Hardcore gamers tend to think that game strategy guides are for players who lack natural skill, patience, common sense, or all of the above. A New York Times article that examines the creation of these guides is unlikely to redeem them from gamer disdain. The Times argues that guides are becoming a necessary part of figuring out increasingly complex game challenges.
Who'da thunk that finishing a game would require a book? Perhaps that's why most games are not played to completion.
