2 weeks ago I put together what I thought was the best 25 gaming tattoos on the net from what I could find. I tried to judge based on how large and colorful some were, how painful they might be, and even the WTF factor they might induce from viewers in public. I asked you guys and girls to send in your own tattoos and I got a few emails every day so I held off on posting this until the submissions died down.

I still think my original list is a solid representation of the best gamer tattoos, but a few that you all submitted definitely deserve to be on it - one of the recent submissions (Maduin's leg) is even damn near the best I've ever seen. So keep sending in your tattoos and sometime in 2007 I'll update it and make a best of the best gallery.

And I love game art too - so if you make any awesome paintings or videos involving video games make sure to show me. Also, are any of you in gaming music bands? That shit kicks ass too, so lemme know! Here are the 25 new pics in no particular order, with their owner's name included when you click on them:

Update: I swear I know how to count to 25, but there's now more since people keep sending in their tattoos. Mail me yours over the weekend and I'll add them too.

You've all seen them before, but you've never seen this many in one place. From Mario to Halo to Zelda to Final Fantasy to Bubble Bobble to the infamous Pac Man butt crack tattoo to NES guns, there's enough body ink in this gallery to make even Michael Jackson look pretty. A FF7 tattoo ironically scored 7th on the 25 list, which was judged based on how large and colorful the tattoos were, how obscure the related games were, and the 'WTF is that' factor of certain body tattoo placement. And pain. The winner of them all had to hurt like a Chain Chomp, but it was worth it!

If you have any gaming tattoos of your own, feel free to send them in to get seen. Or if you found a tattoo you think is badass enough to jump onto this Top 25 list then that works too, I challenge you to wow my retinas with retro love!

Update 1: Now's your last chance to send in your gamer tattoos. I got a bunch of submissions and will be posting them all late tomorrow (Tuesday) night. So far I've received some really cool ones that even deserve to dethrone a few of the top 25 winners. Check back tomorrow to see some more amazing gamer skin art.

From #25 to #1, here they are: