Developed by the creative genius of illustrator Joey Spiotto, this collection combines the classic 1980’s design of children’s books with popular video games of today. Video game franchises represented within this collection include Super Mario Brothers, The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Mass Effect, Half-Life, Bioshock, Portal, Skyrim and Red Dead Revolver.

In addition to the video game designs, Spiotto also created a number of children’s book designs spoofing the Cornetto Trilogy as well as popular characters from the Predator / Aliens franchises and characters from shows on the Cartoon Network. If you are interested in purchasing any of Spiotto’s designs, be sure to check out his Etsy storefront. But first, check out the nine children’s book covers below:

Bioshock

Half-Life

The Legend of Zelda

Super Mario Bros.

Mass Effect

Metroid

Portal

Red Dead Revolver

Skyrim

9 Amazing Children’s Book Covers Inspired by Video Games

Developed by graphic artist Ron Guyatt, this group of illustrations applies the visual style of a traditional movie poster to popular video game franchises. Video games series depicted within the collection include Halo, Fallout, Portal, Tetris, Dead Space, Bioshock and Sim City. Guyatt has also created a set of minimal posters featuring characters from those games like Halo’s Cortana, the talking Portal turret and a Skyrim warrior.

Beyond this stunning collection, Guyatt has also created illustrations related to a number of pop culture topics including Super Mario Brothers, The Wizard of Oz, Jurassic Park, Adventure Time, The Dark Knight, Die Hard, Pan’s Labyrinth, Dr. Stangelove, Godzilla, Shaun of the Dead and other topics.

If you are interested in purchasing any of these prints or Guyatt’s other work, head over to his Etsy store here. But be sure to check out the video game inspired posters below:

Eight Video Games Turned into Amazing Movie Posters

Listed on eBay this week, an extremely rare Bioshock audio diary went up for sale likely timed with the release of the popular Bioshock Infinite. Only four of these devices were distributed by the developers of the Bioshock series and required participation in an elaborate, puzzle “There’s Something In The Sea” alternate reality game. By sending letters to the mailing addresses listed on the game site, players would receive packages delivered by men dressed in 1950’s uniforms.

However, four players were given a telegraph and a letter listing a nearby location to visit as well as a time and a date. When the player arrived at the storage facility, they were greeted by an actor that quizzed them on a secondary puzzle that was included.

Assuming they were able to answer all questions correctly, they were able to listen to an actual audio diary modeled after the diaries within Bioshock and Bioshock 2. While not all players were able to keep the audio diary, the eBay seller had driven for ten hours to get to the storage facility and the 2K games rep allowed him to keep the working model.

According to the details of the auction, the eBay seller put up the rare Bioshock audio dairy for sale to help with some financial issues. At this time, the auction value has increased to $2,600 and will end in approximately two days. You can listen to the recording on the diary below:

Rare BioShock Audio Diary Hits eBay