The GIA is notorious for having an unhealthy obsession with box art, and it's been painfully obvious since Final Fantasy VIII's cover art was released that something important was missing from our lives. With the back cover now revealed, meaning has been restored to our troubled existence once again. Witness the subtle hues that pervade the box's very essence. Gaze in wonder at the rendered figure of the melancholic Squall. Fall in love with the gentle, graceful shading on the screen shots' borders. Ah, bliss.

American packaging, back