• @Kelly
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    5 hours ago

    This needs to be killed as we have prior art (Emulators, Braid, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, heaps of racing games, etc).

    If their only significant addition is “we a have a button for it” then we need to ask if a button qualifies as “inventive” in 2024?

    Edit:

    Gus: How do you do that?

    Ross: Like everything else in the 20th century, Gus. You push buttons.

    - Superman III (1985)

    Also:

    Announcer: Will he succumb to the maddening urge to eradicate history? At the MERE PUSH of a SINGLE BUTTON! The beeyootiful shiny button! The jolly candy-like button! Will he hold out, folks? CAN he hold out?

    - Space Madness (1991)