Comments on: Hardcore Games are a Niche

By: Rafael

Rafael — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:39:02 +0000

Sirko: Ok, I’ll revise the sentence “What does this tell game developers?” to “What does this tell us about the game business?”

By: Sirko

Sirko — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:49:29 +0000

Hi Rafael,

nice generator, and you are probably right with the metaphor ghetto, BUT
the names are no evidence at all, because like with board games, the publisher or his marketing make the names. Of course, because he has to sell it and the name is important for it. So, to look at the themes used, we would have to check otherwise. And don’t anybody dare to come with Salesbox texts

By: Rafael

Rafael — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:50:11 +0000

Daniel: Brilliant! But you don’t even need the “2″ if the game uses the “Legend of Legendary Legends” license.

Seba: I bet the guy (I’m just assuming it was a guy) that came up with “Wargasm” thought it was pretty darn clever.

By: Seba

Seba — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:19:38 +0000

Lend of Legendary Legends has nothing on giants like “Princess Tomato in Salad Kingdom”, “Wargasm” or the trend setting “Eggs of Steel: Charlie’s Eggcellent Adventure”

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:58:43 +0000

@Rafael: how about “Legend of Legendary Legends 2: Legendary Legends of Legend”

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:54:45 +0000

Legend of Legendary Legends would not only make an appealing game name but also guarantee a movie make of it.

By: Rafael

Rafael — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:21:41 +0000

André: Ruby source code (pretty terrible, but you can add that Amazon check yourself); Windows .exe (starts slowly because it unpacks ruby first!). Chris: Nice list, although I think "If it Moves, Shoot it!" is a good, honest game name. All is indeed well -- great, in fact. Hope you're also having fun at Crytek. I've just realized that I forgot a critical element of game naming: the colon! My list is completely missing such titles as "Lost Swords: Time of the Unknown Master", "Blood Knight: Shattered Empires: Empire of Blood", and "Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines"! Time to extend the generator...

By: André

André — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:25:25 +0000

Where can i download the generator? If you want to improve it include a Amazon-check wether the title is already in use….

Anyway – I agree: Hardcore is niche!

By: Chris Raine

Chris Raine — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:03:57 +0000

Hi Rafael,

I believe your simple random name generator might even beat human creativity in general, especially if you consider this list :
http://www.gamerevolution.com/feature/worst_names

Hope all is well,
Chris *NoName* Raine