Are Video Game Patents Next?

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 1, 2005 @12:55AM from the this-could-get-scary dept.

MarcOiL writes "Gamasutra is running an article titled It's Just a Game, Right? Top Mythconceptions on Patent Protection of Video Games where two IP lawyers try to convince the videogame industry of patenting everything in sight: ideas, technical contributions, etc. They show as an example a Microsoft patent on Scoring based upon goals achieved and subjective elements. They also have created a weblog, The Patent Arcade, to promote their business. Will this be the real end of innovation in videogames?"

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Re:Aren't they already here? by CastrTroy · 2005-06-01 01:14 · Score: 1, Offtopic

If you don't like the load times, buy a GameCube. I find that most games display no noticable load times, and that games that do, only show minimal load time. I find that PS2 and X-Box have terrible load times. I hope the next-gen systems all solve this problem. Or at least that Nintendo will keep the load times low.

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