Dec 20
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What’s in a name? When it comes to games... not much. Games can be great and have terrible, awful, dumb names. In…
Jun 18 2016
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“Yay! We finally settled with Sky (they own the word “Sky”). We can call our game No Man’s Sky. 3 years of secret stupid legal nonsense over.” Hello Games’ Sean Murray via Twitter yesterday, celebrating not having to change his game’s name to No Man’s One or something.
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Sep 16 2014
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I didn't have many real-life friends in high school. I'm pretty sure I heard my WoW name more than my real name in…
May 15 2014
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What did you name your Commander Shepard? Wait. Let me guess. Your Shepard—assuming you went with something other…
Apr 25 2014
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Over the past week, I’ve been playing a Japanese dating sim by the name of New Love Plus+. And as ostensibly odd as…
Jan 8 2014
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Here she is, and doesn't she look adorable? This is Tali'Zorah, and that is indeed her entire full first name. She…
Jan 4 2014
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"Tomorrow my daughter is scheduled to be born," wrote a soon-to-be-dad named Adam last night. "Since day 1 her first…
Oct 23 2012
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Today marks the release of lovely little adventure game Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward, and if you think that's a…
Oct 11 2011
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Why is it called The Legend of Zelda when Link's the one doing all the work? Just wait until Metroid hears about…
May 14 2010
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We already know that the DS sequel to 2009 hit Scribblenauts will not be called Scribblenauts 2. A now-dead link on…
May 12 2010
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Gamers are always on the hunt for vindication. Some form of acceptance amongst the wider community. Thing is, we're…
Aug 20 2009
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You might go to a movie based on the names of the people in its ensemble cast. Recently I was given reason to wonder…
Aug 17 2009
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We know large rodents helped determine the name of game companies. We now also know that Randy Pitchford vanquished…