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Posted: Apr 26th 2011 11:19PM Ashkental said

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Why keep up with that?

Nothing will ever surpass Gearbox story...

Our industry needs more poker-deciding-moments-of-truth between 2 giants!

Posted: Apr 26th 2011 11:33PM aray48 said

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@Ashkental Yeah, but Randy Pitchford's story was a lie....
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Posted: Apr 26th 2011 11:23PM Milf Biggenson said

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Not a huge fan of that name. It sounds like something you'd put in your washing machine. "Beenox! Now with 98% more linear Spider-Man games than your typical market brand." No sir, I don't like it.

Posted: Apr 27th 2011 12:55AM HardBoiled2009 said

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@Milf Biggenson

i agree. Beenox sounds like some House Hold name cleaning supply company LOL
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Posted: Apr 26th 2011 11:23PM The Only Girl said

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Brown must've secretly helped Square-Enix writers with Kingdom Hearts.

Posted: Apr 27th 2011 2:53AM Bighouse said

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Posted: Apr 27th 2011 2:59AM brightbonewhite said

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Yeah, well here's the story *behind* [you'll get it in a few seconds] the story:

He wanted to use the letter "X" in his company's name. Now to just think of a name...
So one day in a chemistry class he really had to fart, but was trying really hard to hold it in. He thought to himself, "I wish I had some Beeno!"

Voila!

Posted: Apr 27th 2011 9:01AM mrmobius said

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If he'd paid attention in Chemistry class maybe he'd have a better name like:

Oxygen
Xenon
Ununhexium
(yea, turns out there are only 3 elements with x in the name)

Posted: Apr 27th 2011 3:57PM Lordd G said

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@mrmobius Xenon was, ironically, an alias I thought up in high school for myself...
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Posted: Apr 27th 2011 11:21AM RetroGamer said

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hey Joystiq, I like your "What's in a name" articles.

Keep'em coming.

Posted: Apr 27th 2011 12:38PM Gaddes said

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Came up with it in high school, eh? No wonder it sucks. :\

Posted: Apr 27th 2011 2:17PM ch3burashka said

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"I was taking some Bean-o to help with intestinal gas, and I thought, what could make this even cooler? An X!!!"

Posted: Apr 27th 2011 9:03PM SuperSci said

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This feature needs to expand into gametitles, specifically japanese gametitles in english. I want to know WHY the japanese feel the need to blurt out incomprehensible titles with little to no grammar!! I WANT THE TRUTH!

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