Tuesday, January 15, 2013

SnoutCast #152: Pricing Puzzled Pints

A special extended conversation, in which we estimate how much one of our monthly events would cost at retail! Also, how would you like to adopt a cat?


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00:59 - "valuable"
02:28 - the business (or not) of puzzle hunts
04:19 - estimating Puzzled Pint costs
07:01 - the hours: ~80 total (5 puzzles per month)
14:32 - three-step hints, just like cooking!
18:00 - cost of materials: ~$50 (printing)
21:33 - hourly labor costs: ~$9 (minimum wage)
26:55 - final figure, per team: ~$50 (15 teams)
33:31 - exporting value
35:03 - tax implications
38:25 - The End

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Music: instrumentals from "Code Monkey" and "Ikea" by Jonathan Coulton

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Curtis DeeAnn

2 comments:

lahosken said...

This could make for one of those headlines that raises a question:

Puzzlehunting: Secret Den of Socialism?

CKL said...

Not by choice, certainly. :)