Steam Holiday Sale

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  Its a rental : Beady
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    Really? I mean it usually takes me some to time to even finish short(er) games. I was also looking into M... : hoov1185
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      Buy it. : glio1337
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        Rent it. : Euro Trash
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          Support them and buy it. : razlebol
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            support your wallet and rent it. hey gotta keep it going : jrock
            • Borrow it from a friend (if he hasn't yet used up all the install tokens) and buy it if you like it. : TheIneffableBob
• No, rent it. It's a good game, but extremely, extremely repetitive. You've done everything there is to ... : godhatingatheist
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  WTF people? Go for it. Amazing freaking game. : BoKnows
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    Amazing? No, overrated is more like it. : Euro Trash
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      Notice I didn't say it was a bad game by any means. : Euro Trash
      • I'd agree with you that it's overrated. The ending was a bit of a disappointment. HL2 episode 2 ending ... : valael
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  Bioshock IS amazing, its well worth the purchase. : eroczep
  • Worth a rental. : Matt Burris
• buyoshock it! : the_Nizz

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• That's too bad b/c i've had nothing but great success with non-valve games on steam. For the foreseeable ... : flasher 907

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• err... that's "Don't know" right there... : Bingo
• It is required by law that you play both of them through, twice. RIGHT NOW. : Cliffzorz

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• double sigh, this sucks. : .ka`boom.zZz.
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  Game loses almost all of itspoint once you "cheat". half the fun is collecting the guns and leveling u... : chilln
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    Getting through that first tunnel without anything to protect me was harder than just killing the 8 milit... : .ka`boom.zZz.
    • Don't go through the tunnel............................................. : tomservo
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      Do you actually get to enjoy these games or do you just blow through them? : hoov1185
      • ^^^^^^^^ - Save the cheating for a second (or third) playthrough, you won't regret it. : GrimmyD
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        I actually don't play games for the "challenge," I play them for the experience. The graphics, the anima... : Rotten Deadite
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          FPS games are all about the threat of death and provides intensity to a game if done correctly. When a gr... : h o s t i l e
          • You got it. Alot of people miss this. It's also why my I love DooM so much. : Pneum0
        • I think you can lose a big part of the experience if you don't have the challenge there. I guess there ar... : tigeN
        • I play the same way, in fact, I damaged my mouse after I became frustrated with HL2: EP2. After I noticed... : brushbaron
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          Wow - really glad to hear I'm not the only one like this - I remember my friends laughing when F.E.A.R ca... : jbury
          • I'd like to see an FPS game (sorta FEAR'ISH) where you're invunerable by design, and the objective is to ... : Toraz Chryx
        • I ended up doing this (use cheats) with Crysis but mostly because sp wasn't very enjoyable after the outs... : jrock
        • Yeah, fair play. I don't think anyone has the right to decide how other people 'must' play games. After a... : minus1911
    • You gotta be kidding. The tunnel is a piece of cake. Just watch the anomoly's pattern and time your ad... : coyoterys
    • Getting throught the tunnel is piss easy, just make sure you take at least 2 medkits with you. Then just ... : Cliffzorz
• The biggest "cheat" I could recommend that still lends the game some semblance of playability is to creat... : Rotten Deadite
• I remember seeing this game in my local Target going for $7.00 dollars! That's cheap. : Darkfox76
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  I'm thinking of just blasting my way through the game sans any story missions, just shoot everyon and loo... : Cliffzorz
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    are you a jedi? : deadfish
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      It depends on what day it is and whether I had toast for breakfast. : Cliffzorz
      • mitachlorian jelly? : deadfish
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  I'm glad I have some support in this thread. The tunnel has nothing to do with me wanting to cheat. Its t... : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • and i dont want to play a different game, either. I've played them all... without cheats.... look at my g... : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • completely seriously, did you spend much time looking at that tunnel? the electric anomalies were basi : xsoulbrothax
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  Anyone have any luck getting this game to run in Vista 64? Not necessarily the steam version. : fuji-juice
  • Non Steam version runs perfectly for me with all settings maxed using Vista 64 - 2.4GHz Dual Core, 4gb R... : deafstarr

