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On my eighteenth birthday, my sister paid for my
first tattoo, the Mortal Kombat logo. Last June, I
decided to add the Megaman tattoo in eight-bit be
cause it is the only way I picture him. Not long
after, at the beginning of the fall semester, I decided to get a
tattoo that would represent my nephew, Jayden. As a baby,
he loved to bounce around. Combined with the video game
theme, he inspired me to get the frog-suit Mario done.
Some people have questioned the legitimacy of my body art.
What I told them, and still say when defending the artwork
on my arm, is that video games were an integral part of my
adolescence; they symbolize my childhood. I am
also a defender of video games as an artistic ex
pression, and more importantly, an art that shaped
me personally.
John Dennis Hadlock
sophomore English literature major
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