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STEAM 2013 Announcements & Updates: 6, GFWL: 0 | Number of hours played bugged

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Jawmuncher

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So that foil card I got the other day i was actually able to sell.
Sold it for 4 so I made 3.50. Feels good to sell something at that price.
Now i'm just going to buy more cards with card money since I know no better.
 

Turfster

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I'm thinking about starting a new HL2 playthrough... Is there any must have mods available? I'd love something to get some better graphics (but nothing as crazy as that cinematic mod).

No mods make it look better than the base version looks these days after all the engine updates. Stay far away from them.
 
The thread I made about Dominion 4's release is getting ignored
bump it
so it's unlikely but is anyone here familiar with the series? Sounds incredible going by the description and RPS's impressions. Currently only on Desura but people who buy it there will get steam codes eventually.
 

Grief.exe

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What's the date for Enslaved pc release? This month right?

It hasn't even been officially announced yet.

The only thing we have is the registry entry, Australian Ratings Board, and Polygon saying they have word from Namco. The latter is a little strange as we have seen no other announcement from any other publication.
 

Turfster

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eXceed Gun Bullet Children unlocked in the doujin bundle, and it won't be long before the OST for 3rd Jade Penetrate Black Package (which still makes me giggle) unlocks.
 

Turfster

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I thought the cinematic mod looked neat. The redesigned character models for some not so (aren't they optional?)

The last time I saw the cinematic mod, the textures were all wrong with bad resolutions and it was basically "turn Alyx into a real life porn star", with non-fitting musical cues from big hollywood movies.
It was crap. Maybe it's changed, but I doubt it.
 
eXceed Gun Bullet Children unlocked in the doujin bundle, and it won't be long before the OST for 3rd Jade Penetrate Black Package (which still makes me giggle) unlocks.

Which reminds me:

It is by far the weakest of the 3 (I like 2 myself) but it is still a fun little shooter and it has cards.

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Salsa

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So STEAM Announcements & Updates 2013 VII is complete, it's a bit more streamlined and compact for quicker reading - slightly.

Anyways I need recommendations on what the next thread title should be called - go for it!

STEAM Announcements & Updates 2013 VIII: Pokemon and Phoenix Wright
 
The last time I saw the cinematic mod, the textures were all wrong with bad resolutions and it was basically "turn Alyx into a real life porn star", with non-fitting musical cues from big hollywood movies.
It was crap. Maybe it's changed, but I doubt it.

Just looked it up, good lord the female character designs are embarrassing and degrading. Not sure if the rest of the package makes up for it but that definitely puts me off. Does say they are optional though.
 

ss_lemonade

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The last time I saw the cinematic mod, the textures were all wrong with bad resolutions and it was basically "turn Alyx into a real life porn star"
Well, they do mention it in the description ("Choose to your liking. Slutty, oversexualized, Girl next-door or original Valve"). I even remember the creators defending the new models, saying stuff like its their mod so they can do whatever they want or something crazy like that lol.

I don't know, its been a long time since I tried it but what I played wasn't so bad
 

Jawmuncher

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When it comes to actual Steam Sales I havent grabbed anything I didn't actually want to play (For the most part). My biggest issue are bundles. Im a sucker to plunk down a dollar or so to get some games. Even if I know I'll probably never play it. Just recently grabbed the hothead bundle and I don't think i'll ever even install deathspank. Still I treat Steam more like 'netflix" with all the bundle games and the like I have that i'll never play just there in the oft chance that I will. It's easy enough for me to know what games I consider backlog worthy.
 
I spent the day playing games, and it was so good, guys.

I played The Stanley Parable for 3 hours, and still feel like there's a good amount of stuff for me to discover. I loved the original mod, and this is still super fresh. Definitely pick that up guys. It's a constant delight.

Then I played some 140, which feels like Thomas Was Alone had a wonderful evening with the Bit.Trip series. It's super slick in it's presentation, with the levels pulsing, and reacting to the music. It definitely has the Hotline Miami/Super Hexagon effect of making you feel like you've just left a club when you decide to stop playing.

Also I played just a small bit of Element4l, and that seems really charming too.

