Comments on: If You Can’t Go to the Con… https://www.forbeck.com/2008/05/21/if-you-cant-go-to-the-con%e2%80%a6/ Award-winning & New York Times-bestselling author and game designer Thu, 22 May 2008 02:53:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Matt Forbeck https://www.forbeck.com/2008/05/21/if-you-cant-go-to-the-con%e2%80%a6/#comment-45165 Thu, 22 May 2008 02:53:34 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/2008/05/21/if-you-cant-go-to-the-con%e2%80%a6/#comment-45165 Glad to hear you think I’m smart, James, all evidence to the contrary. At least I linked to the right sight.

You have a good point. Few people know that Bucephalus was the legendary horse of Alexander the Great, and even fewer probably know how to spell the name. Stranger yet, the Bucephalus Games website is a .biz, and there’s nothing interesting parked at the .com. One good reason to pick an obscure name is so you can secure the .com domain name, but that’s not true here.

It’s hard to make names foolproof though. After a few interesting misunderstandings, I now carefully pronounce “Game Manufacturers Association” so that it doesn’t sound so close to “Gay Manufacturers Association.”

]]> By: Matt Forbeck https://www.forbeck.com/2008/05/21/if-you-cant-go-to-the-con%e2%80%a6/#comment-50112 Thu, 22 May 2008 02:53:00 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/2008/05/21/if-you-cant-go-to-the-con%e2%80%a6/#comment-50112 Glad to hear you think I’m smart, James, all evidence to the contrary. At least I linked to the right sight.

You have a good point. Few people know that Bucephalus was the legendary horse of Alexander the Great, and even fewer probably know how to spell the name. Stranger yet, the Bucephalus Games website is a .biz, and there’s nothing interesting parked at the .com. One good reason to pick an obscure name is so you can secure the .com domain name, but that’s not true here.

It’s hard to make names foolproof though. After a few interesting misunderstandings, I now carefully pronounce “Game Manufacturers Association” so that it doesn’t sound so close to “Gay Manufacturers Association.”

]]> By: James Wallis https://www.forbeck.com/2008/05/21/if-you-cant-go-to-the-con%e2%80%a6/#comment-45161 Wed, 21 May 2008 22:55:14 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/2008/05/21/if-you-cant-go-to-the-con%e2%80%a6/#comment-45161 On the other hand, rule #2 for new games companies is “Choose a name that people can spell when you say it over the phone.” Hogshead regularly got letters addressed to Hog Shed Games. In these days of Google, this one is a biggie.

Case in point: you spell ‘Bucephalus’ two different ways in your post. And you’re smart.

(The codicil is “Don’t choose a common word and then mis-spell it.” RIP Brittannia Games.)

]]> By: James Wallis https://www.forbeck.com/2008/05/21/if-you-cant-go-to-the-con%e2%80%a6/#comment-50111 Wed, 21 May 2008 22:55:00 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/2008/05/21/if-you-cant-go-to-the-con%e2%80%a6/#comment-50111 On the other hand, rule #2 for new games companies is “Choose a name that people can spell when you say it over the phone.” Hogshead regularly got letters addressed to Hog Shed Games. In these days of Google, this one is a biggie.

Case in point: you spell ‘Bucephalus’ two different ways in your post. And you’re smart.

(The codicil is “Don’t choose a common word and then mis-spell it.” RIP Brittannia Games.)

]]> By: Matt Forbeck https://www.forbeck.com/2008/05/21/if-you-cant-go-to-the-con%e2%80%a6/#comment-45160 Wed, 21 May 2008 22:24:08 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/2008/05/21/if-you-cant-go-to-the-con%e2%80%a6/#comment-45160 Just doing what I can to help stimulate the economy. πŸ™‚

]]> By: Matt Forbeck https://www.forbeck.com/2008/05/21/if-you-cant-go-to-the-con%e2%80%a6/#comment-50110 Wed, 21 May 2008 22:24:00 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/2008/05/21/if-you-cant-go-to-the-con%e2%80%a6/#comment-50110 Just doing what I can to help stimulate the economy. πŸ™‚

]]> By: Christian Johnson https://www.forbeck.com/2008/05/21/if-you-cant-go-to-the-con%e2%80%a6/#comment-45158 Wed, 21 May 2008 22:12:16 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/2008/05/21/if-you-cant-go-to-the-con%e2%80%a6/#comment-45158 Um, I just looked at their catalog. Thanks for showing me where my Federal Refund check is going.

]]> By: Christian Johnson https://www.forbeck.com/2008/05/21/if-you-cant-go-to-the-con%e2%80%a6/#comment-50109 Wed, 21 May 2008 22:12:00 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/2008/05/21/if-you-cant-go-to-the-con%e2%80%a6/#comment-50109 Um, I just looked at their catalog. Thanks for showing me where my Federal Refund check is going.

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