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Ever wonder how much videogame castles are worth? Uh, seriously? Why? photo

Confession time: I watch entirely too many house flipping and home buying TV shows. Some of you might argue that watching anything more than an accidental 10 seconds from channel surfing is probably entirely too much, and I can see where you're coming from.

But for whatever reason, these stupid shows are great stress relievers (the life of a blogger ain't always easy, yo). Except for that Suzanne Whang. Seriously, f*ck her.

Getting back to the topic at hand, Maxim's BFG got two real estate experts to assess the value gaming's most prominent virtual castles. Yes, the real-life housing market is bad enough that "experts" have time to chat about videogames. Neat.

Anyway, the whole thing is incredibly geeky (value is measured in gold coins for crying out loud), but screw it, it's somewhat interesting to think about. Remember, the key word here is "somewhat."

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SnakeDude4Life's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 22:10
SnakeDude4Life
I'd buy a property that everyone hates, The Library level from Halo.

Then add a pool and higher watt light blubs.

Sell for profit.

Repeat.
Jordan Devore's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 22:11
Jordan Devore
Staging. Is. Everything.
LethalHairdo's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 22:15
LethalHairdo
I have seriously never thought of this before which is odd for an architecture nut. Oddly though, I've already started a list of other buildings from video games and their market values. Lara Croft's mansion is the first that came to mind.
The-Excel's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 22:18
The-Excel
How much is Castle Grayskull worth?
Magnalon's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 22:21
Magnalon
Haha awesome article. I'd put Devil May Cry 1's castle in the running as well.
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 22:24
MechaMonkey
The values were terribly arbitrary. Remove those, and you might have a good article, Maxim.
The-Excel's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 22:25
The-Excel
I wonder how much the castles in Worlds 1-7 are worth.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 22:27
Chronic Logic
I'd rather have a castle which the door was a portal to another realm!
hitnrun's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 22:31
hitnrun
Considering that the practice of "house flipping" being so popular that it spawned its own shows is the root of the economic collapse, I think assessing the value of Dr. Wily and Dracula's digs is a much more productive use of air time.
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 22:37
Monodi
Ness's house. I mean, seriously, its realistic realistic but also hides your nerdy side.
Xhumation's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 22:40
Xhumation
Location! Location! Location! I'm sorry but if my castle isn't close to a supermarket and a good school it's not worth what you think it does.
Palidi's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 22:48
Palidi
I find it funny that they measured it in Fable 2's gold coins simply because that was the first castle they looked at. Way to be lazy and not convert to the American Dollar for us...
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2009 23:08
Dexter345
What.
Volcanon's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/05/2009 00:15
Volcanon
I dunno, I don't think I'd want to buy a house that has no bathrooms...
Mista Smegheneghan's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/05/2009 05:18
Mista Smegheneghan
I thought the gold coin value was based off the Mario Bros currency.
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/05/2009 08:27
Tubatic
I think Fable 2's the only game wherein a value is assigned to the house.

Which is kind of unfair, really, as the estate is immune to market fluctuations.

Yeah, numbers came off as way too arbitrary. Though to be fair, ICO's castle is friggin' huge, and probably warrants its ridiculous price, compared to Fable 2's Castle Fairfax
StrawHatLuffy's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/05/2009 11:52
StrawHatLuffy
Economy is truly f****...
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/05/2009 13:43
Holyetheline
I read their whole article. They should do another one like this, it was very entertaining and I can think of a lot of castles that they left out.
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