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  • Ask Will Toledo.

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    Are UI layouts of video games subject to IP protection?

  • Yes.*

    You can patent a design pattern, within a specific context (provided the patent is approved)

    NAMCO infamously patented 'Loaing Screen Games', with its documented example being Galaga.

    Thankfully that patent expired in 2015. Hope this answers your question!

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    If you 'play' an operating system as if it was a game, what is the final boss, and how do you beat it?

  • Love this Insert Credit type question

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    Sea Turtles

  • Fleabag

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    What is your favorite extinction event, and why?

  • The Holocene.

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    "Starfield's lead quest designer had 'absolutely no time' and had to hit the 'panic button' so the game would have a satisfying final quest"

  • Note: the final paragraph contains spoilers for Starfield's ending

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    Software Engineer vs Software Developer

  • Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin, author of several foundational texts, and coauthor of the agile manifesto provides one, which I think is good: https://blog.cleancoder.com/uncle-bob/2015/11/18/TheProgrammersOath.html

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