User blog comment:Mjb24v/Using the wiki/@comment-1687225-20121029073255

Do you also consult the wiki, as a player?

Do I consult THIS wiki in particular? Well, no. I know what I write and I know what the other editors write enough to memorize everything we put on here. When I'm looking for stuff I personally don't know (usually for the purpose of fleshing out this wiki), wikidot and wikispaces are my top choices.

'''How do you typically use wiki? '''Do you consult it before, during or after playing the relevant game? If you consult it during play, what sort of device do you tend to use?

I usually consult a wiki right after I face a challenge I cannot defeat, or right after I clear an area to make sure I didn't miss anything. After completion of a game, I enjoy using wikis to learn background information I might have missed from the game as a whole. I'm not quite sure I understand the second part of your question here. What do you mean by "device"?

What other resources do you use, in addition to the gaming wiki?

For this game? None. I found forums to be very often filled with subjective or plainly incorrect information, while I usually separate my gaming life from my social life so facebook is not really viable for me.

Printed guides like official strategy guides have always been a peeve of mine. Ever since I started gaming over a decade ago I've noticed that strategy guides are often written by people who seem to have no idea what they're talking about; like they're just writing on a contract after taking a cursory glance at the game, with little regard for the game's more detailed intricacies. Anyway, Dark Souls is a very personal game, and once you've got the right tools and knowledge on how to obtain things and how good they are, strategy mostly comes down to the individual, making forums and discussion boards less important for me than games that are more centered around builds and general strategy, such as Starcraft.

As experts on the game, do you feel you get less out of the wiki than you give?

In terms of information, I do get less out of this wiki than I give, purely because so much of the work here is from me and my fellow editors. However, I find it a rewarding experience because I know that out there, there are people who find the information on this wiki to be useful. That is enough to inspire me to continue to work here.