Yep. ----------- Brian
Sent from my iPhone On 2010-12-28, at 12:15 PM, Zulfiqar Naushad <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>
