"Gamasutra" is a pretty recognizable name to trade for something like "Game Developer," so much so that an feature being credited to "Game Developer, formerly Gamasutra" is probably going to...
"Gamasutra" is a pretty recognizable name to trade for something like "Game Developer," so much so that an feature being credited to "Game Developer, formerly Gamasutra" is probably going to become a meme. On the other hand, I think GIMP should have probably changed its name a while back, and this is the what if version of them changing their name to something a little more generic, so what do I know?
Game Developer was the name of a longrunning industry magazine for about 19 years, from 1994 to 2013. It's the magazine that started the postmortems that Gamasutra has taken over in recent years....
Game Developer was the name of a longrunning industry magazine for about 19 years, from 1994 to 2013. It's the magazine that started the postmortems that Gamasutra has taken over in recent years. It was a sibling publication to Gamasutra, so Gamasutra are effectively taking over the name.
That works for a magazine, but my immediate thoughts for a website is SEO. would just typing "Game developer" get you to the right website, and are users typing that expecting to find a...
That works for a magazine, but my immediate thoughts for a website is SEO. would just typing "Game developer" get you to the right website, and are users typing that expecting to find a journalistic report on industry instead of a career path?
The exact thought I had when I saw the headline. Whatever will help them stay around is good, I think.
That said, even with Gamasutra's reputation and editorial vision, the name was always cringey, and alienated people outside or adjacent to the game industry
The exact thought I had when I saw the headline.
Whatever will help them stay around is good, I think.
Always thought the name was awkward, good for them. Unfortunately, the fact that the website literally looks like a relic from 1998 (I wouldn't be surprised if they hadn't had a redesign since...
Always thought the name was awkward, good for them.
Unfortunately, the fact that the website literally looks like a relic from 1998 (I wouldn't be surprised if they hadn't had a redesign since then), I fear whatever they'll do give them modernization whiplash and might as well wipe out whatever makes Gamasutra special. Let's hope they don't try and become social network #7482.
My first though was "whoa, way to play the long game", thinking that they were pivoting to become an actual game development company. After spending 25 years reporting on games and collecting the...
My first though was "whoa, way to play the long game", thinking that they were pivoting to become an actual game development company. After spending 25 years reporting on games and collecting the post-mortems, they've devised the perfect game and are now ready to implement.
But them shifting away from the cringy name is cool too.
I'm in favor of this except for using possibly the most generic name for a resource for game developers...
"Gamasutra" is a pretty recognizable name to trade for something like "Game Developer," so much so that an feature being credited to "Game Developer, formerly Gamasutra" is probably going to become a meme. On the other hand, I think GIMP should have probably changed its name a while back, and this is the what if version of them changing their name to something a little more generic, so what do I know?
Well, if they want to start a trend, they would change GIMP to "Picture Editor".
Game Developer was the name of a longrunning industry magazine for about 19 years, from 1994 to 2013. It's the magazine that started the postmortems that Gamasutra has taken over in recent years. It was a sibling publication to Gamasutra, so Gamasutra are effectively taking over the name.
That works for a magazine, but my immediate thoughts for a website is SEO. would just typing "Game developer" get you to the right website, and are users typing that expecting to find a journalistic report on industry instead of a career path?
Given enough time, most likely yes.
They can find both on Gamasutra right now.
The exact thought I had when I saw the headline.
Whatever will help them stay around is good, I think.
Always thought the name was awkward, good for them.
Unfortunately, the fact that the website literally looks like a relic from 1998 (I wouldn't be surprised if they hadn't had a redesign since then), I fear whatever they'll do give them modernization whiplash and might as well wipe out whatever makes Gamasutra special. Let's hope they don't try and become social network #7482.
My first though was "whoa, way to play the long game", thinking that they were pivoting to become an actual game development company. After spending 25 years reporting on games and collecting the post-mortems, they've devised the perfect game and are now ready to implement.
But them shifting away from the cringy name is cool too.