Comments on: The noble art of cheating

By: Llohr

Llohr — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:08:52 +0000

Actually, I do believe it was 1997’s Goldeneye 007, not 1999’s AvP, which pioneered the art of granting cheats based on performance. Small wonder it is hailed as one of the all-time greats.

By: Peach

Peach — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:20:14 +0000

You must try Gmod – it is impossible not to love it.

By: The Silly Addiction

The Silly Addiction — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:24:15 +0000

I’m sure there’s an “I dream of Game Genie” sketch in there somewhere, but the amount of circumlocution required to come up with a plausible script would cause me to eat my own face in frustration.

I’ll get the mayonnaise.

By: olivia

olivia — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:55:03 +0000

Raise your hand if you had a game genie!
….
No? Really?

By: Mikle

Mikle — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:23:39 +0000

I like games that encourage cheating. I had a CS:S server once where I was an admin. Turning sv_cheats on or changing gravity is totally fun.

On a related note – I had a teacher that always added a question on cheats in his tests. One time it was about doom’s iddqd, once about civ 3 etc. I miss him

By: The Silly Addiction

The Silly Addiction — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:15:13 +0000

At least you’re safe in the morning. Unless they’ve figured out how to… open minds.

(Cue shot of a raptor claw reaching out of your ear and stealing your cereal)

By: Reader

Reader — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:06:52 +0000

In my dreams, when the raptors are descending on my exposed, soft throat, I pause all of reality and hit the restart button that inexplicably appears in front of me time and time again.

Thus, the hellish cycle of running breathlessly through the forest only to be tracked down by the packs of razor tooth monsters repeats itself endlessly. I even realize I’m dreaming, but the thought is not graspable, and my mind cannot hold onto the concept for more than five minutes of dream-time.

Cheats have made games fun at the expense of my night time sanity. Admittedly most of the time ‘restart’ is not a cheat, but it is undoubtedly the equivalent of a cheat in life.

I have learned that all cheats are buggy, and if I’m lucky, the raptors dissipate.

By: Grom

Grom — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:49:57 +0000

Am I the only one concerned by the strange hand in the doom picture?

I beat ghouls and ghosts but on Sega so I don’t know how much of an achievement that is or more a testament to how much free time I had as a kid.

By: The Silly Addiction

The Silly Addiction — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:04:58 +0000

I always wanted to try Garry's Mod as some of the user created stuff was unbelievably good. Obviously Concerned is the best of the bunch, and it makes it look incredibly fun just messing around with the game world.

By: bongwater chuckles

bongwater chuckles — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:31:36 +0000

Great article. Many evenings were spent screwing around in gary’s mod. Not quite a cheat, but the same thing really.