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Pizza Express
Uncanny Valley
The Adventures of Tree
Signal to Noise
Angels of Fasaria 2.0
Pongo
Pester
Invasion
The I of the Dragon
The Adventures of Mr. Bobley
The Dark Stone of Mebara
Schein
Rubber and Lead

https://www.bundlestars.com/en/bundle/dragon-brawl-bundle

 

[lashman]

Valve Still Hasn't Told Steam Users About The Christmas Fiasco

Four days after Steam’s Christmas fiasco, we still don’t know what happened. We don’t know how many people were affected, how much personal information leaked, or if some friendly Team Fortress players saw our addresses and plan to stop by our homes for an impromptu New Year’s celebration.

We don’t know any of this because Valve, carrying on a grand tradition of opacity, has refused to go into specifics about the fiasco last week, when Steam users across the country logged into the digital store to find that they’d somehow accessed other people’s accounts. It was a creepy, unsettling event for many PC gamers, and although there have been few reports of unauthorized purchases, Steam did expose enough personal information to fuel all sorts of social engineering. For nearly an hour, anyone with a Steam account could see random users’ e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and buying histories as well as the last four digits of their credit card numbers, which would be more than enough to steal someone’s Netflix account.

Yet other than a short statement sent to Kotaku and other press outlets last week—“This issue has since been resolved”—Valve hasn’t said a thing. They haven’t commented on how many people were affected. They haven’t contacted the Steam users whose information was exposed. Most alarmingly, they haven’t informed their 125+ million users—some of whom, sadly, do not read Kotaku—that this happened at all.

This is standard practice for Valve, of course. Their customer support has been horrendous for a long time, and their modus operandi has always been to say as little as possible, no matter how much faith they lose. And oh, they’ve lost faith. On the front page of r/steam right now, for example: “We shouldn’t be okay with the fact that Valve still haven’t apologized for the cache server fiasco.”

For the past few days, several people have contacted Kotaku about what happened to Steam. Some were worried that they’d been exposed and didn’t know about it; others suspected that the false charges on their PayPal accounts were a result of this disaster. There’s been no evidence linking the Steam Winter Fail to unauthorized payments, but even if there was, would anyone know about it?

One Steam user, who asked not to be identified in this story, found out on Christmas that other people had accessed his account. People had seen his name, his address, his phone number, his buying history. And when he contacted Steam support, they didn’t have a single useful thing to say.

It’s infuriating, frankly. Infuriating that some Steam users won’t know this happened; infuriating that others might never know whether or not they were exposed; infuriating that Valve’s customer service is still so useless and uninformative.

Most of all, it’s infuriating that Valve thinks this is okay, that they can just fire off a press statement and let the crisis blow over without even telling customers that the last four digits of their credit cards may have been inadvertently shown to the world. How can such a smart company, one that’s made such stellar, polished games and dominated the PC gaming landscape for nearly a decade now, be so damn stupid?

 

[Kurt Russell]

BundleStars The Dragon Brawl Bundle



https://www.bundlestars.com/en/bundle/dragon-brawl-bundle

Pretty good, if people can't get DRAGON: THE GAME they can always get this bundle and play The I of the Dragon.

 

[Messiah]

Heh heh. That's a funny name for your hand.

That nickname is not for his hand ಠ_ಠ

I don't even like Nekopara but Shigure and Azuki are the best.

 

[emptyroom]

Any good flight games other than elite dangerous?

 

[Ingueferroque]

Undertale is such a nice gift to send to people.

 

[TheMan]

Any good flight games other than elite dangerous?

Space sim? Freespace 2, Star Wars tie fighter and sequels

Flight sim? Check out DCS world and its modules

 

[Later Alligator]

Valve Still Hasn't Told Steam Users About The Christmas Fiasco

i just can't believe they didnt have a change freeze or something in place to prevent this type of thing from happening over the holidays, when more people are buying stuff and they have less staff in as everyone is out on vacation

 

[Last Baron]

Valve Still Hasn't Told Steam Users About The Christmas Fiasco

Aren't soft monopolies grand?

 

[The_Super_Inframan]

Any good flight games other than elite dangerous?

Simulation or more on the action side?

 

[Nzyme32]

Valve Still Hasn't Told Steam Users About The Christmas Fiasco

Pretty stupid on Valve's part, unless there is some sort of ongoing security issue that has somehow still not been resolved and somehow requires them to stay quiet, which seem incredibly unlikely

 

[Community Forum]

My 2nd favorite pickup from this sale is Ultratron. It's like a Smash TV/Robotron game and it is SO WELL DONE. Music is so good, plays smooth as butter, and the progression system with buying things between each level is quite cool. Highly recommended although everyone here probably knows about it already since it came out in 2013. On sale for 1/2 off ($4.99).

http://store.steampowered.com/app/219190/

 

[Jawmuncher]

If we ignore it, it'll all just got away.

