tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19067548.post116004216996149944..comments2023-06-28T07:26:48.676-04:00Comments on the aspidistra: Two Kinds of ArtCom$tockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07758127726424789899noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19067548.post-1160100162815268092006-10-05T22:02:00.000-04:002006-10-05T22:02:00.000-04:00It will come as no surprise that i am a big fan of...It will come as no surprise that i am a big fan of box art.. I still have all my NES boxes and the instruction manuals to my atari games. The art for me, more so back in the day, is always strongly connected to the game. I never had my cartridges skewn about, but in their boxes and playing a game was like playing an LP, I'd pull it out have the box their next to me. <BR/><BR/>To me the best box art by far (and again this will be no surprise) was that of the activision games. Their singular artistic renditions were and are extremely satisfying to me.. I love the rainbow swoop. I also love the cartoon renditions as opposed to the silly "realistic"renderings. Like missle command or airsea battle. the disconnect between the cover and game was so extreme that it was just lost. But with activision it was kinda there. cartoony graphics, cartoony art. The box art got weaker over time, especially by the end of the 2600s life when it tried to modernize. But theirs a golden heyday with pitfall seaquest etc etc.<BR/><BR/>That article reminded me of going to Toys'R us to stare at the boxes behind the locked glass. carefully picking out which ones you would ask to look at. you had to be selective.<BR/><BR/>finally, what the fuck is with those Donkey Kong and Pacman jogging boxes, crazy shit indeed.<BR/><BR/>good work aspAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17445438432140694034noreply@blogger.com