Steam is pretty underwhelming

[TurtleCrusher]

Did you really post this?..

 

[sandorski]

"Steam on a Treadmill is the Evolution of Abortion proving there is no God!"

^^One day, that thread will break the Internets.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

"Steam on a Treadmill is the Evolution of Abortion proving there is no God!"

^^One day, that thread will break the Internets.

I went to google that phrase to see if there was such a thread, and tis thread (and post) came up as the first result.

...in ten minutes.

 

[xboxist]

This somehow reminds me of particular day back when I was a cable modem installer in 1999.

Was giving this really old, borderline-senile dude internet access for the first time in his life, to connect to with his awesome Win95a computer. Got it all hooked up and ready to go, and I give him a brief demonstration of of how to use it. He was just staring blankly at the screen the whole time, and when I got done talking he remained silent a little longer.

Then he exploded. "YOU CAN TAKE THAT SHIT OUT OF MY HOUSE! THAT IS NOTHING LIKE WHAT THE COMMERCIALS FOR IT SHOW!"

"Well sir, you can read websites like CNN..."

"IF I WANTED THAT I WOULD TURN ON THE TV YOU COCKY YOUNG PRICK! NOW GET OUT!"

No exaggeration at all. He blew up. My interpretation of the situation is that he expected cable internet to basically turn his computer into a Vegas evening. With a barrage of movie clips playing all over the place, bright lights and graphics, tits, interactive stuff flying at you, etc.

It was not what he thought he was getting into at all.

 

[simonizor]

Steam has lots of demos for pc games, so I'am not sure what your taking about??




It would be nice if blizzard created their own version of steam, where you could buy and download games, have a friends list, instant messenger program and social networking site all-in-one.

They did that already. No instant messenger program, but they have pretty much everything else.

 

[Throckmorton]

This somehow reminds me of particular day back when I was a cable modem installer in 1999.

Was giving this really old, borderline-senile dude internet access for the first time in his life, to connect to with his awesome Win95a computer. Got it all hooked up and ready to go, and I give him a brief demonstration of of how to use it. He was just staring blankly at the screen the whole time, and when I got done talking he remained silent a little longer.

Then he exploded. "YOU CAN TAKE THAT SHIT OUT OF MY HOUSE! THAT IS NOTHING LIKE WHAT THE COMMERCIALS FOR IT SHOW!"

"Well sir, you can read websites like CNN..."

"IF I WANTED THAT I WOULD TURN ON THE TV YOU COCKY YOUNG PRICK! NOW GET OUT!"

No exaggeration at all. He blew up. My interpretation of the situation is that he expected cable internet to basically turn his computer into a Vegas evening. With a barrage of movie clips playing all over the place, bright lights and graphics, tits, interactive stuff flying at you, etc.

It was not what he thought he was getting into at all.

You should have shown him porn

 

[Born2bwire]

Thats the only problem. If I ever lose a hard drive theres no way I can download all 600GB in one month. That would have to be spread over 3 months and I couldnt do much Netflix or Hulu during the gaps.

You can backup your games onto a hard disc or CD/DVD/Blu-Ray. I do this when I know that I am going to do a system wipe or migration. The backup compresses the game files and gives you an installer to reinstall the games you want from the backup.

 

[sandorski]

I went to google that phrase to see if there was such a thread, and tis thread (and post) came up as the first result.

...in ten minutes.

It's catching on like Wildfire, the Internets will soon blowup!

I'll be crouching behind my Firewall, I suggest y'all do the same.