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			<title><![CDATA[You Can Fix the National Debt With a Few Mouse Clicks]]></title>
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				 If you ever wanted to control where your tax dollars go, now's your chance. American Public Media, known mostly for their expansive public radio work, recently updated <em>Budget Hero</em>, a free web-based game where the player has the future of the nation's budget in their hands.				<a href="http://kotaku.com/5821322/the-most-difficult-final-boss-a-rising-national-debt" title="Click here to read more about You Can Fix the National Debt With a Few Mouse Clicks">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Abrams]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Is Standardized Video Game Pricing Bad For Business?]]></title>
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				 <em>In this Friday edition of Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter <a href="http://kotaku.com/#!speakup/forum?comment=37899055">YamiKarasu</a> wonders if the standard $50 - $60 price for today's video games is hurting the industry. Well is it? </em>				<a href="http://kotaku.com/5785709/is-standardized-video-game-pricing-bad-for-business" title="Click here to read more about Is Standardized Video Game Pricing Bad For Business?">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:20:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Fahey]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Balance the Budget The Game, Now With More Defense Cuts and Health Care Reform]]></title>
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				 With the United States' budget projected to hit a $418 billion shortfall by 2015 and a $1.3 trillion shortfall by 2030, the New York Times knows something has to be done. So they made a game.				<a href="http://kotaku.com/5696126/balance-the-budget-the-game-now-with-more-defense-cuts-and-health-care-reform" title="Click here to read more about Balance the Budget The Game, Now With More Defense Cuts and Health Care Reform">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:30:00 EST]]></pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Crecente]]></dc:creator>
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				 Attempting to get his state's economy under control in the face of the recession, New York Governor David Paterson has proposed a budget that includes taxes on downloable content, including music, movies, and games.				<a href="http://kotaku.com/5112337/proposed-new-york-budget-adds-tax-to-dlc" title="Click here to read more about Proposed New York Budget Adds Tax To DLC">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:40:00 EST]]></pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Fahey]]></dc:creator>
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From the 'Worst of E3' department, leave it to the denizens of Kentia Hall to make a game called <em>Ambulance Vs. Zombies</em> look this boring. How designers this incompetent could somehow light upon the greatest idea for a video game in the history of... hell, let's just say it... <em>the universe</em> and then mess it up this bad is beyond me. <em> - Florian Eckhardt</em>				<a href="http://kotaku.com/175377/zombies-vs-ambulance" title="Click here to read more about Zombies Vs. Ambulance">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 22 May 2006 18:40:07 EDT]]></pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[brownlee]]></dc:creator>
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