Personally, I’m pretty anti-cheat codes, and I understand the value of strategy guides, but I don’t usually use them unless I’m really frustrated. I’m playing through Gears of War again (to boost my Gamerscore; I’d finished it twice on the debug and once on my other gamertag) and I’m trying to get all the COG tags along the way. I thought, “Gee, I should double-check that list I saw that had all the locations pointed out.” Then I thought, “No, that’s lame — don’t just follow someone’s instructions, figure it out yourself, earn that Achievement without help.”
Then I realized the list I was thinking about…was one I wrote.