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== [[Video Games]] ==

* Subverted in [[Mass Effect]], in which the names of the various alien species are very carefully non-capitalised, thus avoiding the common assumption that an alien planet is [[Planetville|just another country but a bit further away]].

* Also recently [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] in ''[[~~Starcraft~~|Star Craft 2]]''. Whereas the previous game (and early [[Expanded Universe]] materials) capitalized species name as is often done in science fiction ([[Planetville|erroneously]]), ''[[Star Craft 2]]'' promotional materials and the new books ''all'' spell "protoss" and "zerg" with non-capitals. [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|The fandom hasn't quite caught on yet]].

* Also recently [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] in ''[[StarCraft|Star Craft 2]]''. Whereas the previous game (and early [[Expanded Universe]] materials) capitalized species name as is often done in science fiction ([[Planetville|erroneously]]), ''[[Star Craft 2]]'' promotional materials and the new books ''all'' spell "protoss" and "zerg" with non-capitals. [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|The fandom hasn't quite caught on yet]].

* Hidden object casual games regularly invoke this trope, as when clicking on a "seahorse" isn't registered as finding a "fish".

* Averted in the [[Warcraft]] franchise, where across all media species names are almost always left uncapitalized. However, many, many fans do so anyway.

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