looks like he put a crop circle on his leg!

But do you have to blow on it?

Oh shit, is that some gangrene I see?

The circles look like salami.

que imbecil... nada mas, que imbecil

It funny how you can see peoples egos battling it out in this comment section. You have the "normal" people, who are making funny, slapstick-esque type posts, the "scrubs-lovers" going off on Dr. Cox like rants trying to sound smart, and then you have the poor people that wish they worked at Miami Ink or at least knew someone that did, defending body mods and this ducking idiot that obviously is just random guy "A" from somewhere out there, that made a stupid move, but who cares really. I am now going to go outside and beat my own ass for even participating in this comment forum. To those of you keeping it light, you guys rock. To those of you taking the internet seriously, duck you, and the horse you rode in on.

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@57 Now I'm hungry!

@59 - It is also funny how you omitted that third group which is also present in this comment section. It is most important to your rant as you are a perfect example of it. Those people that occasionally weigh in with these comments as if you are some all knowing, all seeing eye that perceives these truths about the rest of us that no one else could hope to see. Not only are these comments trolls but it usually reveals just how far you have your head up your ass. You know, the guy that tries to make mildly insightful observations and turn them into witty, cynical put-downs but only does so because he lacks the knowledge and creativity to make a meaningful statement about the topic at hand. I'm sure you've been sitting there, ever since you submitted your little tirade, stroking your little kitty cat and feeling oh so superior to the rest of us. Truth is, Mr. The Realist, most people know their posts are of less than perfect substance. It doesn't make you better for pointing it out, it just makes you a dick for trying to condescend to the other posters and make them feel bad about it.
By the way, I like what you did there, the whole "I'm going to beat my own ass for even participating" thing. You know, like you aren't going to sit there and hit refresh over and over. Waiting for someone to respond to what you have said.

@64. Very nicely done.

ahha - +10 points from this chica.

PS- I showed this post to one of my employees and she actually vomited in her mouth a little bit. Made my afternoon. Now she's not talking to me =)

@59 mr. psychoanalyst, you left people like yourself out of that equation. @64 said it perfectly nevermind, glad I read that

Late as always.... that does look dumb, true to life size w/ a box would have been the way to go.

@ Daisy detractors/defenders/daisy - you are retards
@ everyone else (including me I suppose) -you are retards

IDIOT!!!!

This is a complete comment spoof. You can tell they've got nothing better to do and their apostrophe use is all wrong.

This is exactly like that chapter in the book I've Got Internet Anonymity where Daisy spams a comment thread with the same useless spiel again and again with little variation. Other guys like to pretend to be her with their own version of the tired old formula but it never makes the fact that we're constantly subjected to their lame humor any better. At the end, all the fellow Geekologie commenters light torches and march to his/her house with an appetite for a good old fashioned moron lynching.

Still, I guess it does not take much imagination to know why this guy posted his scarification. But if he was expecting praise he came to the wrong site. Now if it was of STAR WARS that would make him the coolest manly man in the world!!! PEW PEW!

doesn't really look like how blood should coagulate
do I dare say for a first time, fake?

FAKE!!!!

This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.

This is exactly like that one time I photoshopped a dinosaur eating a pie humping a car. Yup this is way better then that lame never back down movie.
But gotta admit that blond whore in that movie was hot.

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WTF IS WRONG WITH THIS DUDE!?

cuz it looks like pepperoni or jerky.....

wow.

This is so idiotic o_o

You could fit five Grand Canyons, a Death Star and my left cheek into the gap that spans between how awesome I thought this was going to be and how awesome it actually is. Weak.

what aver float your boat buddy....
Some people *rolls eyes, shakes head*

i hope anyone who agreed or defended this dies of infeciton of some sorts as well.

I always wondered what raw human muscle looked like under the skin.

Well, I don't wonder that anymore...

Looking at the guys website he got in done in April of 2008. Wonder if we can see updated photos...

He's going to attract a shark.


Don't gimme that shark-thing-is-a-myth lecture, I don't care. Just LOL with me.

Yeah.. I don't understand this kind of body mod.. I mean tattoos are fine but scars? One of my good friends had two stars done on her shoulderblades. Shes pretty frikkin crazy.

fffffffffffffffffffffffff

turns my blood cold, man.

Pretty awesome, not as awesome as the time I banged the superficials Mom in all three holes while riding a hoverboard and using my lightsaber to behead robots, all between sexual bouts with lady dinosours (sexy T-Rex bitches, three claw hand-jobs with gimp arms) did I mention that I was wearing a t-shirt with some sweet wolves painted on it? They howl at the moon. Ladies love it.

still not as bad as the bme pain olympics video. :barf:x10000000000000000000

What bothers me most is that it isn't actual size. Unless it's a little person. Is it a little person? Plus you have to play one handed. It's hard to do moves one handed. Unless someone else plays, and then you have to face away from the TV and you miss the whole game. Also, I can never remember which buttons are which. Labels would have been shiny. (Sorry, been rewatching Firefly.)

Fail.

Also, what are his grandkids going to say?

"Grampa, what is that scarification on your arm?"

"It's a NES controller."

"Grampa, what is a NES controller?"

"It was a video game console back when I was a kid."

"Grampa, what is a video game?"

"It was thing you played on the screen of a small box in your dorm room."

"Grampa, why were you so lame?"

would'nt that make him...i dunno, STUPID?!

That looks like the coolest cake design yet! Delicious ;-)

That looks like the coolest cake design yet! Delicious ;-)

he would have gotten more of his money's worth with a lobotomy. Would have been more attractive to look at too. You'd the idiot doing the cutting would have actually used a straightedge and circular stencil to make the cuts instead of free handing it. Looks stupid AND amateur.

He would have gotten more of his money's worth with a lobotomy- would have been more attractive to look at too. You'd think the idiot doing the cutting would have actually used a straightedge and circular stencil to make the cuts instead of free-handing it. It looks stupid AND amateur.

he is an emo player D: , a hardcore player will never make something like that D:

scarification is pretty weird (and dumb) to begin with, but this just looks awful. apparently tattoos just aren't cool enough anymore.

This is freaking gay. They've yet to make the outside of the NES Controller.

This story blows ...

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i'm going to punch my fist down the eye of your cock #99

and #98 - you too buddy - your gonna be pissing meat for a week

Some folks are doing anything to get posted here!

But, #64, 'ahha', how is your post any different?

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i'm 104!!!
what're we talking about here again?

Well, it's no skin off my nose. Get it?!? Zing!

A very large part of me hopes that this idiot gets AIDS.

mmmm, bacon!

haha he'll have a NES controller scar once that heals up

@4

-You know that famous laptop that the guy had lased to show the entire Mario Bros. game on it?

Now THAT would be awesome.

And that ladies and gentlemen is why some people just shouldn't be allowed to breed

Wow, how about next time just get a tattoo like me ive got an nes controller on my arm and yeah no cutting required ......idiot.

that guy's parents didn't show him enough love when he was young....what a total idiot.

Its a body modification...whoop de f***ing doo...head over to bmezine if you REALLY Want to see some crazyness...this is fairly simple compared to some of the intricate designs i have seen...seems as if most people on here are a little sheltered to whats going on now...

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