With production cycles being shortened all the time, game making has become a frantic, frenzied activity not unlike watching a plate-spinner spin plates in 1940"s vaudeville. This trend all too often has resulted in game stores being flooded with E.T.-caliber crap. But one aspect of game development that"s considered, reconsidered, then re-reconsidered is the names of these crappy games.

Think about it: At this very moment, around the world, many very smart, very well-educated, very wealthy people -- many of whom are wearing silk ties and eating high-priced hoagies -- are sitting around conference room tables trying to come up with names for their expensive-to-make games. Lists are drawn up. Brainstorming sessions ensue. Papers are wadded up and tossed into an overflowing garbage can. And after much discussion, voilà, a crappy name is typically born.

And yet one aspect that obviously isn"t being considered enough by these smart, talented, tie-wearers is how much these names sound as if they could do double-duty as X-rated titles.

The sole criteria for a game name making this list was this: Would it appear out of place as a late-night listing on Cinemax?

Without further adieu, here are 50 games deserving of that honor. The soft chuckling will begin in three, two, one.