It sure has become a lot harder to convince your mates to drop 60 bucks on a game you'll all play for half an hour on a Thursday evening, hasn't it? Those elevator pitches stopped working on me long ago—the economy's fucked, I like to eat, and I've unfortunately developed my mother's penchant for the finer things in life. I've got bigger and better things to make poor financial decisions about than videogames.
Where I can be convinced, though, is when the game costs nary more than a cup of coffee or a sweet treat from that fancy bakery down the street. My five dollar coffee only lasts me 15 minutes, what does it matter if this five dollar videogame has the same staying power?
