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Their games have provided you with countless hours of entertainment, and you instinctively reach for the credit card whenever they release something new, but have you ever considered the meaning behind the names of your favorite videogame studios? Featuring a collection of wildly varied origin stories and art from over 65 beloved game creators from around the world, including Yacht Club Games, Iron Galaxy, Klei Entertainment, NinjaBee, and Rare, who were all asked one important question:

"What was the inspiration behind the name of your videogame studio?"

Contains creative tales from the following videogame developers: Rare Ltd., Klei Entertainment, Naked Sky Entertainment, Signal Studios, Holy Water Games, Codeglue, Pangea Software, Serellan, Spiky Snail, RedLynx, 11 Bit Studios, Pencel Games, Team Pesky, Ska Studios, Carbon Games, Big John Games, Fire Hose Games, Strange Flavour, Mastiff, Funktronic Labs, The Game Bakers, Iridium Studios, Spry Fox, Nerd Kingdom, Healthpack Games, Fatshark, Miniclip, Kung Fu Factory, Pixeljam, I Fight Bears, HiVE, Eutechnyx, Slightly Mad Studios, No Goblin, Brushfire Games, Get Set Games, Darkwind Media, Powerhoof, Warhorse, Owlchemy Labs, Double Stallion Games, Dead Mage, Kumobis Games, Glass Bottom Games, NinjaBee, Iron Galaxy, Broken Rules, Lazy 8 Studios, Tripleslash Studios, Phenomenon Games, GoldenTricycle, IguanaBee, LeftHanded Games Studio, FDG Entertainment, Discord Games, Team Colorblind, Code Mystics, Robit Studios, Squarehead Studios, Asteroid Base, 34BigThings, Yacht Club Games, Coldwood Interactive, Defiant Development, Hi-Rez Studios, Dinosaur Polo Club, and 13AM Games.