I think the patent trolls might have chosen the wrong target on this one. You can get away with suing Microsoft without too much PR fallout. No-one is going to

I think the patent trolls might have chosen the wrong target on this one. You can get away with suing Microsoft without too much PR fallout. No-one is going to get that upset. But attacking a much-beloved company with a much-beloved founder with a suit that could prevent millions of people from playing their favourite game? I'd expect a certain amount of, shall we say, "third party action". Said patent troll might want to hire more phone operators. And PR guys. And security personnel.