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Turns out you have corporate greed to thank for the existence of Shadow of Mordor's Nemesis system (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's odd that it takes in that direction, rather than going with trend of other patents, where the patent is for the implementation, not the idea.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Another great example of this is Bandi Namco's loading screen minigame patent, which expired in 2015. The patent was incredibly broad.