Today I bring you horrible news, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader has now been released for the Xbox Live Arcade at the price of $15. How the mighty fun of XBLA has fallen because of this price uprising to crap quality ratio…. or has it? Could the pricing of this game end the reign of higher priced games or will XNA Community games cheaper prices do it?

As I write this I feel torn about pricing of these games. I can’t say I am happy with the current trend of games that has taken over the arcade carrying the larger price tag, but I say that and find myself guilty of working with the enemy having bought games like Braid and Portal: Still Alive. However, it has to come to a stop when something like “5th Grader” gets released at the same price as these gems. Though it is not my cup of tea, I can even defend an overblown flash game like Castle Crashers because of originality and fun factor.

PacoDG via bingegamer.net »