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...same logic applies to video games. The game Renaissance 2 costs six times the price of seeing the movie Madagascar 2, but games are actually cheaper if you measure their cost by the hour. If we say that movies cost $10, and assume that the typical movie lasts 2 hours, then a moviegoer spends $5 per hour of entertainment. Most games last much longer. A triple-A video game title like Fallout 3, for instance, is priced at $60, but reviews have claimed anywhere between 50 and 100 hours of playtime. Even using the conservative estimate of 20 hours...

Author: By Adam R. Gold | Title: No Recession in this Castle | 12/14/2008 | See Source »

...have good movie memories and strong affection for the indelible impressions left on us by the populist triumphs of the past. For us, and for everyone who'd like to join us, Twentieth Century Fox has put out a nice two-disc DVD of the Robert Wise original. It cost less than two tickets to this travesty and I urge it upon you. It's the best Christmas afternoon pastime I can imagine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Day the Earth Stood Still: Alienating | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...allowed at the center, the plan seems otherwise plausible. “It’s a reasonable thing to propose that [a candidate] would encourage renting space from us,” he said. UC President Matthew L. Sundquist ’09, said that it would probably cost between $5,000 and $7,000, which he said he thinks is reasonable. The UC has already passed some legislation on the issue. James is less specific on how he would obtain more student space. His Web site features only a more nebulous statement, saying that “Harvard...

Author: By Eric P. Newcomer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Leading Tickets Stress Need for College To Make More Space for Students | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...rack space. A few other United offers worth noting: Buy an annual membership to Economy Plus for $349, and you will be automatically upgraded at no extra charge every time you book an economy-class seat on the airline. Economy Plus seats, with five inches of extra legroom, usually cost anywhere from $12 extra on a short hop to $99 on international flights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Personalized Bottles of Bubbly and Other Cool Deals | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...with that of the 12 million people in his country. There is a zero-percent chance of a pragmatic response from him." Even the fact that scores of Zimbabweans are dying every day from a disease contracted by ingesting fecal matter in water - which can be cured at a cost of a few cents per dose of medication - won't produce a tipping point. "This is actually a slow process of degradation," says Vines. "And it can drag on for a very long time. Cholera just draws attention to it again. The story has not changed." Until it does, Zimbabwe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cholera Ravages Zimbabwe, Mugabe Won't Budge | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

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