	Players bought 8 games for every Wii sold in December
	I've had a Wii since launch, its my only next-gen console, and I only have 6 games
	3 of which suck
	Who are these poor fools with 10 to 15 Wii games bringing up the average from the rest of us?

	which 3 suck?

	$300 tax rebate? Did we invade the Spidarean Homeworld?

	Tricky Dick Fun Bills didn't discriminate against those of us who make more than minimum wage
	I won't be able to buy a single cup of coffee towards a massive temporal acceleration with the $0 I'll receive
	I'm actually in the demographic likely to spend the $300 as intended
	Stupid pointless gestures that exclude me!

	I think I'll buy a talking tattoo

	Err, or not...
	They at least share a fondness for eccentric hair

	What movies can you think of where the entire story takes place within a 24 hour timeframe or less
	Or perhaps 99% of the story, forgiving a beginning or ending scene outside of that time
	Super bonus points for 8 hours or less?

	Goonies?

	Resident Evil should be under a day...
	I thought the two Matrix sequels took place in very little time, but the original time frames drag out in reality

	Any Back to the Future, in a sense
	Pulp Fiction

	I seem to remember Marty McFly sleeping a night in several of those movies, so that doesn't sound right

	ok, Night of the Living Dead
	Die Hard
	Die Hard 2: Die Harder

	Die Hard With a Vengeance

	Live Free or Die Harder might've been over 24 hours'

	I don't think John McClane got a chance to sleep though
	But it seemed to be more like 36 hours

	John McClane doesn't need to sleep

	Damn straight.
	Inside Man would have to forgive the last few scenes of the film

	Labyrinth? She had the 24 hour time limit

	Yeah when the first scene of Matrix Reloaded comes up, they say its 9 hours until Zion is destroyed, but between the two films it goes more like 40 hours than 10
	Cube, Cube Two, Cube Zero, i submit

	we can go to shitty movies, like johnny mnemonic

	And if you get a gimmicky Back to the Future, I claim a gimmicky Primer :)
	Johnny Mnemonic has the microwave blasting uberdolphin, that redeems any film

	Bladerunner?
	I think Bladerunner counts

	Bladerunner would have to forgive the first scene, right?
	War of the Worlds? Nah, more like 48 hours?

	War of the Worlds was a couple of days
	Men in Black 2

	Four Rooms?
	Four Rooms might come in under 8 hours, even

	Evil Dead 1 comes under 8 hours

	I suppose it has to be said... Groundhog Day, but in fact, it takes place over potentially hundreds of years
	Airplane, Airplane 2?
	Feels like cheating, but Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run)
	Fifth Element obviously gives up the opening egypt scene
	Hero is cheating since its all done in flashbacks

	Luke Perry doesn't count
	El Mariachi
	possibly Desperado

	Ferris Bueller or Breakfast Club?

	I'd count those two

	American Graffiti :)
	I think Cloverfield qualifies, forgiving the first scene, but passage of time is really tough to gauge
	Shaun of the Dead?
	OK, I've looked over several big long lists of many many movies, and this is all I got
	I'll suggest The Fountain as the most opposite of these goals

	Isn't the movie "Rope" supposed to be done in one shot? Making it however long the movie is?
	I think "Nick of Time" was supposed to be real time also

	Suggestions from co-workers today: Three Kings, Black Hawk Down, It's a Wonderful Life, and ahem Adventures in Babysitting
	And, obviously, Time Machine beats The Fountain for longest span at 800,000 years

	... a button on them that when you press it, it speaks "Hello, I am brushing my teeth, one second please."
	For when you're brushing your teeth and the phone rings

	Bunch of idiots playing too much scout, being really sucky engineers and reasonably sucky medics, and playing too much gravelpit
	Stunningly low accomplishment rate implies most of the players haven't played for more than an hour or two.
	Looks like only ~30% of players spent any actual time playing.
	Most people definitely suck at defending the street dustbowl mission.

	And I'm a pretty goddamned smart guy
	But I still don't entirely get what happens
	I love the film, its as intense of experience one can get from a seemingly quiet, monotonic, indie film
	The Prestige has nothing on Primer in terms of figuring out what was really happening during the movie
	Thinking about it differently, I can't think of a spoiler that would actually be a spoiler

	... that when you clear 4 lines at once, it's called "a tetris"
	But I found someone in their 20s who had no idea
	Although I didn't have a satisfactory answer to how I knew it was called a tetris

	One of the characters in the dream asked me to tell them a pun, on the spot
	It was surprisingly difficult

	Cracked to run on XP
	I'd really rather not upgrade to Vista until I get the 10%-20% DX10 overhead efficiency performance boost I was promised, so this is interesting news.

	Same chart not adjusted for inflation
	In that second chart one might think expensive consoles don't do so well...

	3d0... not a very good deal

	Good ol' Dreamcast

	"thus it can be stated that for the majority of simple office uses, the massive advances in technology in the past two decades have brought zero advance in productivity."
	we're awesome

	I think it wouldn't be hard to prove the same thing over the last four or five decades.

	finally, a drink that satisfies my lust for clam with my desire for more energy

	"lust for clam"?

	sadly, I'd likely purchase this product if offered at my grocer
	man, now I want some

	Can't you just go down to the bay and get yourself some clams?

	this page needs a "where to buy" link
	wikipedia claims that this product is aimed at hispanics. maybe my sister will find some in arizona

	Aimed? Like a weapon?
	Warning: Pants does not condone aiming Clamato weapons at Hispanics.
	Maybe your sister will find Hispanics?

	yes. products are aimed like weapons

	But the one i have sucks and should be replaced
	Is there some kind of like, fancy microwave?
	Besides something that is just ridiculously powerful
	Some sort of fancy combination convection/microwave oven?
	I use the damn thing so much it seems I should invest in it a little

	what makes a microwave suck?
	slow cooking?

	The door is broken and its old and cheap
	Just seems like a guy should be able to spend some money on a nice microwave and end up with something other than just 3000 W

	the turbochef ovens are supposed to brown as they microwave

	Is that optional? Not sure I want everything I have browned

	unfortunately, it looks like they don't have a countertop version
	turbochef home offerings

	What experience do you have with such a thing?

	I've seen these used at subway

	$10,000 is probably a little higher than I was thinking

	thats the commercial variety

	I can get pretty fucking hungry

	they cook frozen pizzas (and brown them) in like 2 minutes

	So what's the ~$1000 home variety equivalent?

	We've got a big commercial one sitting in the backroom at school. They don't want to install it because they want us to actually learn how to cook

	googling... please hold
	I think turbochef patented their "technologies"
	it appears that the latest and greatest residential microwave technology is the "microwave/convection oven"

	Gimme!

	"Jennifer Garner once stated that fans often confuse her for Amy Jo."
	wow.
	I'd like to see a reference for that

	OSU, #1in at least something!

	Man the volume on that is low

	don't need volume to witness OSU thuggery
	silly buckeyes

	After the idea was part of an art project something like 5 years ago
	So rarely do people stick with ideas like that

	yeah, well, I find labels on keys to be something that doesn't matter a whole lot.

	While we all recognize how superior Tony is to the rest of the world, I was congratulating their dedication and hard work, not the usefulness of the product.

	back in the day, when cathedrals were built out of stone, one person would work on a "product" for their entire life. A couple years is nothing.

	What is your point, exactly?

	I had a point?

	No, it sounds like you're just being cranky.

	I'd say that summarizes my point quite well

	Mute City 3 and Firefield
	I sure spent a lot of time in college playing the randomly generated F-Zero X tracks.

	odd that they hit the rails for more speed