Yo,

I consider myself first a musician, and I've had a lot of experience naming songs. Somehow, without my noticing, my brain has created a nice checklist of whether something is a good song name. Recently, though, while trying to think of a name for my project, I realized it's a completely different checklist for naming a game. My game has a specific somewhat dark feel to it, but song names I would have thought of to fit that same mood sounded absurd when applied to a game.

I realized I have no idea what goes into thinking of a name for a game. Most games nowadays, including the games all you guys are working on, have succinct, catchy names, but then again, who really cares? Has anyone ever bought or not bought a game simply based on the name? Isn't gameplay, graphics, and maybe even cover artwork significantly more important?

What say ye?