[RaychelSnr]

Joey Arone checks in today with a topic many people just brush off in the community: the use of strategy guides and the evolution of gaming manuals. Check out Joey's thoughts on this phenomenon and how companies can improve the product in his article To Cheat or Not to Cheat.

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"I hate to admit to myself, much less anybody else, but I do believe I am old school. I am old school when it comes to the wonderful world of strategy guides. Again, I hate to admit to myself much less anybody else, but I guess I am an old codger now who can spew frontier gibberish when my dander is aroused by these young whippersnappers today. In print, it would look something like, "Firkin frick frak young whippersnappers n riggamarole laziness usin sum rootin-tootin fancy book learnin to jebediah and howard johnson straight through cheatin n I oughta with a switch n take them frikin fudgmalickin babies cheatin playin a confalutin game." Well you get the picture. I feel rather strongly about how easy it is for most gamers today to pick up the strategy guide and read, step-by-step, how to play the game."