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The Worst Box Art of 2008

Cringe at 20 of the year's best examples of awful packaging

Words: Mikel Reparaz, GamesRadar US

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iluvmyDS - 11 months 13 days ago

I'm guessing that Activision and Ubisoft may have a quota.

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bioshocker - 11 months 13 days ago

This is hands down, the best article I've read on GR.

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Pool - 11 months 13 days ago

"2 – That airliner is doing a loop. Assume those people are dead"

lmfao xD

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sourpunch - 11 months 13 days ago

This article was amazing. I thought the comic was good then it just got better. Perfect cheer up after the Saints loss. Also what the heck was somebody thinking on the last one.

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Corsair89 - 11 months 13 days ago

I work in the video game section of Best Buy. So, I have seen most of these terrible box covers plenty of times. I am so glad that #1 is th babies one. I shudder everytime I walk by it. I also spend way too much time helping clueless parents and grandparents buy mindless Wii shit, instead of chatting with gamer customers about awesome games like Gears 2, LBP, and L4D.

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Cwf2008 - 11 months 13 days ago

Lol that duck with a beer bottle on its back was pretty funny

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Spybreak8 - 11 months 13 days ago

Omg there were so many funny things I forgot what'd I'd type now lol The guy saying he's an air traffic controller is hilarious though.

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Cwf2008 - 11 months 13 days ago

1 – Chaos is the largest, most visible thing on the package. Again, airport chaos on or around 9/11 probably isn’t the smartest choice

2 – That airliner is doing a loop. Assume those people are dead

3 – The controller is announcing what he is, on the box, in case the huge title and plain image of an airport wasn’t enough

4 – Despite saying he’s an air traffic controller, his facial expression and nervous sweat drops indicate he’s faking it, which explains problem number 2 AND...

5 - ...the fact that this plane is SIDEWAYS

6 – And he has three fingers on each hand!

Lol seriously who the heck designed this disaster box art? AND WHO THE F**K PUBLISHES A GAME ABOUT AIRPORT CHAOS ON THE 7TH ANNIVERSAY OF THE 9/11 ATTACKS?!
And i agree that the babies one is truly the worst box art. Well thanks Gamesradar. That one picture will give me nightmares...seriously wtf thought it would be funny to pluralize everything with a z?

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moredhel_1 - 11 months 13 days ago

God Bless you, Mikel. I haven't laughed that freakin' hard in a long, loooooooong time. # 18? I was in tears - TEARS, my good sir. Damn, damn funny shite. Please keep it up, and my hat is off to you, good sir.

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