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Would you help me find a name for a game site please?

  • Sprony
  • March 1, 2015 at 10:08 AM
  • Sprony
    • March 1, 2015 at 10:08 AM
    • #1

    I'm trying to help my friend out. He wants to start two blogs. One about his love for games. He'll be writing articles, reviews and thoughts about gaming. The second is about his love for movies. Here he'll discuss news, write reviews and also do some articles. It would be cool if the name could be recognizable between the two sites. Like GameTalk and MovieTalk.com (both taken, just an example). We did come up with some cool names but all of them are taken of course.


    Any suggestions?

  • Thrik
    • March 1, 2015 at 1:54 PM
    • #2

    Always difficult coming up with stuff like this.

    One thing I always find helps get the imagination flowing is thinking of well-known references that relate to the theme without being as obvious/boring as just using words like 'game'. It also makes the name feel more personal.

    So with games, perhaps things like: Button Basher, First Person Blogger, Doomguy's Writing Desk, etc. Shit examples because I just got up and have a headache but its the kind of thing I mean. Just a little reference some people will get, and even if they don't it's easy to remember.

  • Sprony
    • March 1, 2015 at 3:36 PM
    • #3
    Quote from Thrik

    Always difficult coming up with stuff like this.

    One thing I always find helps get the imagination flowing is thinking of well-known references that relate to the theme without being as obvious/boring as just using words like 'game'. It also makes the name feel more personal.

    So with games, perhaps things like: Button Basher, First Person Blogger, Doomguy's Writing Desk, etc. Shit examples because I just got up and have a headache but its the kind of thing I mean. Just a little reference some people will get, and even if they don't it's easy to remember.


    Yeah, I'm with you on that. I came up with: Game Over, Game On, Insert Coins, Level Up, Power Up, 1Up but all were taken. I do fancy Press Start to Continue but as a url that seems unwise (http://www.press-start-to-continue.com).

  • Pampers
    • March 1, 2015 at 3:48 PM
    • #4

    There are already popular sites with names that have little to do with gaming, like Giant Bomb, Rock Paper Scissor, Escapist etc, as long as it is easy to remember and something that sticks I guess he can name it whatever he wants

  • will2k
    • March 1, 2015 at 7:32 PM
    • #5

    Pixel pusher or pixelator could work for both games and movies (not sure if already taken though)

  • Sprony
    • March 2, 2015 at 7:03 AM
    • #6
    Quote from Pampers

    There are already popular sites with names that have little to do with gaming, like Giant Bomb, Rock Paper Scissor, Escapist etc, as long as it is easy to remember and something that sticks I guess he can name it whatever he wants


    Thought about that but it isn't easy to come up with something catchy like that. Any suggestions?


    Quote from will2k

    Pixel pusher or pixelator could work for both games and movies (not sure if already taken though)


    I like those suggestions. Pixellover could world too. Unfortunately all are taken

  • Em'
    • March 2, 2015 at 8:02 AM
    • #7

    Gamecritics ?

    If you friends hasn't enought money and content to make his website popular, maybe a good webranking will help (domain name, keywords, etc...)

  • Sprony
    • March 2, 2015 at 8:04 AM
    • #8
    Quote from Em

    Gamecritics ?

    If you friends hasn't enought money and content to make his website popular, maybe a good webranking will help (domain name, keywords, etc...)


    Excellent pick, but taken :S

  • Em'
    • March 2, 2015 at 10:56 AM
    • #9

    Oh my bad, i only checked gamecritic :/ and the website didn't appears !


    Maybe some sort of allegoric name, like a youtube channel I like "every frame a painting" talking about movies and direction, then ?


    By that message being written, i search for "1 picture 1000 word"... And found this site on top results http://www.1000wordsmag.com/ , which is the perfect example of what i'm suggesting : A strong idea that is memorable, speaks to everybody and easy to remember.


    Maybe you know a citation or a well known sentence (more than me, i'm sure) which mix video games and critics, or visual arts and interaction, writting, etc, and it'll give you a name idea


    Edit : "A throne of games" ? Depiciting critics by a fake character sitting on a throne made of game boxes

  • Sprony
    • March 3, 2015 at 3:46 PM
    • #10

    What about this guys? Both are not taken:


    alifeofgaming.com

    alifeofmovies.com

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