Cheating in video games used to be fun
Cheating goes way back in video games… but what does cheating even mean? And is it BAD? Polygon’s Jenna Stoeber falls down the rabbit hole of cheating history, from the thrilling days of Action Replay, Game Genie, and Game Shark… to the horrific modern days of bot hacks in online multiplayer games and publishers running against players with threats of fines and imprisonment. 0:00 What is cheating anyway? 1:06 Cheating on pinball 2:40 Cheating on credit 4:06 Cheating on POWER 6:12 The golden age of cheats 8:47 Cheat hardware for bad boyz 9:59 The ethics of online cheating 13:30 Prevention and punishment 15:20 Modern day cheat culture 16:26 Still having fun here Photos by GDC’s Warren Robinett on Flickr: https://flickr.com/photos/officialgdc/ Under Creative Commons 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses /by/2.0 / Subscribe to our YouTube channel! https://goo.gl/D8prdf Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.polygon.com/pages/newsletter Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/PolygonTwitter Follow us on Instagram: http: // bit.ly/PolygonInsta Like us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/PolygonFB And for more gaming and entertainment coverage, visit http://www.polygon.com
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