Games with misleading titles - an IFDB Poll

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I was thinking about "Nothing But Mazes" and how it, in fact, contains things that aren't mazes. What other games have titles that don't quite reflect what's inside?

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Runes, by Deane Saunders
3 votes
"What runes? You..." [+]"What runes? You play a herbalist gathering plant specimens." --David Welbourn... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Cendare... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Corwin71...

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Bears, Bears, Bears, by Admiral Jota
3 votes
"No bears appear..." [+]"No bears appear in the game." --David Welbourn... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Cendare... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Lance Cirone...

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The Game Formerly Known as Hidden Nazi Mode, by Victor Gijsbers
2 votes
"Oddly named for a..." [+]"Oddly named for a game about bunnies. (There's a reason, but it's mostly about what is not in the game any more.)" ( - Full review) --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) --WaterMonkey314...

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Deadline Enchanter, by Alan DeNiro
2 votes
"Not an Infocom..." [+]"Not an Infocom tribute." () --Sam Kabo Ashwell... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Boegheim...

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The Hentai Adventures of Captain Cumshot, by Jake Wildstrom
2 votes
"Not pornographic." [+]"Not pornographic." --David Welbourn... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Lance Cirone...

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The Incredible Erotic Adventures of Stiffy Makane, by Mark Ryan
2 votes
"It is, indeed,..." [+]"It is, indeed, not credible, and it does feature Stiffy Makane. Not erotic, adventurous or plural, however." () --Sam Kabo Ashwell... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Lance Cirone...

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Nothing But Mazes, by Greg Boettcher
2 votes
"The poll-definer." [+]"The poll-definer." --Cendare... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Lance Cirone...

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Captain Cumshot's Second Adventure: The Rim Job, by Jake Wildstrom
2 votes
"Not porn. Not..." [+]"Not porn. Not even a little bit." --David Welbourn... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Lance Cirone...

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Square Circle, by Eric Eve
1 vote
"Do oxymorons..." [+]"Do oxymorons count? ;)" --Corwin71...

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FutureGame, by Anonymous
1 vote
"Not a game from..." [+]"Not a game from the future or about the future, but a polemic example of where the author felt game design was going." --Emily Short...

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Cryptozookeeper, by Robb Sherwin
1 vote
"Cryptids, yes,..." [+]"Cryptids, yes, but what you do with them is almost the precise opposite of zookeeping." ( - Full review) --Sam Kabo Ashwell...

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Barsoom Adventure #1: The Lost City, by Susan Schnitger
1 vote
"No John Carter!" [+]"No John Carter!: The game is in no way based on the Barsoom adventure stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is set on Mars, though." () --Fredrik...

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Being There, by Jordan Magnuson
1 vote
"Neither an..." [+]"Neither an interactive adaptation of the Jerzy Kosinski novel, nor an exploration of Martin Heidegger's concept of Dasein." ( - Full review) --Victor Gijsbers...

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Book and Volume, by Nick Montfort
1 vote
"The game hardly..." [+]"The game hardly has anything to do with books as far as I can remember. (Belatedly, I'm told it's from a phrase from Hamlet. Does that help?)" --David Welbourn...

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98769765, by Adam Biltcliffe
1 vote
"As far as I know,..." [+]"As far as I know, the number "98769765" has no particular secret meaning and was just a random name for the game." --David Welbourn...

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The Absolute Worst IF Game in History, by Dean Menezes
1 vote
"Not great by any..." [+]"Not great by any means, but I've played worse." --Emily Short...

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Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It, by Jeff O'Neill
1 vote
"Nobody in the..." [+]"Nobody in the game is named Nord or Bert." ( - Full review) --Lance Cirone...

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Poll created on July 17, 2011