[Frapster]

For you gamers. Never, ever say 'nerf' again. For everyone else - a little humor for your day.

[Fierce Allegiance]

Are they going to sue all the open-wheel race car drivers with nerf bars? dumb.

[Outlaw76]

Oh how I wish this was true....

[brothers4thID]

Nerf lawyers!

[steveo]

I now know I am too old.

[longtermmemmory]

so when does nerf's patent run out?

Remember when xerox sued to keep people from saying "xerox" as a verb? (xerox who?)

Rembember when Sanka decaf sued to protect its name? (sanka who?)

Nerf is upset that the word "nerf" is being used for dumbing down a game? Nerf has always been synonimous with "dumbing down". Making a nerf world is just pary of the nanny state.

[Ludicrous]

The whole thing is nonsense. Nerf is probably acronym for

Not Required Feature
or
Now Reduced Feature
or some such thing.

Language evolves. I wouldn't think sharing the word would diminish the value of a completely different type of product.

[BADROTOFINGER]

Is this real, or satire?...JFK

[Jalapeno]

nerf ping

[Tacis]

I imagine the lawyers from SPAM are watching closely.

[TalonDJ]

This has to be a joke because it is pretty funny (to any MO gamers). Now that I think about it Nerf has been steadily 'Nerfing' their own products for the last 6 years. Ever since they bought out the very nice line of foam weapons that Larami (the SuperSpoaker maker) had they have been making wimpier and wimpier Nerf guns. I am sure none of you care but as a former dabbler in the 'nerf arts' I find the article particularly ironic.