About the Video Game Name Generator

 Originally developed to fill in data for a college database project (thanks Professor Hammer!) the VGNG has blossomed over the last 5 years (through a couple of different forms) into the lovable little program you see on this website today.

Current stats on the generator (as of April 1st, 2008):

505 1st words/phrases
348 2nd words/phrases
402 3rd words/phrases
Approx. 70 million distinct possible names

If you'd like to use the VGNG on your website, feel free! If you want to make your own version (or make a better one for me ;) ), the wordlist is called video_game_names.txt, and the syntax should be simple enough to figure out (three wordlists separated by dashes, with dupe protection listed after the "^" and separated by pipes "|".) I only ask that, if you copy the VGNG for your site, please don't use it for any profit-generating purpose (charging for it or selling ads), and include a link back to this site.

Thanks go out to many folks:

-- Matt Belcher:  your original program is the reason this thing exists; without you it probably never would've happened

-- The SomethingAwful goons:  for your MSPaints, word/phrase suggestions, coding expertise, and the first actual VGNG game competition

-- SA goon svaha:  you helped so much with words and phrases that you deserve to be called a co-creator!

-- SA goons mantaworks and Reo:  for coding the Flash version that exists here currently

-- The FEFEA crew (especially TheRedEye):  for lots of awesome word/phrase suggestions

-- The TIG forums:  for your crazy game competition; there's too many to thank individually, but I definitely got a kick out of a lot of the games posted :)

-- and all the other people who have contributed to this over the years


Made by lenocinor. Send feedback to solamen2 AT hotmail DOT com.

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