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Nintendo Patents Insanity
theodp writes "Nintendo scored a patent Tuesday for a Sanity system for video game, which covers causing a game character to hallucinate - e.g., see bleeding walls and hear maniacal laughter - as its sanity decreases in response to encountering a creature or gruesome situation."
I should have also noted this:
effected, effecting, effects
1. To bring into existence.
2. To produce as a result.
3. To bring about. See Usage Note at affect1.
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I forgot to post "effected" which gives this:
tr.v. effected, effecting, effects
1. To bring into existence.
2. To produce as a result.
3. To bring about. See Usage Note at affect1.
affect1 is posted earlier. So it seems to me that effected can be like affect.
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Well even if effected might be proper, and I would have to re-read to be sure. I am still pretty sure affect as used is improper though since it is being used as a noun.
"Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb."
Affect is occasionally a noun, but it isn't used like that. The phrase "Have an affect on" is quite wrong.
As for effected, its true that it can be a verb, but the fact that it is followed by "such as" means it's still wrong.