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Bungie patents a Marathon Sequel!!!

James Huneycutt — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:10:58 +0000

This! Is! News! See what I did there? With the Spartan/Marathon/Spartan thing? See? Spartans?

I realize that Marathon is actually not quite Halo, but those of us that have beaten Halo 3 on Legendary and have a combination of WAY too much time on our hands, and WAY too much outdated and useless knowledge realize that Master Chief is TOTALLY the BA dude from Marathon.

SO, without further ado, I present to you, the way-more-exciting-than-it-seems nibblet that BUNGIE FILED A TRADEMARK FOR MARATHON!

NOTHING IS EXCITING LIKE PAPERWORK!

Wait, don’t they already own that? ALSO, Enjoy this happy nugget of witti-ma-cism. Its like a Haiku, but less Asian. Also, game related:

Five Word Game Reviews!

Dear Readers, here’s a contest. Whoever has the best five-word-review of a game gets my eternal adoration. Also, people you don’t know on the internet will fall in love with you because you’re funny.

Thanks for reading, and look out for my God of War III review VERY SOON!

Judge bans Microsoft Word sales in the US with 60 days to comply

Sam — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:16:25 +0000

A judge in Texas has ruled in the patent dispute between Microsoft and i4i Inc over the XML file technology built into Word. The ruling has effectively banned Microsoft from selling Word in the US with 60 days to comply. This directly effects Microsoft’s Office suite which is one of the companies biggest earners and therefore an agreement is likely to come before the ban is enforced, especially as i4i relies on the Microsoft Office ecosystem to make it’s money. What it does mean, however, is that Microsoft is likely to have to write a big, fat cheque to i4i before an agreement is met. Ouch, I can already hear the bean counters sobs.

[Via Seattle PI via Mashable]

Apple working on multidimensional desktop?

Sam — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:50:21 +0000

3D virtual desktop

A patent application unearthed by Mac Rumours points to Apple implementing a true 3D virtual desktop. The rather detailed patent covers all sorts of ideas for creating a virtual 3D dimension in your standard desktop with attachment of program or file icons to the sides of the screen and 3D lighting effects showing influence over programs and documents. A real time physics engine is also included allowing icons to fall from the walls should they be displaced. I certainly would like to hurl something at the trash bin rather than just delete sometimes, it might be satisfying to see that piece of malware squelch against your virtual wall and slide into the bin. It’s interesting to note that with this much detail it is unlikely that this is just a flight of fancy from Cupertino and may very well see the light of day.

[Via Mac Rumors]