Crisis Core Strategy Guide

I was at the mall on Saturday. We went for dinner (sushi) and dessert (strawberry-banana smoothie). After all that, I wanted to stop by GameStop, but my wife didn't, so we seperated for a little bit. At GameStop, I found Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria, used, for cheap. So I picked it up. I also noticed that the strategy guide for Crisis Core was on the shelf - three days before the game actually comes out. I bought it too.

Personally, I'm a big fan of strategy guides. I don't consider them cheating. I realize some people are venomously opposed to using them and rag on anyone who does. My question is...why? Some people don't have time to 1) play through the game figuring everything out or dying several times to a boss before finally beating it or 2) play through the game multiple times to try and get everything they missed the first time. Some of us aren't that hardcore. I'm sorry if you are, have no life and feel like flexing your epeen because you completed a game without a strategy guide, but some of us don't really care.

Plus, they usually have pretty pictures.