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Video Game Box Art: The Stories Behind the Covers

Since E3 actslike a crystal ball for the future of gaming, it seemed like the perfect time...

Since E3 acts
like a crystal ball for the future of gaming, it seemed like the perfect time to talk about the evolution of video game box art with some of the developers that attended

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- Since E3 acts like a crystal ball
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for the future of gaming,
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it seemed like the perfect time
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to talk about the evolution of video game box art
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with some of the developers that attended.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
44
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:54
Uploaded
Jun 11, 2025
Season
1
Episode
6
Genres
documentary
Production
Zik Zak Filmworks

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Movie Summary

"Video Game Box Art: The Stories Behind the Covers" is the only definitive collection of in-depth interviews featuring illustrators and artists of the video game industry in a time before, during and after the digital age. Watch a...
S01 • E01 That enabled us to get in and do all the detail - Video Game Box Art: The Stories Behind the Covers 00:07
That enabled us to get in and do all the detail
S01 • E08 But if you come in close, I don't know if you need to, - Video Game Box Art: The Stories Behind the Covers 00:07
But if you come in close, I don't know if you need to,
S01 • E06 - You know, what you would see on the cover - Video Game Box Art: The Stories Behind the Covers 00:07
- You know, what you would see on the cover
S01 • E02 But it was kind of fun, becauseI knew it was for a game - Video Game Box Art: The Stories Behind the Covers 00:09
But it was kind of fun, becauseI knew it was for a game
S01 • E04 And you got that iconic Splatterhouse - Video Game Box Art: The Stories Behind the Covers 00:05
And you got that iconic Splatterhouse
S01 • E01 We had to physically work within the confines - Video Game Box Art: The Stories Behind the Covers 00:05
We had to physically work within the confines
S01 • E07 In fact, I mentioned I did some stuff for FASA, - Video Game Box Art: The Stories Behind the Covers 00:06
In fact, I mentioned I did some stuff for FASA,
S01 • E06 - So, I mean all of our box art was hand painted, - Video Game Box Art: The Stories Behind the Covers 00:11
- So, I mean all of our box art was hand painted,
S01 • E04 And even the warning logo which - Video Game Box Art: The Stories Behind the Covers 00:05
And even the warning logo which
S01 • E01 If you consider the ark - Video Game Box Art: The Stories Behind the Covers 00:09
If you consider the ark
S01 • E05 - [Brom] Yeah, it's been treated, - Video Game Box Art: The Stories Behind the Covers 00:12
- [Brom] Yeah, it's been treated,
S01 • E02 So what typically they would do is, - Video Game Box Art: The Stories Behind the Covers 00:19
So what typically they would do is,
S01 • E07 Sometimes I would use those for reference, - Video Game Box Art: The Stories Behind the Covers 00:04
Sometimes I would use those for reference,
S01 • E04 Don't even bother putting a warning on there - Video Game Box Art: The Stories Behind the Covers 00:05
Don't even bother putting a warning on there
S01 • E08 For newspaper, line screen - Video Game Box Art: The Stories Behind the Covers 00:09
For newspaper, line screen
S01 • E01 I wasn't just doing gaming. I was doing all kinds of art. - Video Game Box Art: The Stories Behind the Covers 00:05
I wasn't just doing gaming. I was doing all kinds of...
S01 • E03 [bright upbeat music] - Video Game Box Art: The Stories Behind the Covers 00:10
[bright upbeat music]
S01 • E06 - You know, there is a stark contrast - Video Game Box Art: The Stories Behind the Covers 00:12
- You know, there is a stark contrast
S01 • E04 But I suppose the marketing - Video Game Box Art: The Stories Behind the Covers 00:06
But I suppose the marketing
S01 • E07 It's kind of like the space ship in Aliens, - Video Game Box Art: The Stories Behind the Covers 00:07
It's kind of like the space ship in Aliens,