Cover art is designed with visual appeal in mind, and the best cover art grab the buyer’s attention from across the aisle, begging them to take a closer look. 

Video games used to rely on cover art to help sell cartridges- they presented polished and generally exciting scenes to lure gamers into buying the game, then gamers would discover the in-game graphics looked nothing like the cover art.

That’s why it’s best to think of cover art as a piece of concept art, rather than a faithful representation of what to expect from the game.

With that in mind you should check out GeekTyrant's collection of 15 Best Pieces Of 1980s NES Cover Art, where each piece is paired with a video showing the actual in-game graphics, so you can get a feel for how far off the cover art really is!

Candy is an intrinsic part of Halloween, and long after trick-or-treaters stop pounding the pavement in search of handouts our fascination with sweet seasonal candy lives on.

Despite the best efforts of the granola grannies and those skinflints who used to throw pennies into our trick-or-treat bags candy still reigns supreme on Halloween, but not all candy was created equal. 

Some sweets seem utterly pointless, and gross, to hand out to children working hard for the candy, while other divine confections show them why they bothered going through all the trouble in the first place. 

BuzzFeed has put together A Ranking Of 40 Halloween Candies From Nastiest To Raddest that is pretty much spot on (although I do admit to eating those little frosting pumpkins by the bagful), take a gander and see where your faves fall on their list.  (Contains some NSFW language)

Led Icarus by Coinbox Tees

Pit spent his days jumping from platform to platform, shooting arrows at strange creatures and crying out for help from the goddess Palutena. She helped the kid however she could, sending down hearts and power ups so Pit could continue his journey and live up to his destiny, but the stairway to Heaven was full of grim peril. He heard the song of the swan playing in his head, and gave no quarter to any creature that got in his way, but when he saw the Reaper flailing about he nearly jumped out of his sandals!

Get your rockin' game on with this Led Icarus t-shirt by Coinbox Tees, and watch your fellow fans jump for joy when they see you wearing such a stylin' shirt!

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For kids Halloween is all about the candy, but adults look forward to the parties, the fun costumes and, of course, a holiday themed cocktail to drink.

Halloween themed cocktails make party monsters howl with delight, so before you throw your spooky shindig you should consult this list of 25 Halloween Cocktails compiled by Real Housemoms and make it a graveyard smash!

Drinks range from scary, like the Bloody Tooth Cocktail or the Zombie Shooter, to colorful and totally festive, like the Candy Corn Cocktail or the Vampire’s Eclipse, and they all sound sinfully delicious!

There’s even a recipe for a popular party treat that looks as good as it tastes- Candy Corn Jell-O Shots. They taste like an orange creamsicle, and they look amazing because they're served in orange peel wedges! Bottoms up!

Spaghetti isn’t hard to eat, there aren’t any rules about how you get those noodles into your mouth, you just shovel them in and chew.

However, there is one generally accepted rule when it comes to spaghetti- it belongs in your mouth and not your shoe, your bathtub or your favorite book.

Spaghetti is delicious, squirmy, and totally enjoyable in every way, but these people are trying to bring the value of spaghetti to well below zero.

They’re doing spaghetti all wrong, taking those saucy noodles where they’ve never gone before. The dark side of foodie life, which used to be kept in a dark corner of their memory closet, is now being publicly aired via the interwebs. 

Take a gander at these crazy folks who have no clue how to spaghetti, but be forewarned- you may not look at everybody's favorite pasta noodles the same way ever again!

Members of the Heaven’s Gate cult (who put San Diego on the map for all the wrong reasons) may be mostly dead and gone, but for some reason their tacky website is still alive and well.

The site features cheesy GeoCities styling, which hasn’t changed since the site went up in 1997, and it's full of information about the cult’s far out beliefs.

There are also a bunch of video segments that are oh so creepy to watch knowing full well what lies in store for the followers of Marshall Applewhite.

(YouTube Link)

It’s unclear what they’re hoping to accomplish by keeping the site up and running, but the anonymous webmaster(s?) will actually reply to emails if you’re inclined to ask them why their strange site still exists.

Personally, I think it should just be considered some kind of online art project at this point-  an oddity, a historical time capsule, and a warning against going too far with your beliefs.

-Via Gizmodo

Marv by Eman!

The world had long since drained of all its color for Marv, and he had begun to see everything in terms of black and white. There was an energy crackling across the city, a negative energy that made it impossible to stay indoors, so Marv jumped in his car and drove into the night. He noticed a Dick was trailing him, a thug with a face like an old catcher's mitt, and he knew the next time they met blood was going to fly...

Bring some classic comic book cool to your geeky wardrobe with this Marv t-shirt by Eman!, it's not a sin to love this shirt- it's a sin not to love it!