 

[Pachimari]

My 2nd favorite pickup from this sale is Ultratron. It's like a Smash TV/Robotron game and it is SO WELL DONE. Music is so good, plays smooth as butter, and the progression system with buying things between each level is quite cool. Highly recommended although everyone here probably knows about it already since it came out in 2013. On sale for 1/2 off ($4.99).

http://store.steampowered.com/app/219190/

Like Smash TV you say? On the wishlist it goes!

 

[derExperte]

My 2nd favorite pickup from this sale is Ultratron. It's like a Smash TV/Robotron game and it is SO WELL DONE. Music is so good, plays smooth as butter, and the progression system with buying things between each level is quite cool. Highly recommended although everyone here probably knows about it already since it came out in 2013. On sale for 1/2 off ($4.99).

http://store.steampowered.com/app/219190/

If you haven't already check out Titan Attacks. Ultratron is their best game though.

 

[Knurek]

Valve Still Hasn't Told Steam Users About The Christmas Fiasco

This needs more traction.
Seriously, FFS, RPS should pester Valve about it, PC Gamer should pester Valve about it, there needs to be a Jimquisition and TotalBiscuit content about it.
Don't relent, don't roll over, this is significantly more important than some bloody microtransaction scheme in an AAA title.

 

[gabbo]

Pretty good, if people can't get DRAGON: THE GAME they can always get this bundle and play The I of the Dragon.

Is Dragon a meme/joke now? I always see it highlighted in red, and assume that's the case

 

[emptyroom]

Simulation or more on the action side?

Hoping for something on the action side, just jump in and play. Freespace 2 looks interesting.

 

[Kurt Russell]

Is Dragon a meme/joke now? I always see it highlighted in red, and assume that's the case

No, but we have to honor Ozium's dedication to the game.

 

[zkylon]

Valve Still Hasn't Told Steam Users About The Christmas Fiasco

i find this specially egregious after all these years playing league and seeing how 180 riot's position is about shit like this

if something like this would happen with league you'd have regular-in-development updates on twitter and reddit by different rioters every few hours until the issue is resolved and then probably a few days later a big apology (that can be a half apology cos these are companies and companies don't really ever say sorry) blog with details on their plan to prevent it for the future

you know, basic shit?

it's just depressing to think that valve can afford to not give a fuck

Aren't soft monopolies grand?

yup, valve's a prime example why ppl shouldn't develop attachments to corporations and trust them to be "good" or care for you

even a company like riot that i respect a whole lot shouldn't be trusted. gotta learn to love the games and ignore the big company behind them despite their massive efforts to pretend they're your friends and they're looking for your best interest

 

[Cth]

Undertale is such a nice gift to send to people.

I keep hearing comparisons to Earthbound.

Is it worth it for someone who never played Earthbound either?

 

[ag-my001]

What was the name of that factory design game that had a lot of buzz? I feel like it was compared to spacechem a lot. Can't seem to find the OT for it that I saw before.

 

[Jawmuncher]

At this point someone is gonna have to sue valve and win for us to see any changes.

 

[LQX]

Steam sales are no longer fun. The biggest anticipation now is a re-roll of the cards you can get. I really don't get why they would kill the hype of Steam sales.


Also how did the Steam trade thread die? No one seems to be participating anymore. I think it is because no one can find it. I could even really find it doing a search here. I had to Google search for it.

 

[lashman]

What was the name of that factory design game that had a lot of buzz? I feel like it was compared to spacechem a lot. Can't seem to find the OT for it that I saw before.

Infinifactory

 

[ChainsawFilms]

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I really appreciate these posts listing a load of Indie games that would otherwise slip under the radar for me. Thanks

 

[ag-my001]

Infinifactory

Thank you, that's the one.

 

[marrec]

I don't know if I would call game of the forever, though you can probably play it forever, lol.

Last bump!

Definitely my #1 game of all time.

 

[Deques]

If anyone was still silly enough to use AVG...

I use it, I just chose not to install the chrome extension

inb4 "MSE is fine"

AVG found 9 threats in my work computer that MSE didn't, so it's not fine in my books

edit: I was living in a false security

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

here's mine. your motherboard is significantly cooler than yours, i wonder why. do you have a dedicated cooler for it? i've always known sub-thirties to be normal temp for motherboards, but yours is very cooled.

also, gpu looks a little hot while idle but i guess that's amd for ya. never had trouble with it and doesn't go higher than 60 at full load.

no added cooler, it's a fanless case. just great airflow and the GPU is kept away from it via risers

 

[Vamphuntr]

BundleStars The Dragon Brawl Bundle



https://www.bundlestars.com/en/bundle/dragon-brawl-bundle

yikes. Outside of the 3D Realms bundle I feel the quality of their bundle has been going down lately.

