In Game World Cheaters Proudly Prosper

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Topic: Cheat

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"I cheat on all the games I play" Graves says proudly. Here's the ugly sometimes dirty oftenoverlooked truth in games: Everyone cheats. ...

 

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In Game World Cheaters Proudly ProsperPage 108/28/2006 08:20 AMIn Game World Cheaters Proudly Prosper of 2http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/conte nt/article/2006/08/27/AR2006082701059_pf.h tmlIn Game World Cheaters ProudlyProsperBy Jose Antonio VargasWashington Post Staff WriterMonday August 28 2006; C01For every video game there's a Steve Graves.Graves is a selfdescribed "professional cheater." Today'sgames are anything but easy the 24yearold will tell you.And to get through the intricate challenging mindnumbing levels of "City of Heroes" and "The Godfather"two games he's currently stuck on he needs help."I cheat on all the games I play" Graves says proudly.Here's the ugly sometimes dirty oftenoverlooked truth in games: Everyone cheats. In many instancescheating is built into the game. It's a multimilliondollar industry legally sanctioned. Well at least most ofit.You can flip through magazines such as Tips & Tricks which boasts of its "Cheat Code Blowout!" Or buy150page strategy guides the Cliffs Notes of gamers which last year drew $67 million in sales accordingto the NPD Group. Or log on to MyCheats.com a Wikipedia for the gaming set the latest in the growingcrop of sites that promote cheating in games."A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for" W.C. Fields once said. Never mind Sophocles'approach: "I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating." When it comes to games all betsare off."This is what I tell people all the time and I'm actually pretty adamant about it: I don't play games tonecessarily play the game" Graves says. "I play it for the story line. I play it for the mechanics. I play it forthe graphics. I don't want to get stuck coming around the same corner 50 times. I'd rather get past it and seewhat the next story development is."Graves is a network engineer by day and a hardcore gamer by night clocking an average of four hours infront o ...

 

 

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