I’ve been gaming since the early 90s and I’ve used cheats over the years. I don’t take games too seriously (for the most part).

Around the Xbox 360 era I stopped cheating because of the achievement systems reduced built-in cheats for many games. That same time I also played a lot of multiplayer with friends so I didn’t cheat in those types of games (Halo 3 multiplayer was so much fun).

But I also remember grinding COD4 on veteran difficulty or grinding The Last of Us for that max difficulty backpack. Until your post today I forgot I even did all those things and none of it even matters today.

These days I don’t take games too seriously anymore. I only play solo now so I play games on easy mode and I resort to cheats/trainers/mods if I need to. I’ve gotten to that place in my life where gaming is less important than other things and I simply don’t have the time to play a game all day long.

Some memorable ones from back in the day:

• IDDQD
• F2+F3+F6
• NO TALENT
• DIFFICULTY_SCALE = 0.00