You know, with the guns?

My friend Kenny showed me a game calledDuck Gametoday. That is a good name, I thought. “Hey, what do you want to play?” “How about that duck game? That was fun.” “Oh, you meanDuck Game? Sure.”

This of course is in contrast tobad names, which I havewritten about with aplomb. There are so, so many bad names for games.

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But whatDuck Gamereminded me of was a fun text back and forth I had last year that is a great, real example of good naming.

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