Posted March 07, 2017
Wishbone
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Barefoot_Monkey
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Posted March 07, 2017
My preferred approach is to have a hidden "sorting name" and a visible "display name", with the latter having the "The" in front where it belongs.
Maighstir
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Posted March 07, 2017
Post edited March 07, 2017 by Maighstir
Sarisio
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Posted March 07, 2017
plagren: I just contacted support about this the other day. Interesting that they would switch to a preceding article with "The 7th Guest". Starting with numerals may be a grammatical no-no, but I'd say it's an acceptable compromise.
Actually there are tons of games, whose names start with numerals and even periods. Proof:
https://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/alpha/27-0
Also it has "11th Hour, The" and it has some games starting from "The" though I never heard about those: https://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/alpha/20-t?page=6).
HunchBluntley
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Wishbone
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Maighstir
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Posted March 08, 2017
Maighstir: Edit: also, can't someone make a learning-English game called "The 'the'" and sell it through GOG? I just want to see them call it "'The', The".
HunchBluntley: The band might hold a trademark for that name. The 'The' would not be in the same business as The The as the latter is a music act and the former would be an interactive learning tool, so confusion between the two is unlikely.
Post edited March 08, 2017 by Maighstir
HunchBluntley
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Posted March 08, 2017
Maighstir: Multiple things can have the same name, I wouldn't expect your first thought to be of this if someone mentions a videogame called Portal.
The 'The' would not be in the same business as The The as the latter is a music act and the former would be an interactive learning tool, so confusion between the two is unlikely.
I forgot the ":P". :PThe 'The' would not be in the same business as The The as the latter is a music act and the former would be an interactive learning tool, so confusion between the two is unlikely.
Maighstir
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Posted March 08, 2017
Maighstir: Multiple things can have the same name, I wouldn't expect your first thought to be of this if someone mentions a videogame called Portal.
The 'The' would not be in the same business as The The as the latter is a music act and the former would be an interactive learning tool, so confusion between the two is unlikely.
HunchBluntley: I forgot the ":P". :P The 'The' would not be in the same business as The The as the latter is a music act and the former would be an interactive learning tool, so confusion between the two is unlikely.
EDIT: Also, don't forget the nose!
Post edited March 08, 2017 by Maighstir
thomq
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Posted March 08, 2017
Barefoot_Monkey: My preferred approach is to have a hidden "sorting name" and a visible "display name", with the latter having the "The" in front where it belongs.
Wishbone: I agree. That is by far the best approach. I remember iTunes having a settable sort field like that for title, artist, album, and so forth in the Info dialog about an item. The information can be kept unedited (thereby accurate) and viewed as it is meant to be without having to visually decrypt it, and the sort field can be anything or nothing.
There was a band named "The The" long ago. Using the approach of twisting the article around would have made it "The, The". Insist on doing that anyway or make an exception?
What if there was a game named "An A"? Perhaps themed around getting grades in school or some such? If ever there was then you'd get "A, An" if rearranging it. Do nothing special, then no exceptions need be made. Everything stays accurate.
Post edited March 08, 2017 by thomq
HunchBluntley
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Posted March 08, 2017
PixelBoy
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From Finland
Posted March 09, 2017
Problem with articles and ordering is always amusing, the.
Fortunately all the nice languages (Finnish, Japanese, etc.) don't even have those.
Of course in the true gaming spirit the listing should be "7th Guest, teh", "11th hour, teh" and so on.
Fortunately all the nice languages (Finnish, Japanese, etc.) don't even have those.
Of course in the true gaming spirit the listing should be "7th Guest, teh", "11th hour, teh" and so on.
DieRuhe
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Posted March 09, 2017
For some reason I have the urge to listen to The The.
Maighstir
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Posted March 09, 2017
An "A" would be a game for learning the alphabet and simple words, and the next stage would be The "The" for learning grammar.
thomq
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Posted March 09, 2017
thomq: What if there was a game named "An A"? Perhaps themed around getting grades in school or some such? If ever there was then you'd get "A, An" if rearranging it. Do nothing special, then no exceptions need be made. Everything stays accurate.
Maighstir: An "A" would be a game for learning the alphabet and simple words, and the next stage would be The "The" for learning grammar. I would expect a game named The The would be about reordering titles, perhaps with each level having a different set of rules to apply to long lists of ordinary titles, titles with colons and commas, and other variations. Kind of like the way there are several guidelines for formatting bibliographical information. Perhaps each level would display a basic set of rules at the beginning, and maybe randomize the rules for each play through.