 

[arts&crafts]

I keep hearing comparisons to Earthbound.

Is it worth it for someone who never played Earthbound either?

I loved earthbound so far Undertale is.....different

 

[Jazz573]

yikes. Outside of the 3D Realms bundle I feel the quality of their bundle has been going down lately.

B...b...but +1s.

 

[| Praxis |]

That's a bit over 7 dollars, my suggestion. This War of Mine. Whether or not you own that. I highly recommend that game.

Do you have Downwell?
What about Hexcells Pack?
Monochroma?
LISA?
Bully: Scholarship Edition is totally my vote even though it's been cheaper by about 50c, I think.

I'd also crawl through Dusk Golem's horror lists. All of those are $2 or less.

Buy ys 1+2 and/or ys oath in felghana.

Thanks for more suggestions. I decided to put more money in my Steam wallet anyway. I now have £20 to spend!

 

[chrominance]

yikes. Outside of the 3D Realms bundle I feel the quality of their bundle has been going down lately.

I thought this too, but I just checked again and Pizza Express is on the list, which I added randomly to my wishlist a few days back, and it's cheaper than the current Steam price. *shrug*

 

[madjoki]

yikes. Outside of the 3D Realms bundle I feel the quality of their bundle has been going down lately.

Most of their bundles are (and has always been) shit . Killer 6 was an exception.

Applies to all bundle sites.

Well, unless you're in just for +1's.

 

[fuzaco]

Finally bought To the Moon. And played through it this afternoon. What a fantastic story! Instantly bought the OST, the comic and Bird's Story after finishing, and I still feel bad that I only paid this much for it.

 

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[| Praxis |]

What's ARK: Survival Evolved like, any good?

 

[Kurt Russell]

Thanks for more suggestions. I decided to put more money in my Steam wallet anyway. I now have £20 to spend!

Then it's time for you to get the best game on sale right now.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/312780/

Only half your budget

 

[zkylon]

Then it's time for you to get the best game on sale right now.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/312780/

Only half your budget

stop it, you

i can't afford to buy this many gmes that i won't play

 

[Sioen]

What's ARK: Survival Evolved like, any good?

It's a horribly optimized mess.

 

[billmcdougal]

What's ARK: Survival Evolved like, any good?

I've got over 400 hours on ark since August. It's definitely a time sink. If you are okay spending time garnering resources, there is a lot of fun to be had. It's pretty satisfying building up a cool base and training dinos. The training system itself is pretty lame though and can take far too long. But then you ride the dinos!

It's a horribly optimized mess.

Yes, true. Though I am running what i call payable on medium settings on radeon 7850.

 

[Kurt Russell]

stop it, you

I'm only trying to help people

The Way of the Samurai series should be enjoyed by everyone.

 

[zkylon]

Finally bought To the Moon. And played through it this afternoon. What a fantastic story! Instantly bought the OST, the comic and Bird's Story after finishing, and I still feel bad that I only paid this much for it.

sadly bird's story doesn't quite live up to it

here's hoping the sequel will turn up better

btw there's like a secret extra hidden short to the moon story in the game's folder

look for it

 

[nbraun80]

What's ARK: Survival Evolved like, any good?

I'd say similar to the other popular survival games(Rust, H1Z1) but it's big difference is dinosaurs. From want I've seen of my buddy play it, it looks fun, you just need a pretty decent system to run it because I don't think its that well optimized yet (early access and all).

 

[Last Baron]

Vanilla Rebirth is so good and has so much to do that I think I'll hold off on Afterbirth until I can better afford it

 

[arts&crafts]

Is Ori a metroidvania? Or just a platformer like Rayman

 

[marrec]

Vanilla Rebirth is so good and has so much to do that I think I'll hold off on Afterbirth until I can better afford it

Afterbirth is definitely a step up, if you're worried about that. Greed Mode and Daily Runs are worth the price of admission alone.

 

[| Praxis |]

Then it's time for you to get the best game on sale right now.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/312780/

Only half your budget

Errrm...?

I'd say similar to the other popular survival games(Rust, H1Z1) but it's big difference is dinosaurs. From want I've seen of my buddy play it, it looks fun, you just need a pretty decent system to run it because I don't think its that well optimized yet (early access and all).

I've got over 400 hours on ark since August. It's definitely a time sink. If you are okay spending time garnering resources, there is a lot of fun to be had. It's pretty satisfying building up a cool base and training dinos. The training system itself is pretty lame though and can take far too long. But then you ride the dinos!



Yes, true. Though I am running what i call payable on medium settings on radeon 7850.

It's a horribly optimized mess.

A big time sink... Yeah, probably not for me at the minute. Starting a new job in the new year so I'm going to be quite busy. Think I'll be better off with something more pick up and play.