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WIRED @wired.com

Gaming cheats are the bane of the video game industry—and a hot commodity. A recent study found that cheat creators are making a fortune from gamers looking to gain a quick edge. www.wired.com/story/inside...

aug 11, 2025, 10:05 am • 50 7

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Private Eye Lettuce @privateeyelettuce.bsky.social

modding: fun, cool cheating: sad, pitiable

aug 11, 2025, 7:48 pm • 0 0 • view
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Nick @mando44646.bsky.social

What is this, 1998?

aug 11, 2025, 10:35 am • 1 0 • view
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Studio Hoekhuis @studiohoekhuis.bsky.social

I'm a gamer for 40 years now, I never understood the need to cheat at games. How can you be proud or enjoy a game when you cheat? Baffling...

aug 11, 2025, 10:13 am • 4 0 • view
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Sverre Auestad @sverre-auestad.bsky.social

With multiplayer games, I'd agree. But when it comes to singleplayer games, I don't care if someone cheats. If that's how they enjoy playing the game, who am I to take away that enjoyment.

aug 11, 2025, 10:28 am • 5 0 • view
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Studio Hoekhuis @studiohoekhuis.bsky.social

I can see that, single player games are the exception. Cheats, or cheat codes, to break the game can be fun. But in my opinion that's more like 'researching' the game, to see how game systems works or to exploit a bug. By all means, do whatever you like 😊

aug 11, 2025, 11:21 am • 0 0 • view
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mdit.bsky.social @mdit.bsky.social

Agreed. Though cheats can be fun in single player games where you want to do absurd things after beating it, in a replay. Or in dedicated multiplayer spaces where everyone cheats and you see who can do it best (i.e old open diablo2 pvp) But to grief people looking to enjoy themselves.. not ok.

aug 11, 2025, 10:53 am • 1 0 • view
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MondasM @mondasm.bsky.social

a cheater is not a gamer but only a cheater, period...

aug 11, 2025, 10:58 am • 1 0 • view