Book covers have long bore the work of some of the most talented designers and artists of all time. Things took a bad turn in the 90s with the advent of Photoshop and access to ~kooky~ fonts, but luckily both small and large print houses have been remedying this by making books more beautiful than ever. Paper stock is taken into consideration, colour schemes, original art, custom typefaces, matte coating. Penguin classics in particular seems to be leading the crowd with gorgeous redoes of classics; I especially love the Arthur Conan Doyle covers by Despotica and Shepard Fairey's Kozlinskyesque George Orwell covers. Meanwhile, illustrator/designer Olly Moss must've realized that the same did not ring true for classic video games. He's been taking it upon himself to redesign the covers for favourite games like Golden Eye, Silent Hill, Legend of Zelda, Half-life and Metal Gear Solid in the style of vintage book covers and posting them on his flickr. The completed series is eagerly anticipated by all of us here at Miss Elizabeth's Ghost. Happy gaming.
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