Re: Nintendo Patents Insanity

>I got this from Slashdot, so it wasn't from me looking at the US patent
> website. Nintendo have basically patented the use of an insanity system
> like was used in the rather excellent Eternal Darkness.
>
> And you thought the patent Sega had on camera angles was silly. Can't
> really see the value of this to be honest, as the sanity trick won't
> really
> work so well again. I personally wish I could have played ED without
> hearing about the sanity effects beforehand.

This isn't good....the new Call of Cthulhu : Dark Corners of the Earth game
is supposed to have an insanity system in it. And its one of the upcoming
games that I'm really looking forward to, being a player of the old Call of
Cthulhu PnP RPG. I hope it doesn't cause delays.

Laters
Stephen


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