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michaelbuckbee on July 26, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Making of Warcraft 1: Origin of the series & c...

Yes, there are some that have already been granted. The most famous one I'm aware of is the patent on having mini-games in loading screens:

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2008/03/patents-on-video-game-...

fsckin on July 26, 2012 [–]

Kinda like this?

http://kotaku.com/5595453/youtube-easter-egg-lets-you-play-s...

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