NeoGAF cranking out gorgeous 'Criterion Collection' box art
by Griffin McElroy 
on Apr 11th 2009 3:00PM
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Posted: Apr 11th 2009 7:02PM DonaldMick said
An incident involving a supposed "MEGATON~!" that ended up getting blown out of proportion, a time machine, and a contraceptive. (Note: Only one of these items is true).
Although it'll be a moot point when Joystiq acquires ******. The delicious tears will raise the sea level by a good 2 feet.
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Although it'll be a moot point when Joystiq acquires ******. The delicious tears will raise the sea level by a good 2 feet.
Posted: Apr 11th 2009 7:15PM JoshMilewski said
Yeah, I figured it was that.
How buttsore must the GAF mods be if they're still banning Joystiq for something that happened three centuries ago?
Also, I have know if ****** is NeoGAF or Kotaku.
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How buttsore must the GAF mods be if they're still banning Joystiq for something that happened three centuries ago?
Also, I have know if ****** is NeoGAF or Kotaku.
Posted: Apr 11th 2009 9:53PM DonaldMick said
The former. Gawker won't let Kotaku go for love, money or hookers.
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Posted: Apr 12th 2009 12:02AM BananaBoat said
No one would want Kotaku or GAF. How do you monetize that? It's just like Digg. Any attempt to monetize would instantly have the user base pissed off, and you'd have to revert (see: Face Book TOS fiasco, the ongoing Digg Bar fiasco, etc).
GAF is worse than /v/ though. If you don't agree with the mods, you might as well leave before the ban hammer comes down (because it will). AVSforum is probably the only forum I've ever visited where the mods actually mod for content and to keep things on topic, instead of modding to make sure no dissenting opinions appear.
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GAF is worse than /v/ though. If you don't agree with the mods, you might as well leave before the ban hammer comes down (because it will). AVSforum is probably the only forum I've ever visited where the mods actually mod for content and to keep things on topic, instead of modding to make sure no dissenting opinions appear.
Posted: Apr 12th 2009 1:38AM zuburi said
Kotaku is fucking terrible. Most of the posters here I don't agree with make me shake my head, but people on Kotaku (writers included) make me literally angry. I rarely feel that way here. And I don't want to feel that way from a website, it makes me rather upset with myself.
The majority of my anger towards Kotaku and their posters is their freakish, perverted fetish towards anything related to Japan or anime - I see that type of person in Japan once in a while, and it's just... gross.
What's with all the love Joystiq has been showing them as of late, anyway? If I recall correctly (and a lot of the time, I don't), posts mentioning Kotaku got deleted - now Joystiq articles are actively linking to them?
They are awful.
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The majority of my anger towards Kotaku and their posters is their freakish, perverted fetish towards anything related to Japan or anime - I see that type of person in Japan once in a while, and it's just... gross.
What's with all the love Joystiq has been showing them as of late, anyway? If I recall correctly (and a lot of the time, I don't), posts mentioning Kotaku got deleted - now Joystiq articles are actively linking to them?
They are awful.
Posted: Apr 11th 2009 5:01PM AwesomeTown said
Some of those are really down right beautiful.
Posted: Apr 11th 2009 5:07PM jhowlett said
some great stuff there
Posted: Apr 11th 2009 5:57PM Ducarta said
After viewing the thread, I think the industry should come inline with these great box art examples. Some of them really capture the essence of the game to the point that I'm convinced they would reach out to a much larger audience if re-released.
Posted: Apr 11th 2009 6:12PM (Unverified) said
Like most things at GAF, it's a terrible cesspool run by a fat fuck named Amirox and a transsexual ugly bitch by the name of Dragona and the girl no one wants to touch Red Scarlet.
And they like to steal stuff and claim it's yours from 4chan and Something Awful.
Just a terrible forum, run by ugly people and a fatty whose so fat he couldn't fit on any rides at Great Escape (true story)
And they like to steal stuff and claim it's yours from 4chan and Something Awful.
Just a terrible forum, run by ugly people and a fatty whose so fat he couldn't fit on any rides at Great Escape (true story)
Posted: Apr 11th 2009 6:48PM gorillandy said
That'd make a fantastic Photoshop Phriday at Something Awful... "Fat Fucks on Thrill Rides".
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Posted: Apr 11th 2009 6:43PM (Unverified) said
I'd do this if my entire video game collection wasn't all DD based.
Except console games but who plays them anymoar?
Except console games but who plays them anymoar?
Posted: Apr 11th 2009 7:21PM markiv said
Posted: Apr 11th 2009 8:15PM (Unverified) said
this was done on somethingawful weeks ago
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/photoshop-phriday/classy-video-games.php
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/photoshop-phriday/classy-video-games.php
Posted: Apr 11th 2009 9:01PM samfish said
Some of these are really, really good. Some people totally get it.
...erm...but probably most (about 60%) of them don't, sadly :/
Being able to partake in stuff like this makes me wish my account on NeoGaf was activated.
...erm...but probably most (about 60%) of them don't, sadly :/
Being able to partake in stuff like this makes me wish my account on NeoGaf was activated.
Posted: Apr 11th 2009 9:38PM (Unverified) said
I liked it better when SomethingAwful did it.
Posted: Apr 11th 2009 10:21PM cloud858rk said
I refuse to go through any sort of effort to join NeoGAF; they don't allow Gmail accounts, and Gmail is awesome.
Posted: Apr 11th 2009 10:30PM Naoki7 said
I made one for Okami on the Something Awful thread months ago. It sucked. But I feel that I have contributed!
Posted: Apr 12th 2009 12:58AM nickux said
Anyone else find it weird that "Joystiq" is a banned word on Gaf? Go on and try it. Anyways, going to post something to that thread for sure.
Posted: Apr 12th 2009 2:34AM TiE23 said
NeoGAF are Nazis about free emails. So I can't sign up... so here is my very good entry into it... I think I'd be in the highlights personally.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v123/Tie23/AssassinsCreedGAFCoverLRG4.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v123/Tie23/AssassinsCreedGAFCoverLRG4.png
Posted: Apr 12th 2009 10:14AM dukefett said
am i missing high quality versions somewhere? do these look good once you print them?
Posted: Apr 12th 2009 1:15PM Vcize said
I don't have the link but someone else out there might, but there's a forum full of graphic designers who have an ongoing thread where each week they all design promo posters for different games. They've been doing it for a while now so there are a lot of games that it's been done for and some of them are just unbelievable.
With their SF4 and Braid ones alone there were about 50 posters that I would have paid good money for were they actually sold in real form.
With their SF4 and Braid ones alone there were about 50 posters that I would have paid good money for were they actually sold in real form.
Posted: Apr 12th 2009 1:21PM toastix said
I believe somethingawful.com did a photoshop friday of these a few months back.
Posted: Apr 12th 2009 3:48PM (Unverified) said
Looking over their attempts they just did Orange Box/HL covers?
'Gafs, as usual, are better.
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'Gafs, as usual, are better.
Posted: Apr 13th 2009 8:51AM ScottG13 said
GAffers are great. They pick some mean fights sometimes, but man, they can bring out the win, too.
Posted: Apr 13th 2009 8:06PM (Unverified) said
I did one, but then I found out it takes months to actually Register! =[
but theres my contribution!
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/9320/oboxcopy.png
but theres my contribution!
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/9320/oboxcopy.png
