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Ginsu Victim:

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--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on May 17, 2010, 02:13:26 pm ---
--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on May 17, 2010, 01:35:18 pm ---I now prefer to buy my games through steam even though I used to be completely against buying games digitally.  

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Same here. I don't have to worry about a disc getting lost or damaged.

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Uh...now you only have to worry about the day the service is pulled offline.



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I don't see it happening.
bkenobi:

--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on May 18, 2010, 02:32:52 pm ---
--- Quote from: bkenobi on May 18, 2010, 01:37:12 pm ---
--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on May 18, 2010, 10:21:36 am ---What about one program to run hundreds?

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Pffft...  Who around here wants to use one program to allow them to run hundreds of games.  That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard!   :laugh2:

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That was the parallel I was trying to make.

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Yeah, I know.   ;D
DaveMMR:
I posted the Portal link on FB as well.   Everyone needs to play this game.  Even Yahtzee couldn't find anything bad to say about it...

And I think the people who say Steam is bad have either never installed it or used it for five minutes (or the third group: people who used Steam, cheat, get caught and are banned from playing online).   It's not obtrusive at all.  Plus, c'mon, Psychonauts for $2 (that one time)! They're always having good software deals.  I happen to like Steam a lot.
tommyinajar:
Years ago Steam was a real PITA, but I gave it another shot and now I almost won't buy a PC game except if it is on steam. The frequent self loading game updates & the free or $5 sales make it worth it alone. You can alway turn off the Steam startup anyhow and only use it when you plan on playing.
DeLuSioNal29:

--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on May 17, 2010, 10:23:50 am ---I refuse to install steam.  I still have a copy of Half-Life in my drawer... never installed... why?  Because it requires steam.  Screw that.  I refuse to be tethered to anyone.

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You can set it to not load on Windows start.  I only run it when I play HL games.  It defaults to load automatically, but it can be disabled.

But I understand.  I had purchased Geometry Wars on steam with the intention of running it on my arcade cab and then I found out that you cannot execute it outside of steam (a huge bummer for the front end).  So I took matters into my own hands and found a hacked version that runs right from the executable.  I figured I'd already paid for it so why not...



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