Today we are adding our tenth design to the campaign, the Game Over Pins. The 10th design is actually three different designs, but they revolve around the same theme, so they’re bundled together. 

We are also having our first backer vote, where you’ll be able to vote on a color variant for one of the designs. While you'll only be voting on one color variant for one design, you can visit the campaign page to see all three designs.

If you'd like to read more about the inspiration for this design, scroll down!

I’ve always found the phrase “Playing Games” to be funny? Misconstrued maybe? Playing games in a relationship isn’t playing a literal game, it’s manipulation, usually due to unspoken feelings or expectations. It’s really hard to admit our true feelings, our deepest fears and insecurities, which are ultimately very similar to our partners. Instead of speaking up and bearing our deepest fears to our partners, we find it easier to play “games”, to dance around the truth and attempt to ease our anxieties.

I don’t believe that every person plays games in an ill natured way, most of us do it as a defense mechanism. However, I do believe that there are some people out there who operate this way maliciously. They too have deep seated fears and insecurities that they won’t admit out loud, but their “games” are pure manipulation. I’ve experienced this kind of person, their games are subtle, they fly under the radar, until one day you realize you’ve been playing a game you never wanted to. It can be really hard, for a variety of reasons, to walk away from these people and tell them it’s “Game Over”

On a lighter note…I wanted to design a pin around the concept of playing games and of ending games. I’m also a gamer, so in a nod to video games, I paired the phrase with some game controller/console designs, in a tattoo flash style. In a nod to my favorite game, I’ve given each color variant a name from my favorite game.