SoSavvy

Actually, this seems like a pretty fair deal.

The Blockbuster link reads, "If a game is not shipped to you during your billing period, you don't get charged."

So this means that if you rent a game and keep it for two or three months, you are still only charged $7.99.

The only drawback is that you have one fewer movie that you can rent, but I can live with that.

This is much better than Gamefly which charges the same amount regardless of whether you have a new game sent and obviously does not offer movies.

Wow, there editor of this article must be on vacation. You caught two errors: Confusing a trademark with a patent and misreading a patent application with an approval.

I was confused when the article said "filed way back in August 2008". Most patents take 5 to 6 years for approval. Even Microsoft can't speed up government bureaucracy.