Just a quick update today as I'm extremely tired and I haven't had a chance to write the post I wanted to write (that's probably because I decided to have another go at Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, which just ended up frustrating me due to a annoying bug I discovered).
Anyway, I'd like to point you towards an interesting article I read on the bus home from work (Oh iPhone 3G, how I love you so!). The article is about an area of gaming that we hear little about, which is the world of the gamer who dedicates many an hour to creating free guides for games. You only have to take a look at a couple of the guides on GameFAQs to see the dedication that is put into each and every one by its creators. Most importantly the majority aren't getting paid for the work they put in; simply doing it out of love for the game and the satisfaction that comes from helping others.
"I really get a feeling of accomplishment when I get emails from somebody who bought the game for their child, and the child gets frustrated, and that gets the parent frustrated, and they come online and get the help they need and everybody's happy," Will said. "And I've gotten emails from people in their seventies, playing games. I got one email from a man stationed on a ship in the U.S. Navy. He had one game he'd brought with him, and he wanted me to email my guide (Dungeon Siege II) to him."
Williams has seen this kind of gratitude, too: "I've gotten some seniors who wrote in to thank me for my Metal Gear Solid 4 guide. For my Wall-E guide, I get pretty frequent thank-yous from parents. It's cool. It's like, whoa, people actually appreciate this." - Kotaku
It's a decent read, so I encourage you to take time out of your day to read the full article. It makes you want to send emails out thanking the creators, as these guys are putting in all the hard work for your benefit whilst asking for nothing in return. I would be lost without the service they provide, so I have massive respect for them.
One thing they don't provide is the answer to why Vin Diesel has such a shiny bald head, as I'm surprised you can't use it in CoR:EfBB to dazzle your enemies ('All he saw was a rapidly growing bald spot before he was shivved in the neck'). Instead I have to resort to sprinting from shadow to shadow and trying to avoid getting shot in the arse.
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