The stupidly titled game is scheduled to hit U.S. store shelves on May 26, but you can get your hands on it a bit earlier when the demo drops on May 21.
inFamous goes gold despite ridiculous grammatical error
by Griffin McElroy 
on Apr 16th 2009 3:00PM
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The stupidly titled game is scheduled to hit U.S. store shelves on May 26, but you can get your hands on it a bit earlier when the demo drops on May 21.
Reader Comments (64)
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 3:03PM (Unverified) said
Bit late in the day to be taking the mick out of the title. Maybe raise this stuff when it's in development. I think the title fits, to be honest, considering the multiple paths you could choose.
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 3:05PM (Unverified) said
Mind you, are you talking about the fact the work in doesn't start with a capital? You realise it's supposed to be like that? Like he's IN the word Famous. Multiple path could make him neither Infamous or Famous but he's in between fame. inFamous, so to speak.
Others get it...just not Griffin, I guess.
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Others get it...just not Griffin, I guess.
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 3:05PM MSKiller aka Sony4life said
What an AssWipe!!!!!
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 3:09PM haas599 said
this is journalism at its finest.
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 3:14PM Twinturbo120 said
wow......
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 3:15PM (Unverified) said
i don't understand the E.E. Cummings joke....
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 4:36PM (Unverified) said
That's because it was a stupid joke. E.E. Cummings, or as he would put it, "ee cummings" was notorious for never capitalizing anything in his poetry.
10th grade English FTW.
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10th grade English FTW.
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 3:21PM (Unverified) said
Lmao!
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 3:22PM minerwilly said
Am i missing something here ? I even googled the word infamous thinking perhaps the Americans had possibly changed the spelling of it like they do with some of our words , but no they spell it the same as the rest of us .
Errmm ... it must be that I'm getting old as I don't get the joke , and yea who is E.E. Cummings , must be one of these young gangster rappers or something .
Right I'm off to google that now as well ,
Errmm ... it must be that I'm getting old as I don't get the joke , and yea who is E.E. Cummings , must be one of these young gangster rappers or something .
Right I'm off to google that now as well ,
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 3:26PM Nomi said
WOW! Lame attempt at humour...
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 3:27PM Tristan88888888 said
so there is a problem with the title. news to me.
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 3:28PM Meteor Freak said
is it me or.... are we getting more negativity since the site change... it seems 90% of the clips I read end or start with a shot... I liked it better the fanboy way... I can go to G4, or 1up if I want something negative said about 90% of sony's news.
Just saying...
Just saying...
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 3:38PM (Unverified) said
Yeah, I think the same thing. If I enter in a Playstation site is to see someone that like playstation sayng things about the vg I like. I have this in Fonboy, I can't say the same thing about joystiq...
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Posted: Apr 16th 2009 3:54PM GordL said
Totally agree. I think it's because they have a bunch of the 360 guys writing PS3 news. Even before the change I noticed a lot of negativity about silly things. I don't want a site that is completely in love with Sony, but I don't need the stories to bash the company at every turn. Does such a site exist? I haven't found it...
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Posted: Apr 16th 2009 4:20PM (Unverified) said
I have also noticed it. It's not too cool.
You don't have to bring the old PS3F back - but please keep it to the same people that wrote for PS3F. No offense to the other Joystiqers... but seriously? Do we have to read bash after bash? I still can't believe that some people STILL think the PS3 is an inferior console, anyway.
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You don't have to bring the old PS3F back - but please keep it to the same people that wrote for PS3F. No offense to the other Joystiqers... but seriously? Do we have to read bash after bash? I still can't believe that some people STILL think the PS3 is an inferior console, anyway.
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 4:40PM (Unverified) said
@bluefrog: Kotaku is fair on occasion. I just miss the old ps3 fanboy writers, except for Andrew Yoon, an X3F douchebag. ;)
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Posted: Apr 16th 2009 10:23PM (Unverified) said
Yeah I too agree, I'm getting sick of Joystiq (and Kotaku) constantly bashing Sony for no reason. Its getting to the point where I dont even come here anymore cause its starting to really piss me off. I mean the game went gold; good, excellent - but why then do journalists need to add their own 2-cents worth as well?
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Posted: Apr 16th 2009 3:30PM ZayCube said
When will it be released here in Europe?
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 3:32PM (Unverified) said
E.E. Cummings was a famous poet and writer who used to spell his name like this: e e cummings. Notice how he used lowercase letters? Yes, a lame attempt at being funny.
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 3:35PM (Unverified) said
Trolling your own post, before anyone else gets a chance.
Nicely played, Griffin.
Nicely played.
