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The shortest game names of all time

Because sometimes just one syllable will do

Words: Brett Elston, GamesRadar US
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jimsondanet  - 7 months 9 days ago 
naw you gotta take into account how long it actually takes to say such names. by the universal laws of ryhme i can deduce the actual shortest name.
(pine,fine)nine,9
(flee,pee)dee,D
(pen,hen)en,N
N wins.
recaptcha: Patty well-trained
patty still dumb.
crustdbeat  - 7 months 8 days ago 
is that morpheus in D?
the whitest black man ever.
"i feel myself changing, argh urgh ergh gargh"!!!!!!!!!!!!!! haha
kyronius15  - 7 months 8 days ago 
that 'D' game looks soo..... crap (any other suggestions)
Nikos1337  - 7 months 8 days ago 
That braid dude looks just like you brett :P
hardcore_gamer1990  - 7 months 8 days ago 
I've found a shorter one!

Super mario smash brothers brawl!

oh hang on....
shit.

good article.

ReCaptcha: be Belling. - oo-er missus?
TripleAD  - 7 months 8 days ago 
Cool never thought about it like that

P.S LOL stands for 'Lack of Love it's basically a spore game but it's older than spore
Adfroman  - 7 months 8 days ago 
N is an absolute awesome game
yankeesfan3  - 7 months 8 days ago 
good article
Sinsational  - 7 months 8 days ago 
Nice article.
Tw1sted  - 7 months 8 days ago 
haha nice list
planet5421  - 7 months 8 days ago 
did anyone else realise that Braid was placed in the wrong spot on the list?
kjadf12329  - 7 months 8 days ago 
what about mdk?
abombb  - 7 months 8 days ago 
Wow, there's alot of games on this list I haven't heard of.
Army_of_One  - 7 months 8 days ago 
lol theres a game called LOL?
Geigan  - 7 months 8 days ago 
@jimsondanet

For sheer pointlessness I'll argue that n actually takes longer to say than D. While when you spell out their pronunciation, dee is longer than en, en actually takes longer to say out loud because it is a vowel sound as opposed to dee's consonant sound. nine is just right out as it is an entire word. Go ahead and say each out loud to yourself. D is the clear winner as you barely have to move your tongue to say it and the 2 es afterwords follow so fast as to be almost non-existent whereas n you have to wait for the vowel to pass before you can get to the cosonant for it to coherently sound correct.

Do I get some sort of award for winning the most pointless argument ever? Linguistics FTW!
yoshi639  - 7 months 8 days ago 
how does no one get a siezure out of this
CAPST3R  - 7 months 7 days ago 
charlie barratt
what i wouldn't give for that name.(my PS3)
you're only 1 letter from a .50 cal!
(for the ones who don't know much about guns, i'm on about the Barrett .50 cal.)
and i'm probably wrong, but wasn't the guy called charlie barrett? i'll research and post back.
CAPST3R  - 7 months 7 days ago 
nope, sorry, it was ronnie. there is no charlie barrett (not spelt like that anyway).
CAPST3R  - 7 months 7 days ago 
@geigan:
yes, you DO win an award!:
DOUCHEBAG OF THE YEAR!
nah, i'm kidding, that's actually the arguement i'd make.
and sorry about the triple post.
CorupptedCrunchie  - 7 months 7 days ago 
imagine, if their was a game out their WITHOUT a title. shortest ever. like -0
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