How to Climb Ladders in Lego Video Games

• Get drunk.
• Spend 45 minutes jumping around uselessly at the base of the ladder.
• Throw your controller at the TV.
• Go to the store to purchase a new controller and TV.
• Leave your controller on an open surface while getting a refreshment or visiting the lavatory.
• Return to see that, somehow, your cat (or dog, hamster or child) has successfully climbed the ladder in your absence.
• Curse a lot.
• Fall off ladder.
• Repeat.