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I've always admired Valve redefining the entire concept of space-time with Valve Time :) (oh, and for the other stuff too). (As an aside: I love the narrators

by ErrantX 17y ago

I've always admired Valve redefining the entire concept of space-time with Valve Time :) (oh, and for the other stuff too). (As an aside: I love the narrators pronunciation of "id software" - is that common in the states? [we would pronounce it very differently here and I didnt expect it!])

thwarted 17y ago
Common in the states? How did Freud, an Austrian, who either originated and/or popularized it, pronounce it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id,_ego,_and_super-ego#Id http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id,_ego,_and_super-ego#Id
elblanco 17y ago
I don't know, how do you pronounce it?
- ErrantX 17y ago
  As in: "here is my id"
weaksauce 17y ago
It's interesting that the pronunciation has a bit of history to it. From wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software The name of the company is currently written with a lowercase id, which is pronounced as in "did" or "kid", and is presented by the company as a reference to the id, a psychological concept introduced by Sigmund Freud. Evidence of the reference can be found as early as Wolfenstein 3D with the statement "that's Id, as in the id, ego, and superego in the psyche" appearing in the game's documentation. Even today, id's History page makes a direct reference to Freud.[17] However, when working at Softdisk, the team that later founded id Software took the name "Ideas from the Deep" (a company created by John Romero and Lane Roathe in 1989), attributing themselves as the "IFD guys". Since "id" can be seen as a shortening of IFD to "ID", some have been led to believe that it can be pronounced "eye-dee". The logo was originally capitalized, but was made lowercase with the release of Doom. It has never been the mixed-case "iD".

by ErrantX 17y ago

thwarted 17y ago

Common in the states? How did Freud, an Austrian, who either originated and/or popularized it, pronounce it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id,_ego,_and_super-ego#Id http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id,_ego,_and_super-ego#Id

elblanco 17y ago

I don't know, how do you pronounce it?

ErrantX 17y ago
As in: "here is my id"

weaksauce 17y ago

It's interesting that the pronunciation has a bit of history to it. From wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software The name of the company is currently written with a lowercase id, which is pronounced as in "did" or "kid", and is presented by the company as a reference to the id, a psychological concept introduced by Sigmund Freud. Evidence of the reference can be found as early as Wolfenstein 3D with the statement "that's Id, as in the id, ego, and superego in the psyche" appearing in the game's documentation. Even today, id's History page makes a direct reference to Freud.[17] However, when working at Softdisk, the team that later founded id Software took the name "Ideas from the Deep" (a company created by John Romero and Lane Roathe in 1989), attributing themselves as the "IFD guys". Since "id" can be seen as a shortening of IFD to "ID", some have been led to believe that it can be pronounced "eye-dee". The logo was originally capitalized, but was made lowercase with the release of Doom. It has never been the mixed-case "iD".