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Help me come up with funny names for gaming websites

Unread postby icycalm » 29 Mar 2008 01:33

Here's what I've got:

For all sites with the word 'game' in their names, the 'g' is replaced by an 'l'. i.e. GameSpot becomes LameSpot, GameSpy becomes LameSpy, etc. That takes care of 90% of gaming websites.

Eurogamer is an exception: it becomes Euroidiot.

Shmups.com becomes Shmucks.com.

Famitsu becomes Fanitsu.

Etc. etc.

Note that from now on all these sites will be referred to using their alternate names on Insomnia. So help me come up with more of those.

For example I could really use alternate names for Kotaku, Joystiq and Siliconera right now...
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Unread postby icycalm » 29 Mar 2008 01:39

Also, YouTube becomes Your Tub, even thought it's not exactly a "gaming website". I mean it practically is anyway, with all those self-styled reviewers and whatnot.
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Unread postby JoshF » 29 Mar 2008 02:41

Siliconera: SiliCONera or SillyCon-era?
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Unread postby CosMind » 29 Mar 2008 04:01

sKrotakum and Jokestiq have a rich, almost robust ring to them. I've never really spent any amount of time at those sites, so I'm not sure if those names are fitting judgments*. But I'd be a liar if I said I didn't chuckle to myself while saying/writing them ;)

*Not that it'd be my place to judge them anyhow.
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Unread postby walrusdawg » 29 Mar 2008 04:19

All I've got is "Ko-takuramu"(企む), Which probably doesn't work on any level besides the one inside my head. Especially because people who don't speak japanese can't get it and even people who do probably won't.

And there's always Joydick, but that's too easy. Also if you said "Your Tub" I don't think I'd get it(I don't think I do now), but I think "SpewTube" is pretty funny.
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Unread postby DirtyMonk » 29 Mar 2008 11:46

Kotaku ==> Whoretaku

Joystiq ==> Joyshit

Siliconera ==> Silicuntera
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Unread postby Jedah » 29 Mar 2008 13:05

Kotaku ==> Suckaku or Cockaku

Joystiq ==> Joysteak

Siliconera ==> Silicholera
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Unread postby icycalm » 29 Mar 2008 21:32

Thanks for the help guys. I think I'll use these:

SillyConEra
Cockaku
Joyschtick

Let me know if you think of other ones.
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Unread postby DaleNixon » 31 Mar 2008 00:47

gamefaqs -> gayfags

Haha nice word filter!
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Unread postby bullethell » 31 Mar 2008 05:21

click-stick dot com => clicks-dick dot com
(a dead site, I miss it a lot!Those amazing Arcadia magazine scans!)
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