When I was a software engineer, I worked with two or three direct-from-Italy Italians. We were getting lunch one time and that was one of the appetizers. I said "brew-shet-a" and I got the full court press, stereotypical loud, hand motioning, begging plea from one that it's "It's bru-SKET-ta."

Oxford says it's more like Pli-bee-en

This is just my own failing at this word but it was hard to break, so here goes:

Cue "the more you know" music. Thanks!

Good one! Thanks!

Harmonix didn't go bankrupt. And the series died because people lost interest in the plastic guitars genre. That still doesn't make it a horrible game.

They added Pro Drums, keyboard, and Pro guitar, which we all pretty rad. Maybe they removed what YOU like, but it was hardly a horrible game.

The Promise: Four older, but remastered games will come to the PS Vita "soon."

I've worked with game studios before and it is not uncommon for them to have 3 or 4 projects in the works that never see the light of day, either because the idea in the end isn't compelling, they hit some technical block that just can't be overcome, or a publisher won't pick it up. But the studio is paying their…

Tasteless. Utterly tasteless.

I'm tempted to make all sorts of jokes here, but in all seriousness, what does it track? Your inventory? The expiration date of said inventory? And good for you that you have a need for an app to track that stuff! (ok, I made 1 joke).

Thank you (and glad to see the article has been updated). My ex gf pointed out that sometimes my breath smelled like an old person, even right after I brushed. Horrified and determined to get to the bottom of it, I used a tongue scraper and flossed. Sorry to be gross, but I smelled the tongue scraper and floss and…

OK, I will concede that you are correct, independent claim 3 does not require the orientation change (although it does require that you obtain multiple copies of cards by either purchasing, or trading, or playing for ante).

No, in fact it doesn't. Their patent covers building a pre-constructed library, drawing an initial hand, playing a card, and then turning that card to another orientation to indicate it's been used to bring another card into play. For example, Yu Gi Oh's method of normal summons where you just put a creature card into…

please, just stop. You're clearly not an attorney and you have no idea what you're talking about. You're confusing a term for something or what you call it (which would be covered by a trademark) with the functionality, which would be covered by a patent. WotC has a patent on preconstructing a deck, drawing a hand of…

what did I say? "Um, bull. You can absolutely patent gameplay mechanics."

a) just because dozens of cards games today do it doesn't mean those card games don't infringe. Their patent dates back to 1994. b) please provide me examples of patent lawsuits where defendants lost because it was a restriction on freedom of expression. Freedom of expression resides in the realm of copyright, not…

I'm sorry, but eff that. I don't buy pre-owned, EVER, because I don't trust Southeby's to care for game discs like I do, much less the kid selling them back to GameStop.

Um, bull. You can absolutely patent gameplay mechanics.

Nope. The MtG patent expires in September of this year. Patents filed before 1995 have a life of the later of 17 years from issue date or 20 years from the earliest claimed filing date. The MtG patent claims priority to a June 22, 1994 filing, so that + 20 (this June 22nd) could be the expiration, but it actually…