PS3 Trophies: What Are They Good For?

You Are Lose writes: "Trophies work best for me when either the game itself is not excessively challenging, or when the unlocking of the trophy can be found through a mostly normal play through. For example, Pixeljunk Eden has a trophy for collecting all 5 Spectra in each garden…However, trophies are at their worst when they require you to go far outside the realms of normal activity within a game world. Sure, these types of achievements might be cherished by regular gamers seeking an extreme challenge from their tired old games. But I’m more of a Tourist/Completist, so events that force me outside the normal arc of a game don’t interest me much."