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Poll: Choose My Name

Started by One Horse Town, April 04, 2009, 06:27:13 AM

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One Horse Town

April 04, 2009, 06:27:13 AM
So, let's say that i wanted to create a publishing imprint. I've come up with some names. Which one do you prefer?

Double U Productions - logo of two overlapping U's. Making a W, which is my last initial

White Cliff Games - logo of white cliffs of Dover showing it is English and White is my surname

Shattered Lamp - a reference to the Shelley poem. I grew up a mile from where he lived, so the name has been with me all my life. Logo of a...shattered lamp!

Farrier Games - an oblique reference to my online handle, horseshoe logo

Telescope Games - just 'cos. Logo of, you guessed it

Tahmoh

#1
April 04, 2009, 11:19:06 AM
got to be shattered lamp mate its the best of the bunch.

Abyssal Maw

#2
April 04, 2009, 11:43:36 AM
Shattered Lamp is most evocative!
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#3
April 04, 2009, 12:10:33 PM
I like Shattered Lamp, its just sounds more interesting.
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#4
April 04, 2009, 12:28:04 PM
Hopeless cause, but I like White Cliff.  Shattered Lamp is also worthwhile, easy to remember.
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tellius

#5
April 04, 2009, 05:52:44 PM
Heh, picked Shattered Lamp. That just has the better sound too it out loud to me.

David R

#6
April 04, 2009, 08:08:07 PM
Shattered Lamp but why not just One Horse Town games ?

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One Horse Town

#7
April 05, 2009, 04:23:29 AM
Quote from: David R;294170Shattered Lamp but why not just One Horse Town games ?

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I can't see it as being that pleasing on a cover.

Skyrock

#8
April 05, 2009, 09:14:18 AM
I went with White Cliff Games - nice, short words; and it can be conveniently and unambigiously abbreviated to WCG.

The others use just 2 words and run so rather into the risk of being already occupied as an abbreviation.

What certeinly wouldn't work for foreigners as me is "Double U Productions", as the term "double-u" has been constanly used by media to refer to a certain infamous US president, and is so negatively connotated (unlike anglophone countries, where double-u is just a commonly used term for a letter).
Plus, two overlapping U's as a logo might remind people of the McDonalds logo, what would certainly let at least me think of cheapness (not in the positive way of "good prices", rather in the way of "worthless junk").
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One Horse Town

#9
April 06, 2009, 04:44:06 AM
Well, it looks like if i go down this route, it will be as Shattered Lamp. :)

Idinsinuation

#10
April 06, 2009, 03:19:01 PM
Shattered Lamp for sure.
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#11
April 06, 2009, 03:37:41 PM
Quote from: One Horse Town;294216I can't see it as being that pleasing on a cover.
How about The Horse You Rode In On Games?  :)
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One Horse Town

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April 06, 2009, 03:47:06 PM
Quote from: StormBringer;294483How about The Horse You Rode In On Games?  :)

Ha, ha! That made me chuckle. :D

Drohem

#13
April 06, 2009, 04:53:35 PM
I chose White Cliff Games.  I don't know if you're near Dover, but I know you're from the United Kingdom and it sounds appropriate to me.

Benoist

#14
April 13, 2009, 07:04:03 PM
Shattered Lamp is cool. I like Telescope too.
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