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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Can't wait until they give up on this gimmick and we can go back to connecting over WON. Any day now.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Cool idea, let’s hope it takes off.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Old mate looks like Daniel Jackson.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Walmart Daniel Jackson

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

John Lennon at home:

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

When my parents bought me the physical edition of Half-Life 2 when I was a kid, I was absolutely gutted that I needed an internet connection to play the game because it wanted to install Steam. We lived in a rural area without Internet so I simply just couldn't play it at all :(

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Steam used to suck ass, for real. It wasn't for very long, but the early days were rough.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

I had great internet, and it was still frustrating bullshit.

Valve really abused their big-ass sequel to force their DRM'd marketplace upon PC gaming. We just got used to it because they're competent at UI development and happy with console-level gouging of publishers.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I had the same experience. Real OGs hated steam and slowly came to accept it as the default distribution platform. It's good now, but my account was created on December 25, 2004 and I remember how it was

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I installed the first version of Steam directly to my C drive instead of putting it in a folder named Steam.

So I uninstalled it with the plan to reinstall.

After a curiously long time I realized the uninstaller was working its way through deleting my entire C drive. All my bookmarks, m t mp3s, my winamp skins... everything not on a zip drive... I tried to stop the uninstaller but it was clear I would have to do a full format and dig out the FCKGW XP key.

Ah Steam. Fuck you. You came around for the most part, but fuck you for that.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Honestly, Steam's UI still needs some work. A better way to control what games get auto updates comes to mind. Also, Library and Downloads not being different tabs is odd because I click Library expecting to see my Library but I see downloads.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I really hated steam at first. Got HL2 on DVD and it took forever to decrypt and install. I just wanted to play!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Steaming pile of shit we called it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Dudes fuckin cheefed in that pic lmao

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's just crazy talk. Crack some skulls and get Half-Life 2 out the door Mr. Newell. Everyone knows that you buy boxed PC games at the mall like normal people.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Next they'll be saying that console makers will be selling their games over the internet!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

That caption reads a children’s book

Mr. Newell wants to distribute games over the internet.

Mr. Jobs wants to distribute music over the internet.

Mr. Ballmer wants DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Mr. Torvalds is a communist.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

All three of them were right, but one of them was doing the wrong amount of cocaine.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Red herring

Ill never forget the portal 2 arg

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

This whole internet thing is just a trend and soon people will realise that nothing beats the real GOAT: two cans and some string.
Argh... scrap that, shouting really loud was the technological peak.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

mom said its my turn on the compooter so i can play video gabes