I'm still chipping away at Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs also, and I'm still feeling positive about that. I'll probably have more to say when I finish that, which I should do sometime this week.

I'm big into video games, guys. Good stuff.
 

CheesecakeRecipe

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Then I played some 140, which feels like Thomas Was Alone had a wonderful evening with the Bit.Trip series. It's super slick in it's presentation, with the levels pulsing, and reacting to the music. It definitely has the Hotline Miami/Super Hexagon effect of making you feel like you've just left a club when you decide to stop playing.

Definitely think this is my next pickup. I just love the minimalistic style and the very Autechre-esque soundtrack. Doesn't help that their latest album's art was all in a similar vein.

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Urghhhhh. Why is wishlist management such a massive pain in the arse.

In the age of JavaScript libraries, plug-ins a plenty and simple AJAX implementation does Valve conjure up something so frustrating. I thought it might be easier on the phone app but no just a remove link.

Doesn't help it's been like it for ages either. Flipping Valve time.

Are you using the arrow keys? That speeds up the scrolling quite a bit. It's not ideal but it's something :/.

Just in case the above is not obvious: select the entry you wish to move as normal and whilst holding the mouse key down to keep it selected use the arrow keys to move it up/down the list.

Apologies if I'm teaching my grandmother how to suck eggs :).
 
So STEAM Announcements & Updates 2013 VII is complete, it's a bit more streamlined and compact for quicker reading - slightly.

Anyways I need recommendations on what the next thread title should be called - go for it!

Steam Announcements & Updates 2013 VII - GOTY Edition

Steam Announcements & Updates 2013 VII - Invading your living room

Steam Announcements & Updates 2013 VII - Now without GFWL
 

Copons

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Are you using the arrow keys? That speeds up the scrolling quite a bit. It's not ideal but it's something :/.

Just in case the above is not obvious: select the entry you wish to move as normal and whilst holding the mouse key down to keep it selected use the arrow keys to move it up/down the list.

Apologies if I'm teaching my grandmother how to suck eggs :).

Or you could also, while grabbing an entry (holding the left mouse button), scroll that scrollwheel like a boss.

Apologies if I'm teaching how to computer. :D


But seriously, one thing Valve
or jshackles?
could do is declutter the list items, reducing their height (ie. using icons instead of images, or decreasing images sizes).
Unfortunately, they couldn't do much to improve a orderable list, but at least they could reduce scrolling for big lists.
 
Or you could also, while grabbing an entry (holding the left mouse button), scroll that scrollwheel like a boss.

Apologies if I'm teaching how to computer. :D


But seriously, one thing Valve
or jshackles?
could do is declutter the list items, reducing their height (ie. using icons instead of images, or decreasing images sizes).
Unfortunately, they couldn't do much to improve a orderable list, but at least they could reduce scrolling for big lists.

Oh meow! :)

That would work I guess.

One thing they could do is let us put our wishlist into categories e.g. "BUY! BUY! BUY", "Seal only", "< 5 Spacebucks" etc but then they're not exactly fussed about letting us put our actual library into categories without them all disappearing occasionally so I don't think it's high on their list of priorities.
 

derExperte

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derExperte

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Steam sez:



Sweeeet! :D

I have been trying to get hold of a copy of this for weeks so many thanks my Teutonic fellow GAFer :).

Excellent, always nice to see someone getting a game he really wanted.

And if anyone (besides me) hasn't noticed: 39 apparently was a bonus in Groupees' Kiss 2 bundle, the one with Train Sim, after being in BM9. Pure luck that I noticed the second key.
 
Excellent, always nice to see someone getting a game he really wanted.

And if anyone (besides me) hasn't noticed: 39 apparently was a bonus in Groupees' Kiss 2 bundle, the one with Train Sim, after being in BM9. Pure luck that I noticed the second key.

Indeed :).

I might well start it this afternoon actually. I'm feeling rather below par so could do with something that's going to be gentle with me!
 

The-Bean

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I just checked and mine is fine. Have you tried re-starting Steam?

Didn't work, it was also slow in my web browser. I'm not sure what was up but it seems to have fixed itself now. I've noticed a couple of problems like this over the past couple of days, mostly when navigating the Workshop for Civ V mods the pages just refused to load.
 
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