Shack PSA: Steam Holiday Sale Offers Big Savings, Everything Marked Down 10-75%

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  Except if they don't like combat which consists of a 3 tap combo for the entire duration of a game. : SFtheWolf
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    If they want something that is not 3 tap combat they should try The Witcher! With multiple weapons to swi... : Mad Jack McMad
    • I played the demo, if they wanted to tell potential players that the combat wouldn't be dreadfully simpli... : SFtheWolf
• Not available outside america still. : Flobster
• I wish I could get it on steam. I JUST got a physical copy for Xmas. =( : DinK

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  It runs twice as well. Seriously. Much better optimized for dual cores than the POS Source 2007 version. : Wisp!
  • Wisp! speaks the gospel. the L4D engine runs tons better than the TF2 version. the startup for L4D is f... : i poop from there
• I can also vouch for its good performance. I was able to run TF2 and Left4dead just as well on my laptop. : kinnoch
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  runs beautiful on my 386'er. : apfelstrudel2
  • Hah you're just trolling this whole thread lol. : qwplayer
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  Or good job Valve for releasing a demo and hosting servers for free. Maybe you should've tried the dem... : ajvitaly
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    Oh please, there were tons of people that didn't even know valve had released a demo. I didn't know about... : bigpig
    • You should come read the headlines on this site every day then. : shurcool
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    Truly the most retarded statement ever. I just built a new PC this month, and my old system didn't h... : treefingers1
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      If you just built a new system and it can't run a new game at your LCD's native res, either your new syst... : ajvitaly
      • I have a silent video card because I don't intend to game much and gaming isn't the primary reason for ow... : treefingers1
• L4D taxes my PC quite a bit harder than TF2. core2duo 6600 and 8800gtx. : Pneum0

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• Mine works fine, but mine isn't on steam (its with the discs). : gnoleb
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  I'm also playing CoH and the expansion on Vista 64 : sithspawn
  • Hmm. I didn't get the expansion. Though I'm using Vista 32. It just runs real quick and then dies. : boarder2
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  Pretty sure it does, actually. You must be having some other issue, sorry : crummynz
  • I eventually got it to work. I ran the file checksum thing and disabled UAC at the same time. Don't know ... : boarder2
• I would think that they work fine. My Steam copies work great in x64. I mean, the games have DX10 modes, ... : CrabsJarrard

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  Game sucks tbh. Its just a linear shooter with some basic rpg elements thrown in. Deus Ex and Fallout 3 a... : qwplayer
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    I played the demo for it and didn't like it very much but for $5 it's worth buying it and playing the res... : SpikeMeister
    • Oh yeah if its only $5 then get it for sure. Fighting big daddies can be fun I guess. : qwplayer
    • You can still get it if you get someone from a region with the game (ie, US) to gift it to you. : zehh
  • Overrated? Sure. Overhyped? Definitely. Sucks? I wouldn't say so. It was still quite good despite many fl... : Dr_Tran
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    I agree. Fighting the same two boring enemies over and over doesn't help either. Oh, but wait...some of t... : Wisp!
    • Two enemies? You obviously never played this game... : Evil Bones
  • I thought it was great until the ending. Then again, I have not had the desire to play it more than once.... : BorenKets123

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  No. I think at the root of it all the game mechanics are flawed and, no kidding - at any one moment ther... : Ocelot
  • holy shit... : japoneez
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    I'm glad people finally realized that UT ain't that great. : code-e255
    • I think most people have just moved on from that type of game, honestly. I loved UT and UT2K4 and to a le... : K1Bond007
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  It's good, but there are very few players online. : mizeriq
  • I purchased it last week and I was pleasantly surprised to be able to play some nice CTF games with no bo... : guigr
• I enjoy it enough to recommend it for $10, Its lacking a few modes from the old ones which is disappointi... : FIGHTheSYSTM
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  They just removed UT3 from Steam a few days ago. Guess why? They ran out of CD keys. xD They're ... : Smurfy12
  • DRM for the loss again. :) If they didn't have cd keys at all, they could keep selling them forever. : matrixneo42

