MacedWindow@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoI'm so annoyed that they're calling the new hobbit game 'A The Lord of the Rings Game'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-linkI'm so annoyed that they're calling the new hobbit game 'A The Lord of the Rings Game'www.pcgamer.comMacedWindow@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareOdelay42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoObviously “the” is a critical part of the trademark. Lawyers win that debate. But why did the marketers win the “a… game” debate? It could have been, “The Lord of the Rings: whatever whether Hobbit farm” and avoided all the weirdness.
minus-squareVerseAndVermin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoThat seems weirder to me to be honest. Like the recent The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria. Just call if Return to Moria and make a LotR badge for marketings sake. Same here. I’ll accept Middle-Earth though.
minus-squareRightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoA Story from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of the Shire
Obviously “the” is a critical part of the trademark. Lawyers win that debate.
But why did the marketers win the “a… game” debate?
It could have been, “The Lord of the Rings: whatever whether Hobbit farm” and avoided all the weirdness.
That seems weirder to me to be honest. Like the recent The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria. Just call if Return to Moria and make a LotR badge for marketings sake. Same here.
I’ll accept Middle-Earth though.
A Story from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of the Shire