If this is successful, it will open the door to a whole new level of patent trolling.

Hey buddy, remember back in 1982 when I came up with the idea for drawing triangles on the screen to make more complicated three dimensional shapes? Remember when I came up with the idea for a meter that displays a virtual character’s current health level? Remember when I came up with the idea for using collectible coins as an in-game currency, and awarding extra in-game lives when the player collects enough? Yeah, I’m patenting all of that now, just in case…