I only use game guides, and only when i have been stuck for days One of the problems were i used a guide was with that terribile puzzle section in the first onimusha,. I think if you are stuck on a game and the pleasure you wore reciving from the game tuns to frustration or boredom, i say use a guide, but dont cheat. Sure it crosses my mind when im playing pikmin i think i need a million reds maybe a cheat will do. But i do not do it, i used to chet all the time when i was a kid it was the cool thing to do.