Greatest Box Art In Gaming History DRAFT! – Gaming Podcast
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What are the most memorable video game box arts from the past?
Hello, fellow gamers, and welcome to the Video Gamers Podcast. Can you hear a game and instantly recall the box art for it? Do you remember the days of picking a game solely based on the box art and the screenshots on the back? What about some of the incredible modern art we've seen for game releases? Well, on today's episode, we're going to be drafting the best video game box art from the memorable to the iconic. We're going head to head to see whose team will reign supreme. But first, some introductions are in order. I am your host, Josh. And joining me, he's the Earl to my toe jam, the clank to my ratchet and the knuckles to my Sonic.
It's Ryan. You got me a little worried now about my picks going deep with that. You're going deep, buddy. We're always worried about your picks.
I don't know if you know this, but anytime we do a draft, we're always a little bit worried.
You should be scared. I got fired today.
Okay, we'll see. You do have the age to remember some of the better box art, at least. So you do have something going for you on this one.
Call me old buddy. All right.
And joining us, he had to ask us what we meant when we said box art, which led us to Googling the more modern answer, and apparently it's called key art now since games don't come in boxes anymore. It's Ace.
You know, they say to never judge a book by its cover, but they never said anything about video games.
Yeah. Dude, let's be honest, man. A good cover art, that's what we're going to call it. We're going to call it cover art for the rest of the show.
Cover art is what we should call it because key art's dumb and it's not box art anymore because there are no more boxes.
Yeah, because there's no boxes anymore.
How has video game cover art evolved over the decades?
So it's like, you know, whatever that picture is, when a game is announced and you get the picture, that picture that is what you see when you Google the game That's what we're talking about. That's what we're talking about, people. Box art, cover art, key art, whatever you want to call it. There have been some iconic ones out there. I mean, that's why I said in the intro, man, you just close your eyes and it's like, boom, I can picture this instantly. There will be some nostalgia, I'm sure, because for the older gamers out there, they remember what it's like to You go to the store and walk up and down the aisle and look at games that you didn't know, you know, and go like, oh, this game looks cool.
And then you pick it up, you turn it around, you start looking at the screenshots on the back, you read the description and then you go, yeah, I want this one. It was that way if you were in a blockbuster or any video rental store renting a game. I mean, like I said, the OG gamers will understand. But don't worry, newer gamers. Y'all get some really, really cool art nowadays, too. And so we're not restricting it to just older games either. So yeah. Guys, this is going to be a fun draft. I'm really curious to see if we have overlap, if we are going to snake some picks from each other on this one. But to explain it to the listeners that may not be aware of how we do these drafts, we are going to take turns.
So we have randomized the order using our AI overlords and the order that was picked today. I will go first and then it's going to be ace and then Ryan. And then because Ryan gets the last pick, he's going to get the first pick in the next round. So Ryan will actually go back to back and then it'll be ace and then me. And then because I was last in that round, I get to go first in the round after. So we're going to do five rounds, which means we're going to pick five games each. For this draft, and we are going to see who puts together the best team of video game cover art. I got to ask you guys, did you get nostalgic at all, like looking up some of these? Did you start kind of looking through these and going like, oh.
man immediately like i especially um i don't mean you josh like because we did a lot of that and i know you did two ace but like this was like in the 90s like the cover art and the boxes that you would pick up and they don't some of them especially the pcs would have that extra flap on the front you could open and look at more stuff and dude it was uh it was wild because i knew my my ones that came to my head and then i just started googling like game cover art and looking at stuff and
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the most memorable video game box arts from the past?
0:11–1:59
2
How has video game cover art evolved over the decades?
1:59–4:44
3
What iconic games were selected in the box art draft?
4:44–6:35
4
What strategies did the hosts use to choose their favorite box arts?
6:35–7:43
5
What nostalgic feelings do video game covers evoke for the hosts?
7:43–8:45
6
What are some surprising stories behind famous game covers?
8:45–9:43
7
How do modern games compare to classic covers in terms of art?
9:43–10:55
8
What are the final thoughts on the best video game cover art?
10:55–41:05
Speakers
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