Cheating in video games used to be fun
Cheating goes way back in video games... but what does it even mean to cheat? And is it BAD? Polygon's Jenna Stoeber falls down the rabbit hole of cheating history, from the heady days of Action Replay, Game Genie, and Game Shark... to the terrible modern days of bot hacks in online multiplayer games, and publishers cracking down on players with threats of fines and jail time.
0:00 What is cheating, anyway?
1:06 Cheating at pinball
2:40 Cheating for credit
4:06 Cheating for POWER
6:12 The golden age of cheats
8:47 Cheat hardware for bad boyz
9:59 The ethics of cheating online
13:30 Prevention and punishment
15:20 Modern cheat culture
16:26 We still have fun here
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Видео Cheating in video games used to be fun канала Polygon
0:00 What is cheating, anyway?
1:06 Cheating at pinball
2:40 Cheating for credit
4:06 Cheating for POWER
6:12 The golden age of cheats
8:47 Cheat hardware for bad boyz
9:59 The ethics of cheating online
13:30 Prevention and punishment
15:20 Modern cheat culture
16:26 We still have fun here
Photos of Warren Robinett from GDC 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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