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Burnout Paradise art style inspired by rock album?

by Scott Jon Siegel on Jan 14th 2008 7:00AM

We're not going to spring for a paternity test, but just putting these two side by side is enough to convince us that there's at least some relation between Burnout Paradise's slick cover art, and this 2000 album by rock group Karate.

In fact, we're willing to go out on a limb and state that the album art for Karate's "Unsolved" is most likely the genesis of Paradise's radical aesthetic switch. Even the colors bled into the cars' shapes are identical. Now, all that's left to find out is if Paradise's mother hung out at dockside bars.

[Thanks, Greg K]

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Tags: art, burnout, burnout-paradise, criterion, ea, ea-games, Electronic-Arts, PS3, this-isnt-news, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (37)

AHAHAH! Love the reference in the image...

GeeeeeeIiiii Jooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooe!!!

Does your mother still hang out at dockside bars?

...dockside bars?!

I knew I recognized it from somewhere. hahaha.

Even though the inspirational ressemblence is flagrant, the details differ (such as the portrayed colored landscape, seen through the car) and therefore brings the interpretation to another level.

But still, great find.

Indeed, i do belive this is mere coincidence, or at best, unintentional inspiration.

It's similer, hell, to a level thats downright spooky, but i'm willing to be that there isn't some sort of consipiricy here ;)

But if something ill befalls the cover, i'm fine with the other box art, the one with the smashed up supercar... makes me feel good :-P

For anyone looking for an indie rock jazz album that is sublime, listen to the pictured Karate - "Unsolved". It's fantastic, one of the best "albums" out there, it must be listened to all the way through.

/music snobbery

Is it actually good, or Kid A good? (As in not good, but said to be good to make people feel better about themselves)

Lol, "Kid-A good," I'm gonna have to steal that one.

i agree. that record is fucking fantastic.

@Anti-Hipster League

Maybe you are unable to appreciate it, but even though I was never really bothered about any of Radiohead's other albums, I find Kid A to be absolute masterpiece. It seems that you need to criticise this album (unprovoked) just to make yourself feel better.

Haha, I have that album!

...I suppose I'd have noticed the similarities if the copy I had was legit, you know, with a cover and all...

They didn't know and now you will cause them to sue. Good job, Joystiq!!!

So, EA is taking a cue from the Apple playbook?

Porkchop Sandwhiches!

Cracked up when I read the image, good stuff, 'stiqers

"Bet you won't press that button bitch"

"Check it out..."

Doesn't look enough alike to me. I am betting coincidence.

I smell a lawsuit, and in this rare case I'd say it's justified. Coincidence or not, if you violate someone else's trademark/copyright, you owe them money. Just because you coincidentally invented an iPod in your garage last summer doesn't mean you don't owe Apple money.

Sorry, but no. The two are very different. The only similarity is that they both have cars and they both use similar colors. Otherwise, the style, the solidity of the objects, the backgrounds are all different. I mean, the Burnout car is just a few lines to detail the body with the background providing the rest of the shape, whereas the album car is solid.

Take away the color and tell me they're the same. They're not even close.

How could you just take away the colors? That's an integral part of what makes the covers what they are. If we're doing that, we might as well take away the Blackberry in the Research in Motion lawsuit. Hell, let's take away the motion sensing remote in the Vii and claim that the 16-bit games it plays are nothing like the ones on Wii.

They aren't the same.

EA just can't stop making sequels.

Its Criteron, and their sequels are good at least

I was referring to the box art

I enjoy a good conspiracy as much as the next internet user, but I'm going to call coincidence.

You know these people, they go to sleep, they think everything's fine, everything's good... then they wake up in the morning and they're on FIRE!

BAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

"rock group Karate."

Hey kid! I'm a computer! Stop all the downloading!

Awww hell nah, what's up dog?

HELP COMPUTER

.. and the Karate album cover looks like the cover of OK Computer

Personally, I think the term "similar" applies more then "identical."

When I saw the new 'Paradise" art, I immediately thought of the "Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" poster:

http://movies.about.com/library/weekly/blfastfurious042606.htm

But there is a similarity with the Karate cover as well. It's a tough call...

there are no new ideas

1) I bet coincidence and a blow-over.
2) Even if it wasn't a coincidence... why are you burning them for making it better?

I love the new design for Burnout Paridise, but despite the simmilarities, i still think it's probably just a coincidence that the composition and colour resembles the Karate album so much.

So Burnout Paradise is actually the Karate Kid?

Me confuzed?!?!

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