Nintendo would "rather go in a different direction" than follow AI trend, says Miyamoto - eviltoast
  • AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    That… actually explains the logic of this lawsuit for me. I still disagree and think they’re overly litigious fucks, but I think I might understand a less malicious argument for it. If someone mods a see 'n say to have a different audio track and slaps some new stickers on it, that’s still a see 'n say, right? The mechanism is fundamental to the product - a see n say is the spinning wheel -> random noise and Pokemon is video game where you throw balls at wild not-animals to catch them and use them to battle people. There’s a difference between a toy that’s heavily inspired by another one and being an edgy five year old with a firearm sticker pack who gives them to the cows and chickens and sheep.

    I really have more of a games as art philosophy though, and I’ll just point to the works of Andy Warhol and Marcel Duchamp to make my argument here, my edible just kicked in.

    • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      Oh they’re absolutely litigious fucks, don’t get me wrong.

      Games can definitely be art. They can be a lot of things, which is great. I agree with you.