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  22 bucks for games that i have played for nearly ten years and payed nothing. great deal btw! : apfelstrudel2
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    Not all of us are Pirates!!! @#)$%@ : ajvitaly
    • Indeed : MuteMode
  • OK, now can we ban him? : crummynz
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    I'm sure Dark Messiah was the majority of that $22, and I doubt you played that ten years ago. : CyCo_PL
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      hehe...at least some one knows the timeframe. anyway; guys, there was once a time where you got the optio... : apfelstrudel2
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        Please leave shacknews. : MuteMode
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          why? cause you mind it? sometimes i mind to fuck myself but i don't do it. what was the topic anyway... : apfelstrudel2
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            I don't believe the topic was trolling shackers who use steam : MuteMode
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              all these "kool dudes" in here makes me somewhat nervous; is this some kind of shackshit denouncement? : apfelstrudel2
              • you don't have to be a dick all the time : OmegaRed59
            • he isn't trolling, he is just strange and not english : Luminair
      • I have no idea what you are trying to say, but this is pretty awesome. : CyCo_PL
      • I have lots of friends that I play games with online, apfelstrudel2. Sure, having sex with a girl is def... : CyCo_PL
• Playing through Dark Messiah of Might and Magic right now and having a blast : sm00v3d

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• I bought it, not sure why as I already own most of the games. : Pneum0
• lol the doom pack costs more than the id super pack : Bumpmapped
• COMMANDER KEEN! : dantastic

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• Although I love steam i've had about the exact opposite experience price wise.... I have 6 games on it (I... : SlingBlaze
• Yeah, I'm not gonna lie... Steam has turned me into a legitimate PC game consumer. I love it. : CyCo_PL

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  There are still some very good games on sale that will run well on less than great hardware. Civ 4 - ... : ajvitaly
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    Don't buy Prey nowl. From time to time they sell it for $5. : Wisp!
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      I bought it from gogamer.com for $3.90. I still don't know if it's worth it. It's ok for that price I g... : Ocelot
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        I find the level design to be fantastic, and the portals add a pretty cool effect to what would be an oth... : coolbreezr
        • Yep, the incredible level design sure stood out over the rest of the game. It pretty much what saved it f... : shurcool
• With all the savings, you can put the extra cash towards a new rig! It's like your making money! : u sir name
• My computer can't run Bioshock, but for $5 I'm going to buy it and wait until I have one that can! : formkatze

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  I hope they move to something Gecko or Webkit based, stat. : CasbahBoy
  • Yeah, me too. : dmason
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    An employee said on the forums that they're considering WebKit. : Smurfy12
    • Wow, thank god. Navigating in Steam is hell. : zehh
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      WebKit eh? And we all know what platform WebKit runs on...Linux! Yeah, that's a bit of a stretch. : aqtrans
      • Um, what are you talking about, Webkit is on all the major platforms (Windows/OSX/Linux) AND a fuckton of... : Toraz Chryx
      • Uh? Do you think it's gonna have its own operating system inside of a browser? Webkit is available for... : zehh
      • what the fuck : CasbahBoy
      • You need to learn you some cumputers : rock42
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  Really? That's weird. For one, I don't ever recall Steam crashing on me... But also, it seems to sa... : shurcool
  • Yea it did, I only ended up getting CoH Gold so it saved me a bunch of money YAY! : SlingBlaze
  • Steam crashes on me quite a bit. Also, the friends list didn't work for like three years. : CyCo_PL

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  I considered buying U3, but after reading about the problems it had I'm not sure I'd play it if it was fr... : CasbahBoy
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    I did not experience any problems, but I wasn't looking for any either. And the menu system was not slow ... : giantshift
    • I downloaded the demo to jog my memory, and promptly bought the game. It wasn't nearly as bad as I rememb... : CasbahBoy

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• Also, no widescreen support out of the box. Ubisoft can go belly up and I will now have no care... Argh!... : Athlon7
• Try switching off steam overlay while you play it, I had no end of issues with vegas. : Flobster

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• Yeah I was just eying the ID pack and noticed that too, throw in Quake 4 and I'm sold. : FIGHTheSYSTM
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  Prob because Quake 4 was developed by Raven and not ID... They should still throw it in as ID owns the... : sithspawn
  • I bought the id Megapack last time it was on sale for 50% off. It contains several Raven developed games,... : Dr_Tran

