Feb 4 2009Clever: Video Games As Classic Book Covers
This is a bunch of video game covers in the style of classic books. They were very cleverly made. I posted some more of my favorites after the jump, along with the link to an even larger gallery. So go check them out. Then, check me out. Can you tell I'm flexing? Because I'm not, I'm naturally this muscular. Steroids, folks, they made my penis disappear.
Hit it for a bunch more.
A Second Serving Of Classic, Reimagined Game Covers [kotaku]
Thanks to Julian, who could read and play video games at the same time if he wanted. But why would he want to? Exactly, he wouldn't. That's why he's never done it.
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Reader Comments
1. Sporty McDouglas - February 4, 2009 1:02 PM
Haha those are great.
I want to pick a favorite but they are all really good.
What a great idea.
Mario Kart and Team Fortress 2 are just perfect.
2. Timbo - February 4, 2009 1:03 PM
ehhhh...
3. egor - February 4, 2009 1:03 PM
first?
4. egor - February 4, 2009 1:04 PM
fail...
5. FRIST!!!!!11!1!1 - February 4, 2009 1:06 PM
explain this concept to me.
6. Pew³ - February 4, 2009 1:23 PM
I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.
7. Katie.K - February 4, 2009 1:26 PM
Are they all sopse to
be book covers?
or games that u found?
Cause I havn't even herd
of any of those games be4!
8. Watch - February 4, 2009 1:28 PM
it remeinds me of those choose your own adevnture books.
DAISY SHUT UP!!! NEVER BACK DOWN IS NOT A REAL MOVIE!!!
This is exactly like dividing by zero
9. Pew³ - February 4, 2009 1:34 PM
@7. I'm calling büllshït on you!
You've never heard of Grand Theft Auto or Doom?
My grandma has heard of those games.
10. t - February 4, 2009 1:46 PM
For anyone who doesn't get the reference (either you slept through high school lit. or didn't grow up in the U.S.) do a Google image search for "Penguin Classics."
11. E of R - February 4, 2009 1:51 PM
My grandma kicked paperboy's ass.....
12. LSDiesel - February 4, 2009 1:56 PM
I want to do unspeakable things to the boy in the first picture.
13. Elmo - February 4, 2009 2:05 PM
aww I miss the Paper Boy game....
14. Ollie Williams - February 4, 2009 2:33 PM
@12
So do I. I just loves me some young boys. NAMBLA here I come!
15. Real Credit - February 4, 2009 2:37 PM
Hey, these were all done at SomethingAwful.com.
Give real credit where credit is due!
16. Hunter - February 4, 2009 3:23 PM
Pretty shnazzy right there
17. wtf - February 4, 2009 3:45 PM
Quit stealing content from SA!
18. a wizzard - February 4, 2009 4:56 PM
You might want to fix the colors on that Bubble Bobble one.
19. Pornographic - February 4, 2009 5:15 PM
Or you could give credit to the original designer who inspired the Something Awful forum:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ollym/sets/72157612646893506/
20. Brad - February 4, 2009 7:04 PM
All these are from something awful. Way to refer to the source
21. Montgommery - February 4, 2009 8:01 PM
@ 20, 19, 17, and 15 lol you people are dumbs. The GW totally gave a link to a website with the rest of the pics and that site said it was from the peeps at somethingawful.
Sheesh. Don't get so bent out of shape. Also, before you go making harsh allegations of what or what not a person has done, maybe you should research into it a little more.
22. Daisy - February 5, 2009 12:01 AM
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 hires some homeless street dancers fo a TV variety show. They are asked to dance n blackface, and make terribly offensive comments.
Naturally this TV show becane a hit.
23. Watch - February 5, 2009 12:16 PM
DAISY!! SHUT UP!!!
NEVER BACK DOWN IS NOT A REAL MOVIE!!!
NBD is exactly like dividing by zero
24. chrisamp - February 5, 2009 7:29 PM
dnftt
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1023111/
25. Chockabon - February 5, 2009 8:47 PM
Brilliant for those that have parents that hate video games.
26. Chris - February 7, 2009 2:33 AM
There are other gametypes that need to be integrated too, like attacking and defending a bomb. Maybe the objective doesn't stop in this one zone. Maybe the outcome of attacking or defending that bomb affects the entire galaxy/world, like capturable zones in Warhammer.
27. John - February 13, 2009 5:28 PM
Someone should think before they speak. I mean post.
These are not done in the style of classic books, there in the style of classic...... Any guess? No?
These look Like classic GAMES Duh.
http://www.tietokonemuseo.net/pelit/mattel2.jpg