Oh, What The F…. Rockstar Rethinks Bully Name
Dear Rockstar... Are you out of your flippin' gourds?
Rockstar has told Eurogamer that controversial PS2 title Bully is getting a name change.From now on, the game will be known rather less catchily as Canis Canem Edit - Latin for Dog Eat Dog.
There's a lot of reasons why this is just an objectively terrible idea.
For one thing, you just know that the same swollen-tongued plebs who wander around pronouncing Deus Ex "Doo Sex" as if it were the title of a scatalogical porno aimed at toddlers are going to mangle Canis Canem Edit.
But the larger point is that implied capitulation to the whiners, complainers, politicians and professional, poofy coifed jackasses like Jack Thompson mollifies no one. In fact, Rockstar, it makes you look weak, open to further attacks.
But the most important point is that the name just plain sucks. Bulworth Academy would still have been a shameful retreat from the game's subject matter, but at least it sounds good.
Of course, the question is: is this name change only happening for the Euro release? Do they think the average European knows Latin?
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