Illustrator A.J. Hateley from the United Kingdom has embarked on a fantastic voyage. In the Thirty Days of Videogames, she aims to create vintage book covers based on popular video games. The covers are complete with relevant publisher information, wonderful artwork, and apt titles. The series is currently in day 16, and Hateley has created many a cover including one for a scientific study into the lives of vicious headcrabs, one for a safety guide on dealing with unhinged operating systems, and another for a harrowing adventure in the land of giants.
Have a look at The Secret Life of Headcrabs, The Wonderful End of the World, The Forbidden Land, and other wonderful video game book covers after the jump.
See more of Hateley’s video game book covers on Tumblr, and you can purchase prints on Redbubble.
[via Nick de Bruyne on Twitter]
4 replies on “Video Games as Vintage Book Covers”
Doh, typo in my tweet. How embarrassing :blush:
Innocent misteak.
Absolutely love these. I can’t figure out what game “The wonderful end of the world” is though :(
Oh that happens to be one of my most favourite games, Katamari Damacy.
It has such a bubbly intro. Check it out.