Know Thy Bosses

The Guardian Gamesblog has a piece on knowing your enemy to better pwn him. Specifically, they go through some tried and true rules about surviving boss battles. From the article: "If the boss stops, panic. Bosses usually move about - when they stop it means they're about to unleash their signature move, the aforementioned fist or laser blast. Try to avoid being parallel to them when they stop. Unless, of course, it's the sort of boss who blasts the whole screen apart from the thin corridor directly in front of them. In this case stay where you are."

Comments

Real bosses

[LunchTableGoat]

I think these strategies can be applied to real bosses or PHBs. For example:

-Keep moving.
If you aren't where they expect you to be, they can't ask you to come into work on Saturday.

-If the boss stops, panic.
S/he is likely to give you a mundane task that is below your abilities or ask you a stupid question.

-Scan for weak spots.
If you know their weak spot, you can always bring it up in a time of dire need.

-The quarter rule.
At the end of a quarter expect your assigned tasks to multiply, there are deadlines to be met.

-Take a break.
The water cooler is an excellent place to share boss strategies with your comrades.

Load/Save state

[4D6963]

Disclaimer : Only works on console emulators. But I rarely ever had to beat a boss in a game that wasn't on an emulator

1. Save the state of the emulator at the beginning of the boss level.
2. Try to defeat him.
3. On failure, load the state previously saved, until you succeed.
4. Post this advice on Slashdot as a numbered list, and resist the temptation of writing 5. ??? 6. Profit!!! mostly that it would only make yourself sound dumb.