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Post #307231

Author
C3PX
Parent topic
Video Games - a general discussion thread
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Date created
20-Jan-2008, 3:43 PM
So I was at Target the other day and I saw a Player's Guide for Super Mario Galaxy among many other player's guides caping the ends of the videogame aisles, and I realized something. People who still buy player's guides are idiots. Now, I didn't check the price on them, I guess if they are only two bucks or something they might not be such a bad buy, but in this day and age who doesn't have a computer with the internet? Chances are if you have an Xbox 360, a PlayStation, or a Wii, then you are not the type who doesn't have a computer or the internet. IGN.com among other places have fantastic high quality guides with pictures absolutely free. Does anyone actually buy a player's guide and constantly refer to it? I would think you would only bother messing with it when you are stuck, or perhaps if you are trying to collect all the stars, challenge points, skatulla tokens, dog tags, or whatever it is in that particular game that they have for you to collect inorder to add some minimal replay value to the game. Why bother with the guide when you could just check the internet for hints or help when you are stuck, or get a nice printer friendly list of hidden items to be collected with a description of where to find them from an online FAQ. Once you beat the game chances are you will never refer to the guide again anyway. I swear, some people just have too much money on their hands.