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This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

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Anon is a gamer (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] ApertureUA@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Need For Speed: Underground 2 (2004) has the arrow. Portal 2 (2011 IIRC?) has ping. Did Sega and EA, respectively, actually get cuts for that or..?

[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 14 hours ago

In the article it states that:

While EA owns the patent, they’ve generously allowed other games to implement similar mechanics—so far.

It’s a rare case where a patent actually benefits the industry, ensuring that intuitive communication remains available to all developers rather than being locked away.

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

How does Portal 2 have ping? Isn't this a multiplayer mechanism?

[–] ApertureUA@lemmy.today 1 points 12 hours ago

What the other person said + community levels update

[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Portal 2 has a whole coop campaign.