If there's anything gamers like as much as video games, it's myths about video games. Since they stormed the world stage in the early 1980s, video games have become the stuff of legend.
The video game world is so insular that you'd have to be a dedicated gamer to even hear certain rumors and myths -- the one surrounding a code that revives Aeris in the game "Final Fantasy 7" is a good example. Other rumors are more scandalous, like the one about a cheat code that allows players of Tomb Raider to defrock Lara Croft. Still others are a matter of concern, like the idea that video games lead to violence. Whatever the video game myth is, they tend to be interesting.
Because these ideas are so intriguing -- and simply because we like debunking myths -- HowStuffWorks.com now presents five myths about video games.
