It's always wild to me how this free market small government shit comes back around and ends up being everybody else's responsibility once the bills come due.

It gets harder and harder every year to maintain any level of empathy for the people that are stuck in places like Texas where they can't even maintain a functional power grid to help their citizens survive through the effects of the climate crisis.

I want to continue to be a good person and care about other humans but it's exhausting.

Yeah, I remember all of the vitriol we spewed at them when it felt like Steam was first being "shoved down our throats".

But they really are a high-water mark for listening to your customers and acknowledging their feedback to produce positive change for your platform.

Now some 20 years later it really feels like most other interfaces don't provide the level of service and usability that Steam does.

Any complaints and grievances are always valid about their business practices, the percentage cut that they take and all of the other things. You can't however say that the platform hasn't been a boon for PC gaming. Especially on Linux where proton has opened up a whole new world of accessibility especially for games that are too old to run with any sort of consistency on modern Microsoft OSs.

If I was running. restaurant open from "10am-10pm" this would be great hours. Time for the crew to roll in a little late for their 9-930am shifts, enough time at the end of the day for the kitchen to be cleaned and the last load through the dish sanitizer before every customer is out by 945/10pm at the latest.

It actually seems realistic. Haha

These scenarios make me wonder if we'll see a physical renaissance for movies in a decade like we did with vinyl and more recently cassettes.

I've been a staunch hoarder of physical media since the 80's and am saddened every time I see another retailer drop them.

The 8bit do ultimates are currently my favorite controller of all time. Own several wired and wireless models (at least 1 of each version).

If you have $70 (less on pretty frequent sales) for the ultimate with Hall Sticks, I can't recommend it enough. I reach for these over the Xbox Elite, Dual Sense Edge and Razers I used previously.

Simply a fantastic controller. And they work great with the 2.4ghz dongle or just via Bluetooth with the Steam Deck.

I'm always down for some team arena. Send me the pw on ICQ!

Rockets vs rails DM17 after?

25 freaking years?! I need a nap. Jesus Christ. This hurts. That was the game of my senior year. Now, thanks to your post not only does my body hurt, my soul hurts as well.

I'm gonna go lie down. Fucking hell.

This is my exact review on Steam. What a shit show.

Ex-Zodiac is pretty decent as a tribute. There's something missing in the presentation though. Opening steam and launching it while using an Xbox controller isnt quite the same vibe as dropping in a cartridge and being tethered to that soap bar brick of a SNES controller.

As a tribute though, gameplay wise, it's pretty good.

Man, I don't know honestly. I believe i first saw / read it on IRC in the 90's...

and now I'm turning to dust. haha

Thanks for being social!!!

"Wow, how cool is it that she's 13 and already works for the FBI! "

I'll throw a caveat on certain things that get delisted...this is my biggest poison on Steam. Just grabbed Forza Horizon 4 because of its announced delisting in December.

Otherwise tbough, solid advice!