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• I've asked myself this same thing countless times. : zehh
• Gordon Freeman's dad, perhaps? : rohithX
• An actor they've used to make an intro/trailer image for their company? : shurcool
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  2 things ive always wondered about valve: who is the eye/valve handle guy, and why is the witch in her u... : ninjaman23
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    She wouldn't be as frightening clothed and the game wouldn't have an M rating if she had nothing on. : Wisp!
    • So id be scarier if she was naked? Who wouldnt buy it, why didnt valve do this!? : ninjaman23
  • what about G-Man? :) : vujinovicm
  • What witch are you talking about? : Caoster007
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  IIRC it comes from a bunch of stock photos they found in a box in the office when they first started or s... : johngloid
  • This is correct, no source, but I remember reading it in the HL2.net info from valve thread years ago. : Durajim
• Maybe they're opening up the "valve" of creativity? : r1fo
• John Waters : SiW.
• I always thought it was Marc Laidlaw. http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20030808/laidlaw.jpg : GrimmyD
• It was just a stock photo from somewhere; nobody specific. The new Valve guy with the valve attached t... : DrWaffles
• I thought one of them was a composite of some of the valve employees. : nutcrackr
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  his name is robert paulson : imcompa
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    his name is robert paulson : smegmar
    • Paulson Robert, is name his. : Lightbulb
  • His name is Robert Paulson. : unholydonuts
  • This is Bob....Bob has bitch tits. : unholydonuts

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  OPfor was a worthy expansion, Blue Shift... not so much. : comiekazie
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    I thought they were both great, although both too easy... I actually beat the games in reverse order, sta... : CyCo_PL
    • I went OpFor > HL1 > Blue Shift when I got the HLGOTY Edition back in the day. : SpikeMeister
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  yeah I picked those up and a few casual 99 cent games as well. : sm00v3d
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    They don't happen to work with HL: Source, don't they? Bit annoying having to get the standard HL for 10 ... : Marrbe
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      They're not source, but I think they both work stand-alone. Blue shift did back in the day at least. : jad3d
      • For 2 euros I was willing to gamble and yep, they do work. : Marrbe
• OpFor was hard. Blue Shift way too easy and short. : qwplayer

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  IMHO it wasn't as good as KOTOR. Combat is different... Sorta like rochambeau where each kung fu style h... : molaughlen
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    I've gotten the impression that simply saying "not as good as KotOR" is being unnecessarily nice to Jade ... : DinK
    • I agree, Jade Empire is simply not a very good game and quite disappointing considering it came from Biow... : spaceyme
    • I liked Jade Empire. The combat takes a bit of getting used to, but becomes very satisfying once you mast... : Dusty_Slim
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      I liked Jade Empire. To be honest, as much as I love Bioware, Jade is essentially the same game as the ot... : K1Bond007
      • Jade had far less depth that their previous KoTOR game and even Mass Effecft had less depth than KoTOR. T... : spaceyme
• I would say go for it, it's worth the $11.24 they are charging for it. it is a different experience t... : Torias
• Plot is predictable and cliche (this might be on purpose), the gameplay/fighting doesn't stay interesting... : d fluke
• Thought I would like it, but ended up being kind of a dull, predictable game. : sartori69

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  Indigo Prophecy, great game. You'll love it. : shurcool
  • I also love Indigo Prophecy, I still play it every now and again. : Cowburn199
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    I've read something about Indigo Prophecy beeing censored, anybody have any more information? : Fpsnut
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      The US version is has the sex scenes edited. Of course all the violence is there. I'm not sure which vers... : pulse2115
      • I just finished it yesterday, and it looked like the sex scenes had been edited. : ArcKnight
• I picked up Compan of Heroes Gold too!! : kpxkrnjc

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• WAHU! steam rocks your socks! : apfelstrudel2
• Not just EU, thats just EA being nuts. : avatar_58
• It's like that in the US too. : MovingTarget

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• yeah i am probably going to do the same. damn : jedi_27
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  Easy for me to pass on this. This is one of those games where I would want to be able to have the printe... : Ocelot
  • Or you could use the google and find the manual to print/reference like so: http://www.steampowered.co... : korruptedone
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  bought it for $70 2 weeks ago :( haha : kinnoch
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    [Some of] the money goes to developers, not the abyss. Feel good about that if you like the game. : shurcool
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      I'm pretty sure I'm going to get Fallout 3 again and give the physical copy that came with my collectors ... : CasbahBoy
      • Yeah I bought Fallout 3 on 360 and then bought a copy for PC for when I upgrade in a couple weeks. So wor... : MovingTarget

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  I grabbed: Dawn of War Platinum + Soulstorm (Everything pack) Company of Heroes Gold Defense Gri... : dpgagnon
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    Psychonauts didn't grab you? What the fuck. : lechuck59
    • Like I said, I already played half of it... : dpgagnon

