You know what I hate? When franchises produce something with the same name over and over again even though the product is different. What do I mean? For instance, the new Star Trek movie is entitled simply "Star Trek." However, the franchise as a whole is also "Star Trek" and the original TV series was also just "Star Trek." Can you start to see where the confusion would start? Now imagine me as a (former) retail worker who is asked by a customer to look up Star Trek. What the fuck am I looking for? The same goes for Hannah Montana or Scooby-Doo that have a hundred billion entrees in the system, but that's another matter...
The idea came up this morning when I was reading Twitter and saw news of a new Aliens vs. Predator game. The problem? You guessed it: It's just called "Aliens vs. Predator." I grew up already knowing three different games using that name. There was the beat 'em up on the SNES that I enjoyed somewhat, the excellent-for-the-time FPS on the PC, and then that ugly thing on the Atari Jaguar that I wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole (which probably has more to do with the system than the game).
Oh, but wait! According to Wikipedia, there were even more! There was an arcade game from Capcom, two games for the mobile phone released in 2004 with no differentiating subtitles, a canceled Atari Lynx game, and a canceled GBA game. And now this upcoming title for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. Wonderful! No confusion there at all!
So I ask these content creators: What's so freaking bad about a subtitle or a number?
The idea came up this morning when I was reading Twitter and saw news of a new Aliens vs. Predator game. The problem? You guessed it: It's just called "Aliens vs. Predator." I grew up already knowing three different games using that name. There was the beat 'em up on the SNES that I enjoyed somewhat, the excellent-for-the-time FPS on the PC, and then that ugly thing on the Atari Jaguar that I wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole (which probably has more to do with the system than the game).
Oh, but wait! According to Wikipedia, there were even more! There was an arcade game from Capcom, two games for the mobile phone released in 2004 with no differentiating subtitles, a canceled Atari Lynx game, and a canceled GBA game. And now this upcoming title for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. Wonderful! No confusion there at all!
So I ask these content creators: What's so freaking bad about a subtitle or a number?
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