Terminal Reality, a company with very few hits under its belt, recently released Ghostbusters: The Video Game on the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC systems (Red Fly Studios, a different company, produces the game for the rest of the consoles). The game is an entirely new story line written by none other than the original team of Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd who had been working on and penning an idea for a new Ghostbusters movie already and decided to merge the two ideas.

     As doomsday prophecies begin to rain down upon us all from our favorite news media outlets we begin to see everyone tightening their belts a bit more than usual. While it does not seem to have affected the games industry it may just affect those who would usually spend their hard earned dollars within said industry. As college tuition begins to climb higher and higher, companies begin to trim the fat of unnecessary jobs, and smaller companies begin shutting their doors more and more people are going to begin looking for efficient ways to get the most bang for their hard-saved buck. Here are five ideas and tips that will hopefully keep you in the game without melting your bankcards: