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You might think it’s pathetic, but I still buy cds. Yes, I am that guy. I go to record stores and I pay four dollars more than I would on iTunes for a bulky jewel case and a booklet that most likely won’t even have the lyrics in it. The experience of an album isn’t just the music but the entire artifact, the tactile feel of the case, the layout of the booklet, the art, the everything. Games are a little different. Artwork on games hasn’t exactly been incredible in the United States over the past decade, certainly not living up to the halcyon days of cartridge based games, when art almost always grossly misrepresented the play and was absolutely awesome. The Japanese artists behind 2008’s Famicase exhibition remember the days of the epic physical artifact. Each case is made for an imaginary Famicom game as envisioned by the artist. Here are a couple of my favorites. Check out the rest of them here. Many thanks to Kotaku for pointing out the exhibition for us. More Yeah, But Is It Art? Pac-man Championship Edition Persona 3: FES
These are pretty cool, and a really neat idea for a project. I'd actually like to see somthing like this done as a tribute to the horrible art from American games in the 80s/early 90s. A whole gallery of Mega Mans!
John Constantine, our superhero, was raised by birds and then attended Penn State University. He is currently working on a novel about a fictional city that exists only in his mind. John has an astonishingly extensive knowledge of Scientology. Ultimately he would like to learn how to effectively use his brain. He continues to keep Wu-Tang's secret to himself.
Peter Smith is like the lead character of Irwin Shaw's The 80-Yard Run, except less athletic. He considers himself very lucky to have this job. But it's a little premature to take "jack-off of all trades" off his resume. Besides writing, travelling, and painting houses, Pete plays guitar in a Led Zeppelin/Talking Heads/Police/Replacements-covering power trio called Shovel, and will gladly rock your world if you so desire.
Cole Stryker is an American freelance writer living in York, England, where he resides with his archeologist wife. He writes for a travel company by day and argues about pop culture on the internet by night. Find him writing regularly here and here.
Derrick Sanskrit is a self-professed geek in a variety of fields including typography, graphic design, comic books, music and cartoons. As a professional hipster graphic designer, his recent clients have included Hooksexup, Pitchfork and MoCCA, among others.
Amber Ahlborn - artist, writer, gamer and DigiPen survivor, she maintains a day job as a graphic artist. By night Amber moonlights as a professional Metroid Fanatic and keeps a metal suit in the closet just in case. Has lived in the state of Washington and insists that it really doesn't rain as much as everyone says it does.
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