Video Game Blog and possible article about the custom cover culture

[dejimus]

hey all, a buddy of mine started up a video game blog a little while back ( which i write for on occasion[not that i can write for shit])

www.falsetravels.com

just thought i'd give it a shout out, maybe some of you fine fellows will get a kick out of it



side note... was thinking about writing a brief article about the cover project, anyone here interested... think its a bad idea, or want any input on the piece?

[Arseen]

hey all, a buddy of mine started up a video game blog a little while back ( which i write for on occasion[not that i can write for shit])

www.falsetravels.com

just thought i'd give it a shout out, maybe some of you fine fellows will get a kick out of it

Must check more closely.

[Arseen]

side note... was thinking about writing a brief article about the cover project, anyone here interested... think its a bad idea, or want any input on the piece?

I don't know do we need more publicity.

There has been quite a rise in bot and empty account activity lately.
Of course we could tighten the screening a bit...

On the other hand your article could lead to new artists coming here.

So my vote is go ahead.

[dejimus]

My main reason isn't so much to publicize the site. I've realized recently that alota people I know in the real world, and othernweb based worlds, really don't understand then custom cover culture, and since false travels entire readership (thus far) is people I know in some way, this is finally a way to make them understand what this is all about.

I also gotta ask snow cone if I can borrow his quote on the main page becaue I think it sums up the wholenthing very nicely

[Arseen]

Do ask him but I doubt he would mind as long you give him credit.

[juan0tron]

I'd be interested in an article. I find it hard to explain to a lot of people (especially non-gamers) exactly what I do on this forum. People just don't get it.

[irvgotti452]

People just don't get it.

This is soo true. I always end up telling people, when they start looking at me like I'm crazy, that  its theraputic

[dejimus]

well, i got a nice 3 day weekend coming up, so i think ill do it.

how did some of you get into doing covers?

for me it started with a copy of marvel vs capcom 2 (ps2) i got at game stop years ago. i made my own cover for it, and just couldnt stop after that

(if there is a topic asking this already i apologize)

[Arseen]

I'm not yet really in to cover making, as I lack the skill.

But I sloooowly start practizing.

So far what covers I have done are minor fixes to exsisting covers.

So far no-one has responded about the quality, but only hissy fitting on copying covers and claiming them as my own, altough I have always credited the original creator and told that I  have only done alterations and fixes.

 

[dejimus]

what got you into all this in general though, not just actually making them, i dont make many cover these days, just due to time, but i still spend alot of time on the site just looking all the beautiful work ( and printing anything that would make my game collection prettier)

[Arseen]

what got you into all this in general though, not just actually making them, i dont make many cover these days, just due to time, but i still spend alot of time on the site just looking all the beautiful work ( and printing anything that would make my game collection prettier)

Oh. in general.

I wanted nice way of storing my huge ever groving game collection.
I think I was first just searching for boxes to store them, but accidentaly stumbled here, AND IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT!!! 
Since then I have done my best at providing raws, even by re-buying games for boxes and buyimng rarer games.

[dejimus]

i know what you mean about love at first sight.... after years of dealing with cdcovers.cc, this is like heaven

[Arseen]

i know what you mean about love at first sight.... after years of dealing with cdcovers.cc, this is like heaven

Yeah. 

I'd say about 1/3 of my collection of NES, SNES & N64 games is cased, so quite a way still to go. 
At the moment my biggest hurdle is getting enough big quantity of US DS cases.

[dejimus]

im about halfway through my NES, SNES, N64 collection, but combined its only like 90 games. i actually cut back on buying them because i only have 10 UGCs left.

[dejimus]

should i make a new thread for how people got interested in custom covers?