A few pointers for steam

In my previous post I promoted Steam, showing you some of the good things about it. With this I want to tell you why I fucking hate it. Steam in its entirety is a GREAT idea, but the idea doesn't come to form entirely. Like a bug tried to imagine it. Ok that is insulting it a little too much, but the thing is. Don't buy non Valve games on Steam. There is no benefit for doing so. Buy Valve games on Steam that is what it is meant for, all other games buy them elsewhere and you will still be able to use the steam overlay and almost all of the features that you would get with buying it through steam. Their prices are pretty much the same as anywhere else, and if you have a hard copy you can let your friend borrow it, and more people can play the same game without wasting tons of money (games are overpriced)

Games such as Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, will NOT work well with steam. In fact, it doesn't work very well with 64 bit operating systems especially Windows 7 and Vista. Games are likely to crash. Here are a few detailed pointers on what not to do with steam.

1. Never update a game you purchased on steam with a non-steam update, even if it is the legitimate game update.

This will cause you to need a disc to play the game, and since you don't have one you are in trouble. Luckily, if you right click on the game and click properties, you can verify the integrity of the game cache and set it back to normal.

2. Don't even try to send steam a ticket.

They will never get to your problem, and most of the problems you can find the answers to on the forum for the specific game on steam. Actual people (even though they are more direct assholes) will tell you how THEY fixed it. Steam will alternate between scratching their nuts and head and tell you to fuck off.

3. Don't try to play older games on a newer system with Steam. There will be compatibility issues as is with games such as KOTOR, Steam just kind of sits a dead donkey in the middle of your ability to change what you need to.

Likes and Dislikes of KOTOR and Bioware games

This game is now considered a classic in most gaming communities. I currently purchased it again (I have played it previously) I have played Dragon Age: Orgins to the point of no return, I know every trick and have played through all possible endings. I know how Bioware games work. Don't get me wrong I love Bioware, their rpgs are the kind that interest me the most.

Likes: You have so much freedom in Bioware games, but not too much that you are entirely lost without plot. Other rpgs I have played say that they are in a similar light, but you do not get to choose who your character is, base stats, classes or anything of the sort (The Witcher...cough cough) KOTOR is one of the early Bioware games, so if you play it you can see where the newer games go their roots.

Dislikes: The Bioware games are very formulaic. Not a completely bad thing, but you know that there will be romance options, your responses are limited to 'good, bad, and 'I don't know whats going on' in situations where you wish there were more. Often times joking if you want to keep a good relationship with a character isn't possible, when in a more realistic situation it would not always damage the relationship. You always have to do favors for people you don't really give a flying monkey fuck about, but you run errands for them anyways.

Enjoyments of this playthrough of KOTOR: I am being as neutral as possible. I am already leaning towards the light, but it is amusing to be as bad as possible without going to the dark side.

Awesome Mailbox

I took this picture in Santa Fe NM, which is a pretty strange place but not so much as far as geeky goes. Well so I thought. I was wandering down a street fairly near the main plaza and saw this. I was thrilled and thought it was hilarious. My family who was there for a reunion didn't get it.

Enjoy :3

Games I will be playing in the future

So I thought it a good idea to give you my steam wishlist. I'm not posting my steam name, I don't expect these to be purchased but just to see what I might be reviewing in the future and a little bit of why I'd like to play these games.

Mass Effect/Mass Effect 2

I realize that many of the games on my list are older. For one I have very little money to spend on games at this current point in my life, and on a second point I like to review games that the game experts have already slapped a number on. Usually because my opinion of games is different than Metascore or Gaminformer or any other review website/magazine.

Fallout 3

Looks like a pretty cool game. All my friends rave about it.

Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Ok i'm not going to lie, I have already played this game but I want to do so again. I first played Morrowind on the Xbox which is rare. I am not a console gamer usually but this was before I owned a gaming PC. Great game, very moddable.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

I've also played a few hours into this game and really liked it. Also on Xbox. Sadly it was not owned by me and had to be returned to its rightful owner when we were no longer 'friends.'

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