Big News - Nintendo's New Patent!!!!

There are moments when the videogame medium transcends from entertainment into art. I got that feeling playing Metal Gear Solid. It was a game about life, death, love, hate, friendship, fate and purpose. It was a 10 hour interactive film experience that still remains as one of the best games ever made. That same feeling returned when playing Shenmue I & II, games in which you lived in a virtual world learning about Japanese and Chinese culture and myths. Now those are beautiful games, when the medium becomes more than what was intended. To educate, question and awake a sleepless mind. Life is more complex than black and white people.

So here we go with a little patent entitled - Sanity System for Video Game

Read about it here - U.S. Patent 6,935,954

Take that in and realize, this is another innovative step for Nintendo and perhaps a brief glimpse into the future of the medium. This sanity system of course was played with in the Silicon Knights game Eternal Darkness with great results.