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  "benefits of digital downloads vs boxed copies" ... ... ... ... nope, still nothing. sorry... : apfelstrudel2
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    Auto updating, no need to store and travel with discs and no need to store a CD key anywhere. Games don't... : FIGHTheSYSTM
    • "I guess some of us are ahead of the times." a few years ago maybe. but today the rest are just behind... : flasher 907
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    I seriously hope you got banned. : SirX
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      for pointing out the truth? : apfelstrudel2
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        nope, for completely legitimate reasons that have prompted to go out and spread "the truth" (lololol) bas... : CasbahBoy
        • The Jesus of Physical Media ™ : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Of course there are benefits, there are also downsides. If you can't see ANY benefits then you are just ... : OmegaRed59
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    Basically what you just said is that you don't see the benefits of MP3 purchases vs. physical CD purchase... : ajvitaly
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      CD: Your music is safe from HDD crashes, can be ripped at any bitrate you want (and in some cases as surr... : AlexW1203
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        Also it seems people forget the ability of backing up what they do buy off of Steam on cd or dvd. So if a... : Godhatesfatpeople
        • Oh right. Forgot about that, probably because I haven't burned a single DVD since I got this computer. On... : AlexW1203
  • You know, any legitimate reason you could have for not liking Steam is easily overshadowed by your displa... : zehh

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  If you've already played Psychonauts, then, yeah, I guess so. : lechuck59
  • Haha, what on earth do those two have to do with each other? : ) : Athlon7
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    If you've got $10 and you haven't played Psychonauts then you're not allowed to spend the money on anythi... : lechuck59
    • Oh, ok! I own Psychonauts and paid something like $45.00 for it : ) : Athlon7
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  No, its trash. Much better stuff on there for 10$. : BorenKets123
  • I ended up getting Rainbow Six: Vegas for 15.00.... Am thinking of also getting Dark Messiah. : Athlon7

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  check out go gamer's sale too. not digital download though. http://www.gogamer.com/White-Friday-Deals_st... : rjklevels
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    hahaha, enter the matrix is $1. are they still even running servers for that? : senor135
    • I think you're confused. Enter the Matrix is a single player game, The Matrix Online is an MMO, and yes,... : kwperley
• I think you're good to go with any of the GTA3 series. The Longest Journey and perhaps Dreamfall should b... : shurcool
• Xcom! : lechuck59
• Peggle Deluxe and some other $0.99 games would run comfortably. : dmason
• Puzzle Quest! : razorblade79

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• It does for me. You just have to be over 13 years old. ;) : shurcool
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  Due to some snafu or another, it's not available on all regions. For example: http://store.steampowere... : zehh
  • Also, the publisher is 2kgames, and a lot (all?) of their products are like that (ie, Prey, xcom, etc). U... : zehh
  • You're right. If you go here (eu = europe), the full version doesn't show up anymore. http://store.... : shurcool

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  *facepalm* : apfelstrudel2
  • What's wrong with you in that you have to shit on people for picking up cheap games from an awesome servi... : MuteMode

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• That's 3x my cap. :o : shurcool

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• don't think there's a 30 day price match guarantee like the big box stores :\ : flasher 907
• i just got it last week. boourns. : deathmuppeter
• One time I bought SiN Ep1 from Steam and, no joke, less than an hour later the price dropped $10. : AlexW1203
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  This is the only drawback to Steam. If they had a 1 week price guarantee that would be nice. : ajvitaly
  • w0rd. I brought portal for £3.69 but for an extra tenner I could have got TF2/HL2/EP1/EP2/Poggle.. now I... : inchwide

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  That is normal for me with Steam. : OmegaRed59
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    Doesn't sound normal for me, unless you've got a very fast connection. I have 8Mb down and it's often ri... : DinK
    • I have 3mb and usually get 60-70 kbps from Steam. Don't really know why, it just is usually like that. : OmegaRed59
• 2MB / second here.. : biofrog
• it took 5 hrs to download left 4 dead but it as worth every second. : ninjaman23

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  wut? it's a sale place like gamestop or amazon. the retail market price is even less in some cases and yo... : apfelstrudel2
  • What world do you live in that retail games are DRM free? : OmegaRed59

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• How can you aim in a FPS without a mouse? Jeez. : shurcool
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  How's WaW? I'm considering grabbing it while it's on sale, but don't want to throw my money away, since i... : dpgagnon
  • I enjoy the co op but its hard to find people to play with, most people play that zombie. If I wanted to ... : FIGHTheSYSTM