jerec's Steins;Gate review

A game with a semicolon in its title? INCONCEIVABLE.

Come to think of it, what is with Japanese games inserting random punctuation into their titles these days? I first noticed this when I reviewed "Resette's Prescription ~Book of Memory, Swaying Scale~" a while back, and I wondered about the random use of tildes. Are they intended to make the title more compelling somehow? I just don't know.

I thought it was an isolated incident, but then I saw other Japanese titles on Steam doing the same thing. Why? Is this a fad? What is it based on? These are the questions I need answers to!

Seems to be mostly an aesthetic choice rather than a particular type of grammar.

In game, they came up with the name Stein's Gate because they were two foreign words the 'lead scientist' liked the sound of, so I've always assumed he threw the semi in there for no other reason than because he liked the way it looked.

He's a silly fellow. Also, very good review - Jerec's comeback trail has been a delightfully random collection of games.

Thanks EmP :)

They seem a lot less random from where I'm sitting.