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How Strategy Guides Affected Gaming

Heartless Gamer writes "2old2play has another great story up looking into how games have become more complicated due to strategy guides. From the article; "Strategy guides have affected gaming by making games harder for all of us. That's right, it's not a typo — strategy guides have created more difficult games. Lend me your eyes and attention spans, and I'll explain. Admittedly, it may be a rambling explanation, but bare with me and we should get there eventually." Ya know I always find a strategy guide for things like Final Fantasy just because some puzzles are just ridiculous and I have no interest in trial & erroring for an hour when I'd rather kill monsters. But there really is somethign to this.

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  1. somethign by User+956 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have no interest in trial & erroring for an hour when I'd rather kill monsters. But there really is somethign to this.

    Well, it's clear that you're not spending the time working on your typing skills.

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  2. Bare What? by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 4, Funny
    but bare with me...

    It's hard to take someone's comments seriously when they display such an obvious lack of spelling and grammar.

    Or are we supposed to be doing this naked? That's an M-Rating for sure.

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  3. Having just been Dugg... by Strolls · · Score: 4, Funny
    From TFA:
    Having just been Dugg, our servers are buckling under the load. Sorry for the inconvenience.
    2o2p Magazine Issue #5 mirrored here.
    Oh, the irony!

    This makes me feel old... erm... or something.

    Stroller.

  4. i'll show you strategy! by jjeffries · · Score: 4, Funny

    up up down down left right left right B A select (I have a brother) start!

  5. Re:Follow the money? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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