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• Check the steam forums for potential problems and solutions. FWIW, I have Thief:DS and it runs just fine.... : Robotic Puppy Eater
• In my experience Steam isn't the most third party friendly system. I've had problems with CoH, Doom 3 Exp... : fuji-juice
• The original (from steam) works fine for me. : crummynz
• Well I got DE to work. Simple too but I never would've thought of it. From the TechSpot boards: "Dido... : jtthe2nd
• You must have a multi-core CPU. Set the affinity or download a program to set it permanently. : avatar_58

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• very underrated game. The infantry maps with the trenches are the best ever. I never got into the tank ... : austere01
• Great game if you can find a good server for it. Complete different pacing to most online games, but I re... : Arctic Fox
• A-to-the-freaking-GREED : dumptruck
• RO IS the game of the decade. : SovietOrchestra

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• Gish and Eets... lightware, but really good games. : barichnikov
• Psychonauts! Awesome, awesome game. : Arctic Fox

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  does anyone play STALKER multiplayer anymore? And if so, is it any fun? I remember playing single playe... : 69gooch69
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    I didnt even know there was stalker multiplayer. : chilln
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      I never tried it but i'm pretty sure it's there. : Pneum0
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        stalker has multiplayer? : italiano3d
        • its really fun I liked it alot. will play again. (if tehre are ppl) : barichnikov
        • Yes. Counter-Strike style I think. : razlebol
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  Company of Heroes/Opposing Force Titan Quest / Immortal Throne : GrimmyD
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    I can't find the Titan Quest / Immortal Throne pack. It doesn't appear to be under the letter T. Unles... : Cliffzorz
    • http://steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=package&SubId=402&cc=US : Sapiens
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  I'd almost be willing to give stalker a shot but the same people around here who say it's awesome liked C... : Murdoc.
  • stalkers much more fun than crysis. crysis is just like an "ohh ahh" kinda thing. stalker is pretty de... : chilln
  • If you liked Deus Ex, you will love STALKER. : inition
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  I'm itching to buy: Call of Duty 4 Company of Heroes / Company of Heroes Opposing Fronts but wallet... : Alco23
  • I think the iD pack is worth the cash, I'm probably gonna wind up picking that up. : sinner0423
  • Call of Duty 4 is $37 at Target currently, if there's one near you. : Arctic Fox
• civ 4 + beyond sword for 50 is pretty good : deadfish
• The Orange Fucking Box for 38 bucks. Highway robbery. : Gnerma
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  Deus Ex : tomservo
  • Oh yes! : jtthe2nd
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  what is psychonauts like? : suicidemachine
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    Only one of the best adventure/platformer of all time. If anything download the demo and check it out. If... : ovrlrd
    • Yes, one of the best PC adventure games I played, It's one of those games that when it ends you feel so s... : Frejik
    • The demo is easily the most boring bit of the game. Its not boring, but in comparison to the rest of the ... : marmite
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    Psychonauts = Free to play on Gametap : mexpak
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      Ohh... free until Dec 31! Niiice, I was thinking of getting it. Hopefully the developer still get some... : zehh
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        Aw.. forget it, it's free for "Gold" members who pay a monthly fee. And I can't even create an account... : zehh
        • No, free for everyone until the 31st. They rotate free games on the service regularly. Either way, it is ... : Serpico74
• Dreamfall, at least if you have interest in it. : ovrlrd
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  Dark Messiah for 18 bucks is a pretty good buy too in my opinion. It's not gaming gold but its worth play... : Gnerma
  • i LOVE that game :[ why is it so unappricated : deadfish
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  If you haven't bought Red Orchestra Ostfront yet and like realistic shooters $10 is a steal. : cfalcon
  • ^^^ ++++ : Arctic Fox

