Concept art glued and bound in 'The Art of Midway'
by Jason Dobson 
{ Oct 18th 2007 at 6:55PM }
We'll admit that when approached with the subject of art in video games, Midway is not the first company that comes to mind. Not to say that their games are not art, as we sidestep that land mine and save the explosion for another day, but Midway's titles have never come across as particularly driven by aesthetic style, making us all the more curious as to the contents of Midway's newly released art book, The Art of Midway: Before Pixels and Polygons.A 160-page collection of concept art for some of Midway's top titles, the book is said to include 200 illustrations covering such games as The Suffering and Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy, to the more recently shipped Stranglehold. And of course you can bet there will be quite a few doodles from the Mortal Kombat franchise as well, with Baraka's toothy grin featured on the book's cover. However, what's more interesting to us are the unpublished works said to be included in the book from Midway artists such as Stephan Martinière, Vince Proce, Ben Olson, and Bruno Werneck. Our coffee table has been looking a bit barren lately, and this book would fit quite nicely next to the sweat ring and stack of back issues of People.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Psaakyrn @ Oct 18th 2007 7:02PM
But for clarification, this is not about games as art, but about art in games.
Ranko @ Oct 18th 2007 7:03PM
I want to see this because I for one am a big dork for art books.
Game Artist @ Oct 18th 2007 7:23PM
I have the book. It has no "finished" game art or the process of art production in terms of how to build models etc. Just loads and loads of concept art. Regardless of what you think of Midway's game play the concept art is pretty neat to look at.
Ranko @ Oct 18th 2007 7:56PM
Even better. Concept art=greatness.
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