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Side note: Gamasutra.com -> GameDeveloper.com gotta be one of the worst brand identity decisions in recent memory.
by courseofaction 3y ago
Side note: Gamasutra.com -> GameDeveloper.com gotta be one of the worst brand identity decisions in recent memory.
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- seanthemon 3y agoTwitter -> X gives similar vibes
- psd1 3y agoThat and, "Meta". It's a prefix, not a word.
- hk__2 3y agoIt’s a brand name; you can use whatever you want. "Google" is not a pre-existing word either ("not a word" is a linguistical nonsense: anything is a word once it’s used as such).
- Earw0rm 3y agoWorse. At least GamaSutra to GameDeveloper makes it sound less like an adult website. "X.com" sounds like Netscape is about to start thrashing the hard drive with penis enlargement pop-ups like it's 1998.
- thih9 3y agoContext: https://screenrant.com/gamasutra-changing-name-game-developer-industry/ https://screenrant.com/gamasutra-changing-name-game-develope... > There is nothing inherently wrong with the Kama Sutra itself - it's merely an ancient instructional text on ways one might find fulfillment through emotional and physical love - but the play on words involved in the Gamasutra website title does admittedly cling "to a late-90s "LOL SEX" connotation," in the words of Game Developer publisher Kris Graft.
- courseofaction 3y ago"Sutra" is a rule, method, or teaching. Game-a/Gamer speaks for itself. Personally I perceived the name as cleverer than they give it credit for, not just a cheap play on words, but I suppose if that's the mindset it was being approached with...