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  yes, everyone should be forced to install Steam and pay $38 in order to participate here : jrock
  • damn right : Schnapple
  • Without a doubt. : Archangel2007
  • Hell yeah, Steam's out to fuck your wife and steal your money after all. : Euro Trash
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  My only non-demo games on Steam is Defcon and Uplink. : SilverSnake
  • I regret getting Defcon, even though it was a unique experience. I also got the multiplayer pack back in ... : jrock
  • Fix that now or lose your bolt. Imho. ;) : [7]kami
• Srsly. SA has a 10$ fee, we should have a 38$ one... we're much higher quality. /me dons flamesuit and... : silentw
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  I just bought it, i never played half-life2 so im excited for it. : Warmaker
  • Someone had actually gifted halflife2 to me, but it was an invalid link and never worked:( : Warmaker
• i really dont like first person shooters. : ibrokn
• I've already got TF2... somebody gifted me HL2, and all I should need to buy would be Portal. Then somebo... : coraldayton
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  I'm very close to buying it, but I'm going to resist the temptation. If they were simple downloads tha... : protozone
  • Valve has the least intrusive 'DRM' (if you can even call it that) of any developer, though. Steam isn't : mn3m0n1c
  • What DRM? You can download all of your Stream games to a bunch of PC's and play them all simultaneously ... : aasyranth
• I have a 360 version. Am I in? : rustified
• I already bought half of it once. I'll wait until episode 3 comes out and they throw in the orange box f... : jccalhoun

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  It would probably get angry. : CrustaR
  • oh dear :( : feek
• Just tells you free up space. Not a big deal since you can delete games and redownload them from Steam at... : ovrlrd
• bitch slap your CPU : deadfish
• goes into a rage and rapes your dog. : Old_Fart
• your moms' ass? :P : jimvolk

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  Circuit City lost me as a pc game customer. I had it with them advertising these great deals in the Sunda... : jtthe2nd
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    Yeah, because everybody knows that market competition is teh ghey. : godhatingatheist
    • Did you even comprehend my post or do you enjoy going to stores expecting to be able to purchase an item ... : jtthe2nd
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    That worked for me as they advertised Orange Box for 40 dollars, and I preordered for store pickup online... : Merlin13x
    • Dang, I thought I was getting a good value at $45. : OmegaRed59
  • circuit city is the devil. After MANY experiences like that I never shop there. : deadfish
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    Yeah, CC never had any games in stock that I wanted. Note the past tense. : OmegaRed59
    • I re-gifted a $25 CC gift card I got Xmas eve to a friend on Xmas day simply because I don't care for the... : Old_Fart

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  Protection against promotional discounts? Lol? : [7]kami
  • you are protected at brick and mortar stores. What's so funny?> : Pneum0
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  You're out like $5...are you really that poor? Get over it. : phate81
  • It would actually be $10 and no, I'm not so poor that I can't live without it but why give away money if ... : mrmaster2
• Amex has the price change protection thing (don't know what it is called) and I know my CitiBank card has... : Kron
• I picked it up last week. But I got it for 34 dollars at a Comp USA(they are having crazy sales, it was l... : duncandun

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• yeah the first price you see when you click on the games seems to be wrong. right at the end when it conf... : stamps

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  Civ IV? http://www.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=game&AppId=3900&cc=US : Degenerate
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    Degen, I have never played any of the Civ games. Are they pretty good? : CrustaR
    • they are fabulous. get beyond the sword and we can play. i got it recently : feek
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      WHAT. never? any? : xsoulbrothax
      • we can hollow out his skull and keep stuff in it :D : deadfish
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        Never. :[ : CrustaR
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          They're really good if you like slow, turn-based strategy games. Galactic Civilizations 2 is better thoug... : Izanaki
          • i'll just say.. yeah. in terms of strategy games and the whole scale of being 'epic' in terms of gameplay... : xsoulbrothax
    • only if youre willing to give up your job and family. : Degenerate
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  I think Jagged Alliance 2 is in there. : Sailor of Fortune
  • according to the forum on it it's buggy as shit and they're not fixing it :[ thats the reason i didn't bu... : deadfish

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  install the real one then the user one on top of that : deadfish
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    Yea I know that, but currently there are 2 unofficial patches out there. Which one do you recommend? : lausai
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      this is the only one I've ever used: http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/7489/Vampire:+The+Masquerade+-+Bl... : deadfish
      • Ah cool, thanks. : lausai
• The Steam version of Vampire Bloodlines is 1.2 so you do not need the official patch. As for user patc... : Rag and Bone Man
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  Get the 5.04 patch. I just finished it a few days ago. I ran into a few bugs (and one bug no one else but... : avatar_58
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    You really think so? I made a largely non-combat character and can only think of two battles that were al... : Sideways Bob
    • basically once you meet the um.. Chinese people... the game becomes combat with almost no applications of... : deadfish
• I used the unofficial 4.4 patch. I think it's the one that adds things in, but everything seems great so... : Merlin13x