Nicely played, Griffin.
Nicely played.
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 3:44PM loadstone007 said
I really don't see what's the problem with the name of the game. It's a video game, not a literature exam. Sheesh, man...
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 3:44PM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said
Griffin...dude...leave the comedy to the professionals
www.Greenbench.tv
at any rate...Glad to hear its getting printed up now...
www.Greenbench.tv
at any rate...Glad to hear its getting printed up now...
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 3:49PM (Unverified) said
Pursuit of happyness turned out great, even though the grammatical error. :P
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 3:52PM ngff said
bring back PS3fanboy
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 3:53PM (Unverified) said
I agree. I miss the old PS3fanboy
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 3:54PM (Unverified) said
Why does everyone hate on bad humor, take it for what it's worth. Sure it's not funny, but it's not exactly stupid either. He does have a point, it's just not funny. So laugh politely and move on.
LOL @ Joystiq!!!!! HAHAHAHAHA, man that was a side buster!
See now he's not so ashamed!
LOL @ Joystiq!!!!! HAHAHAHAHA, man that was a side buster!
See now he's not so ashamed!
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 6:36PM doc j said
I think the problem is not that the humor is unfunny, but that the humor comes off as mean-spirited (even if that isn't intended to be so).
People are willing to laugh off a bad pun, but you know how people get when something they may like is apparently being insulted. The complaints are probably coming from the italicizing of "stupidly titled" in the second paragraph.
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People are willing to laugh off a bad pun, but you know how people get when something they may like is apparently being insulted. The complaints are probably coming from the italicizing of "stupidly titled" in the second paragraph.
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 4:07PM (Unverified) said
I thought the title had always been spelled this way...
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 4:02PM MLC said
I can't wait for this game. I cant wait to play the demo. 5/8 cant come any sooner!
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 4:05PM (Unverified) said
wow i had never realized anything was wrong wit the title i dont get why joystiq is bashing it i think it is a badass title imho
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 4:06PM meeekael said
The start of the article isn't too bad. Its just the "stupidly titled game" bit that is a bit bashy and unnecessary.
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 4:06PM (Unverified) said
wow i had never realized anything was wrong wit the title i dont get why joystiq is bashing it i think it is a badass title imho
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 4:18PM (Unverified) said
This is really not funny.....
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 4:24PM Meteor Freak said
he must have an issue with iPod also...
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 4:37PM CrashTunoku said
The spelling of the name kind of seems to be a play on words and the good/evil aspect of the game where you can be good to be Famous or bad to become Infamous. They just captalize the F to emphasize the choice, or something like that.
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 7:03PM jojo29 said
I was under the impression, that when you name your game/product, you can name it and spell it however you like? iPod? Xtreme Sports? ESPN? KTLA? Spiderman? Havoc? Havok? Nvidia? ATI? Intel? ATI? Radeon? 360? Xbox? Playstation? Wii? Wip3out?
Wow, this is biased journalism at its best? PS3Fanboy has stooped to making fun of a game's title?
Maybe there is not much news out and this was the best he could come up with? How about posting the US PSN Thursday info?
Or, maybe, we are reading too much into this, and this was a successful example of bad humor at its "best"?
Wow, this is biased journalism at its best? PS3Fanboy has stooped to making fun of a game's title?
Maybe there is not much news out and this was the best he could come up with? How about posting the US PSN Thursday info?
Or, maybe, we are reading too much into this, and this was a successful example of bad humor at its "best"?
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 4:58PM (Unverified) said
I'm in agreement with Araskaz, as well as many others. Leave the PS news to the old PS3Fanboy writers and keep the 360 trolls confined to their own page.
"Humour" of this kind, as you can, isn't even regarded as hit and miss. It's just lowbrow, lowest common denominator trolling - at best.
"Humour" of this kind, as you can, isn't even regarded as hit and miss. It's just lowbrow, lowest common denominator trolling - at best.
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 6:18PM (Unverified) said
Be nice if they would just report news instead of trying to make so stupid statement with every little article.
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 5:53PM (Unverified) said
Having skimmed the opening paragraph of the kindly provided Wikipedia entry on this E.E. Cummings character it sounds like despite being known for glaringly obvious grammatical errors he did alright for himself. Maybe this game will too, and there will be no further need for articles that make their authors look like they don't know their arse from their elbow.
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 6:09PM QuidnuncQuixotic said
Grammar has to do with the interplay between words, and how meaning can be derived by structure. I think the term you're looking for is "typographical error".
Posted: Apr 16th 2009 6:10PM (Unverified) said
Ever wish you could vote down an article? I do here.
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