[General Discussion] Playing with a walkthrough

I've come across this issue a few times with my friends and I. Back in the day, my friends would buy new games (FFX for example) and would purchase the the guide to match. This really irked me because I was always gung-ho about not having the game's secrets spoiled. However, my friends had a lot less time to play games than I did and now I'm finally starting to see. They just wanted to play the game and get everything because they didn't have the time to explore.

Right now, I'm finding myself in the same position as them where I don't have as much free time anymore. Does anyone play with FAQs, or are you up for finding games' secrets yourself?

Jam it back in, in the dark.