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• what? im so confused by this. : ibrokn
• Must be spacerats time of the month again, with all this talk about PMS and all. : phate81

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• Titan Quest is a kick ass Diablo type game. I play this frequently online coop with afreind and have yet ... : Devilman2000
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  It's the best Diablo clone that has been released. It doesn't have the random levels but it has everythin... : Psigun
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    TQ has the best skill system of any action RPG I've ever played, and the loot system is damn near as good... : bipolar
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      any of you guys want to play some co-op? I have 3 characters right now, 2 that are on the Epic difficult... : deject
      • I just don't have the time right now. I have a huge backlog of games I need to work on, and don't even r... : bipolar
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      TQ's skill system had so much potential, but there were some glaring balance issues, at least in the earl... : ]aratex[
      • The Oracle got fixed pretty hard early on, though I don't remember how. I think it was Ternion got nerfed... : xsoulbrothax
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    Does it have Battle.net-style online, or anything similar? : Chris Remo
    • It's a far cry from battle.net. It does have online capability, but games are hosted locally, there's no... : bipolar
• A VERY solid Diablo clone. Nice singleplayer story, a shitload of loot, and balanced skills (after patch... : mourningstar
• i'll play when i get back to cali next week, but i dont have the expansion. : ibrokn

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  i would invite you but i have no idea how. : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • nm figured it out. : .ka`boom.zZz.
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  Ooooh, could I get an invite as well please? User: Darkolas : creaturepsycho
  • send ya an invite : deadfish
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  Invite too please id limabone : limabone-jlp
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    not found.. is that your community name or seamID? : deadfish
    • not found.. is that your community name or seamID? : deadfish
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  Me three, please.......name is rt702 : rt702
  • not found.. is that your community name or seamID? : deadfish
• if you want an invite just message the "spacerat" whos icon is the balls squirrel : deadfish

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• Everything is discounted by at least 10%. : Arcanum

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• no not still, its fun, would like another go on the shackservers : dael
• I can say nothing but the best when it comes to TM:U, I've had so much fun playing it online with my frie... : hamliga

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• This is a must-buy for anyone who liked the old Doom games or Serious Sam. It's pretty much a flawless re... : Psigun
• oh hell yes : thebigbeefsandwich
• The Painkiller soundtrack is AWESOME lifting weights music : e v i l

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• Is still good thought. Best deal of them all. : Darkfox76
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  I got it from Thailand for $18. I think that well is dry now, however. : Alf Alpha
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    do you know how many Thai whores $18 buys? : deadfish
    • 18? : cookblaze
    • 36? : hoov1185
    • He-Shes? : oldschoolbob-o
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  I'm just wondering what to do with my "gift" copies of Hl2 and Ep1 now :[ anyone got anything to trade? : deadfish
  • everyone here has already given their copies away to people on here - I don't think many will be interest... : jbury

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  If you like Company of Heroes, you'll probably also like the Dawn of War Platinum Pack. Probably the best... : SockMonkeh
  • Can't wait for Soulstorm! Dawn of War got me hooked to the series now and can't wait for the third expans... : Darkfox76
• Meh. The retail version of The Orange Box is $40; Company of Heroes: Gold Edition (vanilla with expansion... : code-e255

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• the dustbowl pic is just awesome, seriously. : digital_d
• Wow, forgot that they added TF2 support for Garry's Mod! Gotta downloaded now again! BTW, nice pics :) : Darkfox76
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  Wasn't Gary's Mod actually free at one point? : Euro Trash
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    Can you get a free version still? : Porkasaurus
    • Yeah, you can download version 9 for free still. : guido anchovy
  • Yes, but it is worth every penny charged now. : Rice-Rocketeer

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• For us europeans, yes. Activision really blew it with their steam pricing. I can get COD4 for 32 euros he... : bigpig

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• yeah it's retarded. I hope it's not something other developers/publishers start doing. : aeg1x