A lot of those just seem like dumb game design concepts rather than dumb titles. Where's Divine Divinity? How about Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3? I pfft at this list.
Devil May Cry I'll give you, but since The Witcher was originally a novel, they couldn't exactly get around that. But I mean, come on; Sins of a Solar Empire? That's the best they could have come up with? Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.
Wow, I remember a lot of the games on this list, like "If it moves, shoot it!" I'm surprised "Meat Puppet" isn't on there. That's like the worst title ever.
Toejam Earl is kind of a dumb name. As well as Final Fantasy II-XIII.
Oh, and Planescape: Torment. For such a good game, I always thought its title was particularly nondescript. I'm glad the naming convention "D&D Module: Ominous-Sounding Noun" never really caught on.
A lot of those just seem like dumb game design concepts rather than dumb titles. Where's Divine Divinity? How about Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3? I pfft at this list.
Yeah, I agree. The bulk of that list seems to be predominately shovelware.
I'm really surprised to see Zombies Ate My Neighbors! on that list.
From a studio that lovingly spoofed 50's & 60's sci-fi/horror flicks, they (cnet) certainly seemed to have completely missed the context of the game title.
I personally thought it was a brilliantly fitting title to an awesome game.
How is "NRA Gun Club" a dumb name? It's simply descriptive. It's like saying "Flight Simulator" is a dumb name. Did Calvin and Hobbes** write this list?
Meanwhile, Zork-- a title that sounds like a noise you make when you have a bad head cold coupled with a stomach bug- remains off the list.
And how did "Street Fighter 2: Ultra-Turbo-Mega-Hyper-Super-Minor-Tweak-To-The-Last-Release-so-give-us-another-forty-bucks Edition" get left out?
I agree with KaterinLHC-- Final Fantasy 2 is probably the dumbest name ever. Subsequent sequel names are not as dumb by comparison, since FF2 set the precedent that this would not, in fact, be the Final Fantasy. (Perhaps they could have called FF2 "Penultimate Fantasy" instead.)
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A lot of those just seem like dumb game design concepts rather than dumb titles. Where's Divine Divinity? How about Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3? I pfft at this list.
Yeah, I agree. The bulk of that list seems to be predominately shovelware.
I'm really surprised to see Zombies Ate My Neighbors! on that list.
From a studio that lovingly spoofed 50's & 60's sci-fi/horror flicks, they (cnet) certainly seemed to have completely missed the context of the game title.
I personally thought it was a brilliantly fitting title to an awesome game.
Zombies Ate My Neighbors! was great. I don't think it should have been on that list, given the context, but at least the writers didn't quite rip on the game like they did most others. I remember buying that game because it was always priced under $10 at that mall toy store. Kaybee or something? I couldn't afford anything else during middle school.
Not sure Lesiure Suit Larry or Rex Nubular games should count since it was intent to be funny. But whatever I'm not going to nitpick.
Sins of a Solar Empire could be cool or goofy. Reminds me a bit of Lucas's Attack of the Clones. On first inspection it seems like another failure, but it grows on you.
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Sins of a Solar Empire isn't on this list? It might be a great game, but the name's just weird, man.
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Are you kidding? That game has an awesome name. Also, the game itself aside, Ninjabread Man is one of the best names ever created.
Devil May Cry should be on the list, though. And The Witcher.
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A lot of those just seem like dumb game design concepts rather than dumb titles. Where's Divine Divinity? How about Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3? I pfft at this list.
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Devil May Cry I'll give you, but since The Witcher was originally a novel, they couldn't exactly get around that. But I mean, come on; Sins of a Solar Empire? That's the best they could have come up with? Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.
Or as I like to call it, Redundant Redunanity.
I wish you guys would stop encouraging him.
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Wow, I remember a lot of the games on this list, like "If it moves, shoot it!" I'm surprised "Meat Puppet" isn't on there. That's like the worst title ever.
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It's also one of the worst games ever.
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The Meat Puppets on the other hand.. pretty rad!
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They are bashing the mutant camels!! How there they! A lovely C64 game hehe
Besides, this game wasn't meant to be taken serious from the beginning!
But don't start thinking what titles mean, really. There is no end to it.
Take 'Half Life 2', doesn't that just mean 'One Life' ??? lol
The absolute best title for a game in the history of the world, ever, EVER, is Blomby Car.
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Toejam Earl is kind of a dumb name. As well as Final Fantasy II-XIII.
Oh, and Planescape: Torment. For such a good game, I always thought its title was particularly nondescript. I'm glad the naming convention "D&D Module: Ominous-Sounding Noun" never really caught on.
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Yeah, I agree. The bulk of that list seems to be predominately shovelware.
I'm really surprised to see Zombies Ate My Neighbors! on that list.
From a studio that lovingly spoofed 50's & 60's sci-fi/horror flicks, they (cnet) certainly seemed to have completely missed the context of the game title.
I personally thought it was a brilliantly fitting title to an awesome game.
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That Rex Nebular and the Gender Bender game was one of Brian Reynolds first commercial games. Which I find infinitely hilarious.
How is "NRA Gun Club" a dumb name? It's simply descriptive. It's like saying "Flight Simulator" is a dumb name. Did Calvin and Hobbes** write this list?
Meanwhile, Zork-- a title that sounds like a noise you make when you have a bad head cold coupled with a stomach bug- remains off the list.
And how did "Street Fighter 2: Ultra-Turbo-Mega-Hyper-Super-Minor-Tweak-To-The-Last-Release-so-give-us-another-forty-bucks Edition" get left out?
I agree with KaterinLHC-- Final Fantasy 2 is probably the dumbest name ever. Subsequent sequel names are not as dumb by comparison, since FF2 set the precedent that this would not, in fact, be the Final Fantasy. (Perhaps they could have called FF2 "Penultimate Fantasy" instead.)
Fie to this list. Fie I say!
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Zombies Ate My Neighbors! was great. I don't think it should have been on that list, given the context, but at least the writers didn't quite rip on the game like they did most others. I remember buying that game because it was always priced under $10 at that mall toy store. Kaybee or something? I couldn't afford anything else during middle school.
I loved that game too, partially because of the IT'S SO JAPANESE! aspect. But my favorite "character" was the Western-style battlemech.
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Doesn't Attack of the Mutant Camels look like a rehash of the Atari Empire Strikes Back game?
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Not sure Lesiure Suit Larry or Rex Nubular games should count since it was intent to be funny. But whatever I'm not going to nitpick.
Sins of a Solar Empire could be cool or goofy. Reminds me a bit of Lucas's Attack of the Clones. On first inspection it seems like another failure, but it grows on you.
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Where is Infinite Undiscovery isn't leading the list?
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