Nothing beats a high quality FAQ with ctrl+f searching shortcuts. Loads instantly, can be downloaded offline, etc. Now every game has its own wikia instead and you have to wade through garbage to find the info you are looking for.
In high school I had to print off pages because we could only use the Internet late at night (dial-up), and definitely couldn't have the computer up and running while we were also playing a game. Pick one.
In college my Freshman computer was extremely under-powered, so it was often easier to print off a few pages of what I needed at the computer lab, and then bring them back to my dorm.
I think I still have FF7 materia print-offs in a box somewhere. :)
