ESPgaluda and ESP.ra.de's official capitalization?

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:41 pm

For the longest time I've been typing ESPgaluda and ESP.ra.de, and well, seeing the many different versions of their spelling (mainly different capitalizations)... am I doing it right? Is the G capitalized? Or is it perhaps "Espgaluda"? What about ESP.ra.de? Is there an extra period at the end, or not?

Fucking CAVE...

8 1/2 · Post by **8 1/2** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:56 pm

For Rade, I'm pretty sure it's "ESP ra.de." as in "Raging Decide"abbreviated.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:52 pm

did it not occur to you to start up the games and see how its spelled on the title screen?

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:54 pm

jonny5 wrote:did it not occur to you to start up the games and see how its spelled on the title screen?

Ok, less about the spelling and more about the capitalization and possible punctuation. All-caps "ESPGALUDA" isn't helpful when most English titles in Japanese shmups are that way.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:27 pm

cave made the games.....they also made the title screens.....might it not stand to reason that the way it is spelled there is the right way to spell it....capitals and all

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:37 pm

ESPGaluda
ESP Ra.De.

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:41 pm

Ruldra wrote:ESPGaluda
ESP Ra.De.

...And here I was typing it "ESPgaluda"... with a lower-case G...

OH MY FUCKING GOD, MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN A LIE!!!! FFFFFFFFFFFF

Gonna go drown some infants in an attempt to ease the pain of what I've been doing this whole time... Why, god, why... ...Fuck...

^Sad thing is, the sentiment of this post is not sarcasm. I feel like an idiot for mis-typing my second-favorite game's title.

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:54 pm

i still pronounce ikaruga as "eye-ka-roo-ga"

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 12:13 am

jpj wrote:i still pronounce ikaruga as "eye-ka-roo-ga"

funny...i pronounce it "ov-er-ray-ted"

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 12:33 am

the worst has gotta be people who tell me to pronounce "acky-bah-ra" properly

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 12:40 am

jpj wrote:

the worst has gotta be people who tell me to pronounce "acky-bah-ra" properly

just bugging ya buddy

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 12:42 am

jonny5 wrote:
jpj wrote:i still pronounce ikaruga as "eye-ka-roo-ga"
funny...i pronounce it "ov-er-ray-ted"

Really? Same here. We should hang out sometime.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 12:46 am

Zweihander wrote:
jonny5 wrote:
jpj wrote:i still pronounce ikaruga as "eye-ka-roo-ga"
funny...i pronounce it "ov-er-ray-ted"
Really? Same here. We should hang out sometime.

hmmmm....but you like to cave-bash

....all i play is cave and puzzle games pretty much...

but if you ever come up to canada drop me a line

bucklemyshoe · Post by **bucklemyshoe** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 12:54 am

jpj wrote:i still pronounce ikaruga as "eye-ka-roo-ga"

what!? it's not pronounced like that?

lol just kidding, I've known I say it wrong but it still doesn't stop me either.

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 12:59 am

jonny5 wrote:
Zweihander wrote:
jonny5 wrote: funny...i pronounce it "ov-er-ray-ted"
Really? Same here. We should hang out sometime.
hmmmm....but you like to cave-bash ....all i play is cave and puzzle games pretty much...

but if you ever come up to canada drop me a line

I only bashed Ketsui: Demo Label, which was after I already pre-ordered two copies anyway. People sure get trolled easily around here.

As stated in another thread, I got this sealed Ketsui taking up space until the economy picks up and people start buying shit they don't need again.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:04 am

Zweihander wrote:Ketsui: Demo Label

ROFL

i missed it at first

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:09 am

i once had an hour long argument with someone that thomas haas should be pronounced "harz" rather than "hass". we get kinda passionate about virtua tennis round here

i'm actually thinking about submitting my score to twin galaxies

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:13 am

I know people who pronounce Ikaruga "ik-CAR-rugguh" (CAR being the dominate syllable) and, on an unrelated note, HR Giger "HR GUYger". The fuck. Show some respect, the man invented the bio-mechanical art style...

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:16 am

Zweihander wrote:I know people who pronounce Ikaruga "ik-CAR-rugguh" (CAR being the dominate syllable) and, on an unrelated note, HR Giger "HR GUYger". The fuck. Show some respect, the man invented the bio-mechanical art style...

giger, eh? we should hang out

Chi_Ryu · Post by **Chi_Ryu** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:34 am

Zweihander wrote:I know people who pronounce Ikaruga "ik-CAR-rugguh" (CAR being the dominate syllable) and, on an unrelated note, HR Giger "HR GUYger". The fuck. Show some respect, the man invented the bio-mechanical art style...

I always get confused on his name and end up calling him "GUYger or geeger or jeeguh or however you pronounce it - yeah, the guy who created the alien from Alien".

On a totally unrelated note, I went to his gallery in Gruyère, Switzerland (quite by accident, I was there for other reasons, then saw it opposite the castle there and soiled my pants). It was fantastic seeing his work in real life.

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:49 am

Chi_Ryu wrote:On a totally unrelated note, I went to his gallery in Gruyère, Switzerland (quite by accident, I was there for other reasons, then saw it opposite the castle there and soiled my pants). It was fantastic seeing his work in real life.

Lucky bastard.

I still need to get my artbooks signed by him before the old man croaks...

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 2:06 pm

Zweihander wrote:
Chi_Ryu wrote:On a totally unrelated note, I went to his gallery in Gruyère, Switzerland (quite by accident, I was there for other reasons, then saw it opposite the castle there and soiled my pants). It was fantastic seeing his work in real life.
Lucky bastard.

I still need to get my artbooks signed by him before the old man croaks...

Then Giger's artworks will be considered worth more when he does croak. As the creator of the original Alien creature, he does have my gratitude. Sure, some of his later art do use a mixture of alien bio-mechanical with sexual imagery. Anything goes and passes in the art world these days. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

Chi_Ryu · Post by **Chi_Ryu** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 5:07 pm

PC Engine Fan X! wrote:Sure, some of his later art do use a mixture of alien bio-mechanical with sexual imagery.

Err, and his earlier art, too (e.g. the 1967 work "Maedchen I"), a good 8 years before The Alien piece ("Necronom IV"). It's a recurrent theme.

I like his sculptures, too - the harkonnen chair was funky.

Oh, btw - this applet is good for searching for Giger's works:
http://www.littlegiger.com/database/applet.html

t0yrobo · Post by **t0yrobo** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:21 am

I've never been to concerned about the spelling, it's pronunciation that's always got me. Luckily I don't know anyone in real life to talk about this stuff with.

ChurchOfSolipsism · Post by **ChurchOfSolipsism** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:24 am

Yeah, just go on talking about nothing all day long.

The shit some people on this forum come up with for topic titles...

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 3:31 am

ChurchOfSolipsism wrote:Yeah, just go on talking about nothing all day long.

The shit some people on this forum come up with for topic titles...

I love you too, snookums. <3

dmauro · Post by **dmauro** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:01 pm

jpj wrote:i still pronounce ikaruga as "eye-ka-roo-ga"

eye-ka-rum-ba

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:31 pm

ChurchOfSolipsism wrote:Yeah, just go on talking about nothing all day long.

The shit some people on this forum come up with for topic titles...

There's nothing else to talk about because no one wants to. May as well talk about this.

For Japanese games with Roman titles, "official capitalization" tends to be all caps. "ESPGALUDA", "ESP RA.DE.", you know the drill. Not always, but usually; I'm sure these games apply.