Author: James

The Japan Patent Office has rejected Nintendo’s monster-catching patent application after an examiner cited footage from a 2013 Pokemon fan game as prior art. The decision is significant because it uses an unofficial Pokemon project as evidence against an application from the same patent family as the two patents Nintendo is seeking to enforce against…

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The line to Hall H isn’t the only brutal aspect of San Diego Comic-Con. On Friday, July 23, Dethklok descends on Comic-Con for a must-see panel celebrating the 20th anniversary of Metalocalypse. Comic-Con attendees can geek out about two decades of Nathan Explosion, Skwisgaar Skwigelf, Pickles, William Murderface and Toki Wartooth with some of the…

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