Cheating: gaining advantage in videogames

pt. 1. A cultural history of cheating in games. Creating the market : Easter eggs and secret agents

Guidance goes independent : The rise of the strategy guide publishers

Genies, sharks and chips : The technological side to cheating

pt. 2. Game players. Gaining advantage : How videogame players define and negotiate cheating

The cheaters

Busting punks and policing players : The anti-cheating industry

A mage's chronicle : Cheating and life in Vana'diel

pt. 3. Capital and game ethics. Capitalizing on paratexts : Gameplay, ethics, and everyday life.