Hey guys, let's patent Action Points!

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Before Nintendo does.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25815

According to this patent nonsense at the US Trademark Office, insanity was invented by Henry Sterchi, Edward Ridgeway and Denis Dyack who are employees at Nintendo, in December 2000.

It is defined as a a video game and game system incorporating a game character's sanity level that is affected by occurrences in the game such as encountering a game creature or gruesome situation.

A character's sanity level is modified by an amount determined based on a character reaction to the occurrence such as taking a rest or slowing game progress and/or an amount of character preparation.

That is, if a character is prepared for the particular occurrence, the occurrence may have little or no affect on the character's sanity level. As the character's sanity level decreases, game play is effected such as by controlling game effects, audio effects, creating hallucinations.

Not sure about this one, but sanity levels used to be a feature on a Lovecraftian roleplaying game called ‘Call of Cthulhu’ which I played in the 1980’s. OK it was not a video game, but one would think that the briefs in Chaosium games who wrote it might be a little worried.
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What the fuck? The journalist is right, that's a direct rip-off of the Call of Cthulhu system.

I doubt this will have any effect of CoC: Dark Corners of the Earth anyway, that started production in 1999, before this patent was filed, so I'm pretty sure they beat Nintendo to the punch.

Retarded patent anyway.
 
If someone can make money with patent (specially a corporation) it?s never retarted.

If it supports the brand...well that?s another matter. Still I still feel Nintendo is for fairies and fags. I just do.
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DirtyDreamDesigner said:
I should patent mouse clicking! I would make trillion, gazillion, bajillion dollars! LOLZORSLOL!!11!1one
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Where do you think bill gates gets his money? Windows sales? LOL
 
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