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In the dark and listless times before the Internet, game designers were able to hide the [[Infinity+1 Sword]] in such a way that it took [[Loot Drama|years to find]]. They could keep you from the end of the game [[Solve the Soup Cans|in any arbitrary way they liked]], or they could be just [[Lost Forever|plain]] [[Unwinnable|mean]]. And if you wanted to scoop all the last bits of juicy goodness out of your games, you needed the [[Guide Dang It|Official Guide]] (at the [[Revenue Enhancing Devices|low, low price]] of [[And 99 Cents|$14.99]]).
In the dark and listless times before the Internet, game designers were able to hide the [[Infinity+1 Sword]] in such a way that it took [[Loot Drama|years to find]]. They could keep you from the end of the game [[Solve the Soup Cans|in any arbitrary way they liked]], or they could be just [[Lost Forever|plain]] [[Unwinnable|mean]]. And if you wanted to scoop all the last bits of juicy goodness out of your games, you needed the [[Guide Dang It|Official Guide]] (at the [[Revenue Enhancing Devices|low, low price]] of [[And 99 Cents|$14.99]]).


Thankfully, all that's changed now. Websites have sprung up where dedicated gamers can get together and pore over every screen for the smallest clues, fight every fight a thousand times, try any [[I Can't Use These Things Together|combination of items]], and share the resulting knowledge with the world at large.
Thankfully, all that's changed now. Websites have sprung up where dedicated gamers can get together and pore over every screen for the smallest clues, fight every fight a thousand times, try any [[Adventure Narrator Syndrome|combination of items]], and share the resulting knowledge with the world at large.


'''[http://www.gamefaqs.com GameFAQs]''', with thousands upon thousands of FAQs, [[Walkthrough|walkthroughs]], codes, tips, information, and discussion forums on just about every video game ever made, is one of the largest such sites. Merged with [http://www.gamespot.com GameSpot] back in 2004, [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|much to the annoyance of some users]].
'''[http://www.gamefaqs.com GameFAQs]''', with thousands upon thousands of FAQs, [[walkthrough]]s, codes, tips, information, and discussion forums on just about every video game ever made, is one of the largest such sites. Merged with [http://www.gamespot.com GameSpot] back in 2004, [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|much to the annoyance of some users]].


This site is home to pretty much every type of online persona known to man, and many other fan-based tropes such as [[Fan Dumb]], and [[Unpleasable Fanbase]]. In addition to this, they also [[Trope Namers|named]] the tropes [[Improbable Species Compatibility]] (after a meme on the ''[[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire]]'' Board), and [[8.8]] (a reaction to a GameSpot review of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]'').
This site is home to pretty much every type of online persona known to man, and many other fan-based tropes such as [[Fan Dumb]], and [[Unpleasable Fanbase]]. In addition to this, they also [[Trope Namers|named]] the tropes [[Improbable Species Compatibility]] (after a meme on the ''[[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire]]'' Board), and [[8.8]] (a reaction to a GameSpot review of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]'').
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