Midgar Studio
Just because it tries too hard to ape Final Fantasy
High Voltage because everyone who touches them gets burned.
Or just us end users...
You should look up their old logo. It's a masterwork.
For character names and similar, sure, but I think businesses are different, especially with this specific instance. Yacht Club Games is another case where it seems pretentious, but at least they have admitted on numerous occasions to it being an ironic name.
What? It's clearly taken from Midgard, the human world on the world tree. (Which you can see in the logo). I wouldn't say it was trying too hard for anything.
Capcom
"The name Capcom is a portmanteau of "Capsule Computers", a term coined by the company to describe the arcade machines it solely manufactured in its early years, designed to set themselves apart from personal computers that were becoming widespread at that time.[12] The word capsule alludes to how Capcom likened its game software to "a capsule packed to the brim with gaming fun", as well as to the company's desire to protect its intellectual property with a hard outer shell, preventing illegal copies and inferior imitations."
Is there a single name that can live up to GAF's impossible standards?
Is there a single name that can live up to GAF's impossible standards?
343 Industries
What's wrong with Capcom? Like a few of the company names mentioned in this thread, it has a meaning behind it. To quote Wikipedia:
You're certainly free to dislike the names, and this goes for everyone in the thread, but sometimes there's an explanation for them which allows them to make more sense.
Capcom is good name. What do you like?I don't mean to offend or be rude, but everything could be explained like that. I could name a company Ass Cheek Software and explain that it means Assamese Cheektowaga Software.
Thatgamecompany
Capcom is good name. What do you like?
Banned Game StudioIf GAF was to launch a game company, what would its name be?
I don't mean to offend or be rude, but everything could be explained like that. I could name a company Ass Cheek Software and explain that it means Assamese Cheektowaga Software.
SuperÑ;162006052 said:Electronic Arts
SuperÑ;162006052 said:Electronic Arts
That's actually an excellent name, but I guess you're just saying it to be an anti-AAA hipster anyway.
Every game company: The Thread.
Well, they started in early 90s as distrubutor of CD based pc games. They didn't carry anything on floppies.CD Projekt RED
Straight outta the 90s that one.
If GAF was to launch a game company, what would its name be?
Bioware
Naughty Dog
It's a studio that makes a "tribute-to-JRPG-classics" game, using a derivative name of "Midgard" that only exists in Final Fantasy VII.