Re: [pygame] New Website and Logo

[Vince Platt <vinceplatt@yahoo.com>]

Hmm...  The logo IS a python.  It could indeed be a mouse.  

The furry kind.  ;+)


--- Paul Sidorsky <paulsid@home.com> wrote:
> Vince Platt wrote:
> 
> > I will second the below request though to replace the controller with
> something
> > else, but for a different reason.  I'm not a lawyer or anything, but it's
> not
> > unthinkable that you could get a nasty-gram from Nintendo at some point
> because
> > they trademarked the appearance of the controller.  I'm not saying that
> they
> > have, because I don't know, but I can see this happening if they did.  They
> > might see the inclusion of the controller image in the logo as an attempt
> to
> > play upon people's association of the controller image with high-quality
> > games/games that people enjoy.  I know this might sound far-fetched but, to
> be
> > honest, the first thing I thought when I saw the controller was 'Nintendo';
> it
> > fairly screams it.
> 
> Good point, although I'm not sure they do own the appearance.  The original
> Gravis PC Gamepad (remember those?  :-)) looks EXACTLY like the SNES
> controller
> except it's missing Start and Select buttons in the middle.  IIRC, Gravis
> also
> made replacement controllers for the SNES; if so I'm sure they used the same
> design.  (Of course that doesn't mean they didn't get sued; I've never
> looked.)  My first thought was SNES too but then I remembered my Gamepad and
> pulled it out just to make sure.
> 
> But I'm glad I'm not the only one who found the SNES controller a little
> strange.  Here's why I think it's an, um, unusual choice:
> 
> - As was mentioned, it does suggest console/arcade-style games.
> 
> - The SNES is rather out of date now.
> 
> - There's no Python port for the SNES.  :-)
> 
> I'd suggest a mouse, or at least a PC joystick, but those are kind of
> cliche...
> 
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