Spell Check vs. Videogame Titles — Fight!
By Chris on Monday, June 9th, 2008 at 5:14 PM PST In Computer, Game Companies, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Gamer Life, Games, Microsoft, Nintendo, Nintendo, Portable, Sony, Sony
As someone who has written about videogames for years, I know as well as anyone the annoyance of spell check. Whether it’s Word, Firefox, or whatever else, spell check has been the bane of my existence for the last seven years. Everything from “videogame” to “Shigeru Miyamoto” to “Ikaruga,” it’s a constant struggle for anyone in the biz. (I actually type in plain old Notepad now, just out of spite.)
Imagine, if you would, what any article about videogames would look like if spell check was to be believed. GamesRadar went through the trouble of actually seeing what kind of world we’d love in if that were the case. The results? Horrifying.
There would be no Castlevania – only Televangelist. No Katamari Damacy — just Catamaran Intimacy. No Pikmin – just Minibike, as depicted above.
What other examples can you come up with?
Hmm lets see…. Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars…. Command & Conquer 3: Tiberius Wars? Hexic HD (XBLA Title)… Mexican HID? Rez HD (XBLA Title)… Ree HOD? Super Smash Bros. Melee… Super Smash Bros. Pelee? Peggle Extreme… Peggie Extreme?
I used google spellchecker;
Super Bomberman = Super Lumberman
Pacman = Pagan
Wolfenstein 3D = Livingstone 3D
Beatmania = Batman
Singstar = Sinister
And my favourite is an upcoming title;
Darksiders: Wrath of War = Backsides: Wrath of War
http://kotaku.com/5013737/see-words-spell-checker-struggle-with-game-names