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Ghostbusted by Naolito

They bowed their heads in remembrance of their spectral buddy Pinky, the latest victim of the Pac Attacks. What was once seen as a game had become a horrifying ordeal, and the Pac didn't seem to be letting up any time soon, his desire to reach the mythical kill screen clouding his sense of reason. The ghosts were busted up over Pinky's death, and they were looking for revenge, but as long as Pac had a steady supply of power pellets he was going to be tough to catch slipping...

Bring a touch of old school cool to your geeky wardrobe with this Ghostbusted t-shirt by Naolito, and earn a fashion high score!

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Wasteland Time by Nertee Designs

Jake the dog and Finn the human went for a stroll outside the vault one day, trekking out farther than they'd ever gone before. It was easy to forget that the world looked all messed up and explodey in the outlying wastelands, and the mutants that lurked around out there were not very fun to fight. Still, adventure was the name of the game, and Jake and Finn both loved hanging with their bros and leveling up...

Bring some apocalyptic cartoon cool to your geeky wardrobe with this Wasteland Time t-shirt by Nertee Designs, and people will practically fallout of their skin with delight!

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Any time you get a bunch of people together who are all hopped up on candy and wearing costumes you’ve got some totally awkward moments in the making.

Add families and/or alcohol and the weirdness level is sure to increase, creating an environment full of candid moments just begging to be captured on film.

If you delight in viewing scenes of extreme awkwardness, and you have a healthy love of Halloween, then you will simply eat up Awkward Family Photo’s collection of 73 Awkward Halloween Costumes.

It’s chock full of cheesy goodness, and should make you feel better about any awkward moments you encounter this Halloween. Don't forget-If there's something strange in your neighborhood make sure you get a pic!

Dracula and Son by Bykai

Humans see Dracula as an evil guy, but if they could see him spending a day with his little son they would see he's not so bad after all. He enjoys showing his son how to rise and shine from his coffin at night, how to fly like a bat and how to celebrate a victory over one of those nasty Van Helsing kids. Drac really likes being a dad, and not just because it makes it easier to lure damsels into a state of distress, so if you see his son walking around town give that little sucker anything he wants!

Make sure your geeky wardrobe doesn't suck by bringing home this Dracula and Son t-shirt by Bykai, and protect your neck from Drac's little nipper!

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ROASTED MARSHMALLOW MAN by BeastPop

Those busters thought they had witnessed the destruction of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, but his fiery soul was still alive and it was angrier than ever before! The roasted Marshmallow Man was fueled by molten sugar heated by the fires of Hell, and his sole purpose in the afterlife was to see all of humanity melting under globs of fiery marshmallow fluff!

Warn the world about the marshmallow mascot who would not die with this ROASTED MARSHMALLOW MAN t-shirt by BeastPop, or else we don't stand a ghost of a chance!

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Let's Play Doctor by CoDDesigns

Kids have vivid imaginations, but when you're born a Time Lord you don't have to imagine adventure- you live it! In fact, Time Lords are lucky because they get to have multiple lifetimes full of adventure, although it can get a bit crowded in their heads when every past incarnation is clamoring to be heard. That's why Time Lords grow up playing Doctor, because they're born with a few screws loose!

Add a touch of intergalactic imagination to your geeky wardrobe with this Let's Play Doctor t-shirt by CoDDesigns, and have fun with your fandom.

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INVOKING CTHULHU by AlexRoivas

This shirt comes with a serious warning- do not say the incantation written on the front without sorcerer supervision, and make sure you discourage your friends from saying the words out loud or all of humanity might pay the price for your carelessness! That squid faced Great Old One has his ear to the ground, and if he hears this strange incantation being said aloud he's liable to pay us puny humans a visit...

Add a touch of mystical madness to your geeky wardrobe with this Invoking Cthulhu t-shirt by AlexRoivas, and help keep Cthulhu right where he belongs!

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Disney Studios have been creating lively characters, with personalities that leap off the screen and stories that capture our imaginations, for nearly one hundred years.

Disney's legacy may have started with a mouse, but it soon extended to include all sorts of diverse characters, some human, most anthropomorphic animal.

So what would Mickey Mouse, Goofy and the rest of the gang look like as human beings?

Japanese illustrator Chaico has come up with some pretty solid ideas of what their humanized forms might look like.

Her character designs capture the personality of each character so well you don't even need to be told who they are to figure it out.

Chaico's humanized critter designs are how I imagine these staple Disney characters would look if Studio Ghibli and Disney Studios ever co-created an animated feature.

Will Chaico's designs make this megastudio crossover a reality? Stranger things have happened!

-Via Sploid