So I went to check out 1Up's Bioshock review while waiting for my copy to arrive, and I found this feature:

Hey Covers, You Suck! 3: More of the Very Worst Game Cover Art

With a title like that, it was a must-read.

I laughed, I cried, I snorted, I fell over on my desk unable to breathe at cover "art" that lives in infamy. So of course I had to go read installments 1 and 2 and then share with the GameSpot fellowship. I tell you, if anyone at the office still considers me to be a professional, it's a bleeding miracle.

Hey Covers, You Suck! : 15 of the Worst First Impressions The original. "Considering how the whole purpose of those covers was to convince us that the game inside was the most awesomest thing in the history of ever, it's a little weird that so many of them looked about as exciting and radical as a pile of crap with a hair in it. We thought we'd take a little romp through history and share a few of our favorites."

Hey Covers, You Suck! 2: More of the Worstest Cover Art (wherein the paragraph on Miracle Warriors is by far the funniest thing I may ever have read, except for the one three pages later that I can't even put here)

Excerpt from the intro: "...[T]our with me through time and space to uncover some of the more exotic examples of this enduring plague on humanity, and learn how regardless of age, sex, or nationality, we are united in the face of adversity.

Or you could just look at all the silly pictures and giggle. That works too."

Go now. Read all three. Encounter explosive flatulence and demon boobs. Make sure you are alone and soundproof. Because, after all...

"Bad covers are like cockroaches. For each one you actually see there are a dozen more hiding in a bargain bin, waiting to crap on your food as soon as the lights go out."