wraggster
October 25th, 2011, 22:26
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/04/tsw-040711-530w.jpg (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/25/over-500k-have-registered-for-secret-worlds-beta/)
As professional, respected, tweed-wearing writers, we here at Joystiq consider it part of our job to protect the sanctity of the written word. It's in that capacity we're staging this intervention with Funcom.
Funcom, we're sure your team was excited when you announced today that over 500,000 people have registered for The Secret World (http://www.joystiq.com/game/the-secret-world) beta. But while that's a catchy name, we're just not sure you can continue to call it that with a straight face. Observe:
"I have a secret little out-of-the-way spot I like to go for lunch, it's called Hardee's."
"My secret spice? Shh, come close ... it's called salt."
"I've got a secret method for keeping my car running well: Gas."
Might we suggest "Popular World" (which unfortunately sounds a little like a Facebook game for tweens) or perhaps "Cool World" (which not unfortunately sounds exactly like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GACDzexAdV0)?
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/25/over-500k-have-registered-for-secret-worlds-beta/
As professional, respected, tweed-wearing writers, we here at Joystiq consider it part of our job to protect the sanctity of the written word. It's in that capacity we're staging this intervention with Funcom.
Funcom, we're sure your team was excited when you announced today that over 500,000 people have registered for The Secret World (http://www.joystiq.com/game/the-secret-world) beta. But while that's a catchy name, we're just not sure you can continue to call it that with a straight face. Observe:
"I have a secret little out-of-the-way spot I like to go for lunch, it's called Hardee's."
"My secret spice? Shh, come close ... it's called salt."
"I've got a secret method for keeping my car running well: Gas."
Might we suggest "Popular World" (which unfortunately sounds a little like a Facebook game for tweens) or perhaps "Cool World" (which not unfortunately sounds exactly like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GACDzexAdV0)?
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/25/over-500k-have-registered-for-secret-worlds-beta/