Its an awesome game. Sent from my Windows Phone From: Veech Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 8:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] OT - Annual Steam holiday sale is on! Portal... technically it's a "shooter" but it is very unique and unorthodox.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Q. Martin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 07:22 Subject: Re: [H] OT - Annual Steam holiday sale is on! > Ok...I got an account...anyone have a recommendation for something on sale > that is NOT a FPS...those make me ill. > > On 12/28/2010 9:44 AM, Brian Weeden wrote: >> Steam is a service for buying and installing games digitally. It also >> has a >> lot of community features and online play, similar to Battle.net and >> other >> services, but there are Steam games which are single player, multiplayer, >> and co-op. >> >> Not only does it mean you can buy and install game without having to go >> to a >> store, it also keeps track of all the games you've bought so you can >> download and re-install at any time. And for many games it also backups >> your saved games and settings to the Steam service. You can also >> download >> and install Steam games on multiple computers at the same time, you can >> just >> only be logged in to one computer at a time. >> >> I pretty much buy all my games through it when possible and love it. >> >> ----------- >> Brian >> Follow Me [image: LinkedIn]<http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianweeden> >> [image: >> Twitter]<http://www.twitter.com/brianweeden> >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Anthony Q. >> Martin<[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Sounds good. So, if you have to reformat can you download it again? >>> >>> >>> On 12/28/2010 9:25 AM, Mini Me wrote: >>> >>>> When the original Half Life 2 was being developed some hackers got the >>>> code and released it onto the Internet. This pissed off Valve and >>>> delayed >>>> the release of the game for many months until they developed Steam to >>>> control the distribution of their software. There are many games from >>>> many >>>> developers there now and its a huge improvement over the broken DRM >>>> crap >>>> that many games are released with today that require you have the CD in >>>> your >>>> drive while playing etc. I was dead set against Steam when it came out >>>> but >>>> now I like the fact the social aspects of it and that I can buy a game >>>> online and pay for it with PayPal and download it to my PC. Rather >>>> nifty >>>> actually.. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 08:09:29 -0600, Anthony Q. Martin< >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Is Stream online only? How does it work? >>>>> On 12/28/2010 8:48 AM, Mini Me wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Yep, Half Live and Half Life 2 were great games and I played them >>>>>> many >>>>>> many hours back in the day. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 23:57:04 -0600, Veech<[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> If you haven't yet experienced the Orange Box, this is a great time >>>>>> to >>>>>>> do so. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mini Me"<[email protected]> >>>>>>> To:<[email protected]> >>>>>>> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 18:41 >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [H] OT - Annual Steam holiday sale is on! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'll have to check that out. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:49:51 -0600, Brian Weeden< >>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Steam is having their annual 2-week holiday sale with tons of >>>>>>>> great >>>>>>>>> games. >>>>>>>>> Always good to pick up some stuff for cheap after the holidays. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> --------- >>>>>>>>> Brian >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: >>>>>>>> http://www.opera.com/mail/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>
