Nice loading screen on a game related site

[asmosoinio]

http://www.get-out-and-play.com/

[dlytle]

It's a shame that "loading screen minigames" were patented; probably one reason they aren't more common.

According to Wikipedia, Namco has a patent on the concept. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loading_screen#Minigames

It looks like there is some prior art, but going up against Namco wouldn't be very fun. It'd be nice to see this patent overturned, so that more developers could implement loading screen minigames without fearing legal trouble.

[asmosoinio → dlytle]

The patent text is, as usual, really hard to parse, but I wonder if it applies to games loaded over the net?

--- Recording medium, method of loading games program code means, and games machine ---

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sec...