Well, somebody has got to check this out and tell me what you think. http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=6&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=millstein.IN.&OS=IN/millstein&RS=IN/millstein About 4 years ago I came up with a site (socialsaga.com) that was a lot like choose your own adventure. So, being young and stupid, when somebody told me I should try and patent the idea, I tried. Bunch of time and some money later I get a final rejection from the USPTO. Then I see this shit and can't believe my eyes. The one thing that I thought was good about Patents (that it gives small guys the chance to hold on to an idea that a huge company can steal easily) is now dead in my eyes. That sounded a little overly dramatic, but man I put a lot of work into trying to get this patented.

I remember this site at SXSW in 2007 (www.socialsaga.com) , think it won the People's choice award but haven't heard anything from them since. Great idea, creating your own multimedia adventures, training sessions, and lots more, but it never took off. I don't think people have the time to put in effort to put together a true community created story, this was a cool start though.... http://www.socialsaga.com/socialSaga.php?rType=2&sPath=133&uId=1