• @darthelmet
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    883 days ago

    Game mechanic patents are such an unbelievable joke it’s hard to understand how any court could take them seriously. “Yes your honor. As you can see, we own the exclusive rights to the idea of throwing a ball at a creature in a video game.”

    • @Glitterbomb
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      151 day ago

      I’m always happy to remind everyone that your childhood didn’t have minigames during loading screens because it was a patented game mechanic!

      • @[email protected]
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        111 day ago

        That one really pisses me off. It’s such a good idea and would have been applicable to almost every game.

    • @x00z
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      01 day ago

      Without pokemon I would not come up with it though.

    • @[email protected]
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      163 days ago

      They patented basic shooter controls and having a mount, things they lifted from other games!