House of Games #51 - What's in a name?

🎉 Welcome to this last episode 🎙️ before the grand 1-year anniversary 🥳 next week. This time, we discuss 🤔 everything that goes into naming your games 🎮, companies 🏢, and even islands! 🏝️ 🌟

Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Welcome
01:09 Discussion on Naming Game Companies
13:32 How Rune Gave His Games Their Titles
22:09 How Otto Named His Studio
24:33 Names and Law
33:40 The RunicCodes Logo
45:58 Rune the Globetrotter
46:56 Sunset Moon Update
49:34 Closing the Episode

Your Hosts and Their Games
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2436180/Sunset_Moon/ - Wishlist Sunset Moon on Steam!
https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh - Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Switch!
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24596/Red_Colony_Uncensored_Threesome_Bundle/ - Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Steam!
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ - Buy KnifeBoy on Switch!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/889130/KnifeBoy_Rebooted/ - Buy KnifeBoy on Steam!
https://discord.gg/zcv5CgzVPF - Join the Discord community for Sunset Moon!
https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/game-development-427e99aefd01 - Read Otto’s blog about game development!
https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP - The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.

Games and Game Companies
https://elderscrolls.bethesda.net/en/morrowind - The homepage for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.
https://www.stardewvalley.net/ - The homepage for Stardew Valley.
http://www.axiomverge.com/ - The homepage for Axiom Verge.
https://danganronpa.us/ - The homepage for the Danganronpa franchise.
https://www.ea.com/games/alice - The homepage for the American McGee's Alice franchise.
https://www.residentevil.com/ - The homepage for the Resident Evil franchise.
https://www.storyofseasons.com/ - The homepage for the Story of Seasons franchise (Harvest Moon).
https://www.runestorm.com/ - The homepage for RuneStorm games.
https://www.obsidian.net/ - The homepage for Obsidian Entertainment.
https://bethesdagamestudios.com/ - The homepage for Bethesda Game Studios.
https://www.capcom.com/ - The homepage for Capcom.
https://www.fromsoftware.jp/ - The homepage for FromSoftware.
http://zeboyd.com/cthulhu-saves-the-world/ - The homepage for "Cthulhu Saves the World: Super Hyper Enhanced Championship Edition Alpha Diamond DX Plus Alpha FES HD - Premium Enhanced Game of the Year Collector's Edition (without Avatars!)".

Other Things to Watch and Read
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4UFC0y1tY0 - The GDC talk "Put Your Name on Your Game" by Bennett Foddy and Zach Gage.
https://www.ign.com/watch/playstation-beyond - The homepage for IGN's PlayStation Beyond.
http://kindafunny.com/ - The homepage for Kinda Funny.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1783732/ - The IMDB page for John Dies at the End.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3521164/ - The IMDB page for Moana/Vaiana/Oceania.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052520/ - The IMDB page for The Twilight Zone.
https://pluto.tv/ - The homepage for Pluto TV.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil - The Wikipedia page for Yggdrasil.

Get all the links and the transcript for this episode right here: https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-51-whats-in-a-name-efd170cff189