In the world of video gamers the word glitching is not uncommon. There is a part of the gaming world that uses video game glitches to obtain advantages over other players in the game.

These players are mostly known as glitchers or they are glitching. This is when they use glitches or bugs in a game to do something in the game, that the game was not designed to do.

Some of the advantages glitchers can use are invisibility, walking through walls, extra resources, added weapons, and the ability to unlock items or characters. The best video game glitch to find is invulnerability or as gamers call it “God mode." If a player can find and get access to this video game glitch they can use it so that they will not be harmed.

Glitching has been around as long as video games glitches have. There are many websites, magazines, and books, which will share with you these video game glitches. There are also some other ways to get the best video game glitches such as from cheat codes, modifying the game codes, game trainers, and cheat hardware. Not all of the gaming community feel that glitching is fair. Most feel that is a form of cheating. Although the glitchers feel that the programmers put these video game glitches in for them to find and that it just part of the game. So to glitch or not to glitch, that is the question you need to answer for yourself.

It used to be that when someone would mention the word video games, they were talking about teenagers, but not anymore. Today, video games are played by people of all ages, all around the world. From the pioneers of such games as Pac Man and Super Mario brothers, to more recent games and systems like the Wii, video games have become one of the fastest growing ways for the whole family to spend time together. Playing video games can even help you stay in shape when playing games like, "Wii Fit." No matter the reason, playing video games has increased, including even the biggest skeptic a chance to jump on the video game bandwagon.

However, with technology comes glitches. Whether it is a glitch in a video game, your company computer, or you’re PC, glitches can be bothersome. But can some glitches be good? Sometimes glitches can work to your advantage when playing your favorite video games. For example, you may be able to get through or around an obstacle without losing your hard earned points or getting killed. However, a more harmful glitch can crash your system and ruin your fun.

According to Merriam dictionary at www.m-w.com, a glitch is defined as a minor problem that causes a temporary setback. A temporary setback to one person could be a major setback to someone else. So, can glitches be prevented, and if so, how? As of today, there are no real solutions to glitches. Yet, rest assured, there are people out there that are devoted to learning how to make glitches a thing of the past.

There are hundreds of glitches that are in the televisions, computers, video games, and any electronics. However, there are some glitches that everyone hates. For example, if you are playing your favorite computer or video game, all of a sudden the game will stop. There isn't anything that you can do about it except to go to the store and buy a new one. The glitch will also stop your computer so you can't play with it anymore.

However, there are some glitches that are good and don't have to do anything for the television, computers, or the video games. These are the types of glitches that help us get lucky. We might be able to have extra cash on hand, if you play pool as in eight or nine ball, there might be a glitch that your ball will fall in the pocket when you don't think that it will.

Glitches can be anything that it decides to be. If you are a computer genius then you maybe able to stop the glitch before it spread and end up ruining your whole computer. On the other hand, there is nothing that you can do about them if you are a computer illiterate. All you can do is save the money up so you can buy another one when the first one goes.

You really don't have to be afraid of glitches. Not all of them are good or bad. Just remember that there is not to much that you can do about it.

People who are really into playing video games are constantly looking for ways to outsmart the game, so they explore different areas of the graphics and use the controls in imaginative ways. Sometimes they find interesting things that the designers of the game never intended. Some of these glitches or bugs in the programming show up immediately when the game is played; others can be found only by playing the game over and over.

One such glitch is in the 1979 arcade version of Asteroids, where you can hide indefinitely in the score field and never get hit. The classic 1980 coin-operated game Tempest has an interesting glitch. The player will receive 40 extra lives if he hits certain numbers in his score. In the console version of Atari 7800, there’s a terrible bug in the cart. Some of the pieces you need to solve the game are hidden in an area where the game won’t allow access. Talk about frustration! The Pokémon games, especially the older versions, contain several glitches. Players can duplicate items, catch unobtainable Pokémon and do things the game ordinarily wouldn’t allow. But there are consequences; the game’s functions become distorted and some of these glitches can ruin saved files.

Mega Man contains a very famous glitch known as the Pause Trick. Players can pause the game long enough to shoot ‘the boss’ multiple times with the Thunder Beam weapon. Since it’s a difficult game for most players to win, knowing how to use this glitch gives them the means to an end. In other words, they are cheating the game.

Generally speaking, a glitch is a fault in any type of system, such as electronics, circuit bending, computing, video games, and even human organizations and in nature itself. In regard to video games, a glitch is any unusual actions in the program that was not intended to occur by those who programmed the game. These glitches may occur as improperly displayed graphics, sound issues, game crashing, game freezing, and inaccuracy in detecting collisions.

Some glitches can be a deterrent to the game, causing the gamer to have to go back to their last save point because the game crashed midway through the game they were playing. Other glitches, however, are advantageous to the gamer because when executed properly theses glitches can increase their overall performance score. Some of the glitches require certain sequences of moves that can be rather complicated, but the end result is a better game. When a gamer takes advantage of these glitches and utilizes them to better his performance, it is called glitching, and those who practice it are called glitchers.

With the onset of increasingly more complex and intricate video games, more and more glitches have gotten through the manufacturers undetected. Many video game manufacturers have the mindset that they will fix the glitches later, which for many gamers is an unacceptable business practice. The more serious gamers would rather the video game manufacturers hold off making the game available to the public until the glitches are fixed, rather than selling the games with the intent of fixing the glitches later, which almost never happens. Yes, gamers can work around the glitches, but the bottom line is, should they have to?