Video Games as Vintage Book Covers

by Eric Limer | 5:31 pm, June 22nd, 2011

Illustrator A. J. Hateley has been whipping up some fake vintage book covers that reference certain, mostly seminal, video games as part of her “30 Days of Videogames” project over on her tumblr. She’s only part of the way through the project so far, but the fake book covers that have already come out of it are pretty stellar. Check out some more after the jump.

Pokémon (the first generation ones anyway)

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask

Katamari Damacy (we see what you did there)

Portal

Half-Life (series)

Check out A. J.’s tumblr or Uproxx to see more including Portal 2, Metal Gear Solid, BioShock and Final Fantasy VII.

(via Uproxx)

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Huh, the first one reminded me more of Gradius for some reason.

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Max I'm hotdog princess.
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James Plafke Asura's Wrath continues to look like a parody of video games, but is actually a serious video game.
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Eric Limer So the title of a judge in UK High Court (when not addressed directly) is "Mr(s). Justice." Words cannot describe the awesomeness.
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Max Some people want to live in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. I just want to wander around medieval europe in smelly robes. #dreams
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Eric Limer I'm almost bummed out that I have no more dishes to wash. It can be a pretty zen activity.
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Eric Limer Cloacae are gross.
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Eric Limer The downtime before a movie is when I'm happiest to have a smartphone.
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Max Remember that time you found our your friend had those "stain resistant pants" and you spent the whole night dumping pepsi on him?
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Max I'm making fun, but part of me will always admire fic writers.
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Max What happened on that Thursday afternoon ten years ago that stopped the fic writer, already 30+ stories in?
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Max "This page last modified Thursday, May 2, 2002 1:06 PM PST" The only fitting epitaph for a Neon Genesis Evangelion fanfiction site.
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Max Harvard University has hosted a clutch of Neon Genesis Evanglion fanfiction for fourteen years. http://t.co/ZEgVGSh8
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Eric Limer I like that the general consensus regarding rules of grammar is that they don't apply so long as you're sufficiently badass.
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Eric Limer Well, I guess I don't need a good graphics card to read books. :/
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