Well, the publisher pretty much insisted on Vintage Games, so that was that. However, we were having a very hard time finding any name we could all agree on. Some people prefer dry, technical and precise titles whereas others are willing to sacrifice some of that for something catchier or memorable. Nick Montfort is a genius at this--"Twisty Little Passages" works on so many levels. I'm not sure how RTB got its name, but I'm sure it ties in well to the book.

I'm a big fan of titles and am delighted by really clever ones. In my writing class I have a lecture where I spend a lot of time talking about good titles and how to come up with them, but it's all a moot point when you have no say in it. The problem is that anything clever you can come up with may not be inclusive enough to refer to your entire subject matter--i.e., "Joystick Nation" seems to imply only Atari-era games, "Insert Coin" seems limited to arcades, and so no.

To answer your question, though, we were calling it "Insert Game" for awhile, which I didn't particularly love, either. I seem to recall something like "Power Play," too. Anyway, I'm glad we have something a bit more fun with "Woot!" for the film, so I'm hoping they keep that and don't try to change it to something like "Old Shite."