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That isn't patent trolling by Entropy Stew 07/22/2016, 6:43am PDT
The guy who actually came up with the math behind the formula NMS uses for world generation is the one holding the patent. Math patents are bullshit, true, but he did do actual work directly contributing to No Man's Sky's tech.

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No Man's Sky by Mischief Maker 03/11/2016, 5:53am PST NEW
    I'm expecting incredibly shallow interaction with the world by Entropy Stew 03/11/2016, 11:01am PST NEW
        Scale looks super small, doesn't look right when you exit and enter atmosphere by Eurotrash 03/11/2016, 11:34am PST NEW
    You don't know what you're missing with Elite: Dangerous, my friend! by Roop 03/11/2016, 10:24pm PST NEW
    It's gone gold! Release date of August 9th. by Mischief Maker 07/15/2016, 5:04pm PDT NEW
        Sony cannot make a trailer to save their lives. by MM 07/20/2016, 4:26pm PDT NEW
    I'll wait for the mainstream suckfest to die down before deciding on this one. by pinback 07/20/2016, 4:39pm PDT NEW
        No prob! Review forthcoming. by MM 07/20/2016, 4:57pm PDT NEW
        Really. It may be a huge game (in that it can procedurally generate those tiny- by Eurotrash 07/21/2016, 2:48pm PDT NEW
    Goddammit! The patent trolling continues! by Mischief Maker 07/22/2016, 6:30am PDT NEW
        That isn't patent trolling by Entropy Stew 07/22/2016, 6:43am PDT NEW
            I'm looking at the timing. NT by Mischief Maker 07/22/2016, 6:57am PDT NEW
                ...but yeah. I shouldn't have used the term patent troll. My bad. NT by Mischief Maker 07/22/2016, 7:00am PDT NEW
                    Suspended for 3 days NT by Bradley Svetka 07/22/2016, 11:17am PDT NEW
 
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