Comments on: Poll: MAG: Massive Action Game

By: Darrin

Darrin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:17:42 +0000

Sure, Resistance and Uncharted have meaning, but they are fairly generic terms. That’s like naming a game Onslaught or Conquest.

I’d prefer cool sounding gibberish for a title like MAG or Qix. No one cares what it stands for. MAG reminds you of an ammo magazine clip or a magnum gun.

By: bunnyhero

bunnyhero — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:57:39 +0000

@darrin, how is MAG an improvement over words that actually have a meaning? ‘uncharted’ evokes the idea of exploring unknown territories. ‘resistance’ lets you know it’s a fight against oppressors. MAG is a flavourless description. (i will agree that ‘project origin’ is a terrible name, though )

By: Trigga_Tybalt

Trigga_Tybalt — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:27:56 +0000

MAG is pretty cool. you can related it to ammo clips. its a nice word to say and easy to remember. i think even if the game is retitled it will still be well known as MAG. it will be hard to shake off.

By: mpz

mpz — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:55:41 +0000

I dunno, it’s a lot better than ‘The X Box’

By: Glitch

Glitch — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:16:12 +0000

I’m sure they’ll keep the “MAG”, but just make the acronym mean something else, like for instance: MAG: Military Activities Guarantied.

Or perhaps something else…

By: jimhead

jimhead — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:52:11 +0000

Didn’t they say in the Conferenca that the name was a placeholder?

By: Darrin

Darrin — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:36:59 +0000

It sounds like an Open Source project, with an acronym name: GIMP, YAML, LAMP, FOSS, etc

If they named it “Massive Action Game” without the acronym, that would be worse, but the acronym MAG actually has some personality of its own.

Most titles are just fairly random words anyway: Resistance, Uncharted, FEAR, Project Origin. Compared to those names, MAG is an improvement.

By: Segitz

Segitz — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:42:54 +0000

Ahh, I pressed the first answer… But I think MAG is a good name!!