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[Blizzard]

So guys...should I buy R.U.S.E? Is it worth it or should I just wait for Wargames to drop in price because it is just so much better?

If you have bandwidth and time, download the demo on Steam and give it a try.

I was fine with getting it for $5, and for $2.50 if you have time and like the genre I'd say it's worth a shot. It has human vs AI, co-op, Steam integration so you can easily play with friends, and some interesting strategy stuff with the ruses. If you don't have time or don't like the genre, then sure pass it up, but I'd say it's at minimum of high enough quality to be worth $2.50-$5.00.

 

[Nillansan]

Dead Island GOTY edition is only $6.78 on gamersgate, is there anything wrong with the PC version that I should know about before buying?

I started a play through last week. I have reached the fourth chapter, I haven't encountered any issues so far. I am playing with a wired 360 controller, but KB + M should be fine, at least according to my friend.

 

[Dice]

Dead Island GOTY edition is only $6.78 on gamersgate, is there anything wrong with the PC version that I should know about before buying?

Do you have the console version so that you know you like it?

 

[see5harp]

The tux isn't going to be worth anything. People have learned from the OSX thing and it's easy as hell to run a Linux partition (not to mention free).

 

[CheesecakeRecipe]

The tux isn't going to be worth anything. People have learned from the OSX thing and it's easy as hell to run a Linux partition (not to mention free).

Did they learn? Earbuds are still one of the pricier items that isn't some insanely limited rare thing.

 

[see5harp]

Did they learn? Earbuds are still one of the pricier items that isn't some insanely limited rare thing.

It's because a very small percentage of steam users own macs. You can just install a free linux partition on a usb stick and boot once for the item.

 

[Refreshment.01]

What's the Steam update about? It's gigantic!

 

[The Grim Heaper]

Dead Island GOTY edition is only $6.78 on gamersgate, is there anything wrong with the PC version that I should know about before buying?

Well, it's a little cheaper on Gamefly. Can't speak much on the quality of the game, though. :x

 

[ThaiGrocer]

Thanks a lot for this. I thought the performance was terrible compared to Windows, but I now think it's because I was using WUBI. Is there an easy way to save it for later? Ah, heck, I'll just PM myself with a link to the single.

How to install Ubuntu on your PC: easy way on how to do it.

1. Go to start, type in Computer Management
2. Drop down to Disk Management in that window
3. Select your active drive (one with windows installed), right click and select "Shrink Volume"
4. Shrink the drive to 25GB or 25600mb
5. Go to Ubuntu and download the 32bit version of 12.10
6. You can either burn to CD or make a bootable USB, I went for USB, download Pen Drive Linux's USB Installer
7. Open the app, select your ISO of Ubuntu and the USB drive you want to install too.
8. In the persistent file size option, you can set it to any size (4096mb max) if you want to try out Steam on the USB drive before installing Ubuntu.
9. Once completed restart your computer, remember to set the Bios to boot from USB!
10. If everything has worked you can boot into Ubuntu, depending on your hardware you may have no internet connection from WLAN, I reccomend a LAN cable.
11. Once you are in you have two choices, Install Ubuntu or try it out on your USB drive - click on install
12. Go through the basic setup options, Ubunut is smart enough to detect that 25gb space you made and will install it on that.
13. Once completed restart your pc and remove the USB drive from the computer.
14. Boot into Ubuntu and login, you will realize that you have this purple screen at start-up, we will fix this later.
15. Launch Firefox and go to the steam website and download the client.
16. Open the downloaded file and click install, it might ask you for your password, go ahead.
17. Once the debian package of ubuntu has installed you will have a steam icon on your desktop, click it and let it update.
18. Steam might download some packages that are missing in the terminal window, agree ('y') and type in your password.
19. Login into steam and download TF2!
20. I recommend click on the navigation bar at the top which says steam and search for video drivers while installing TF2. I also recommend doing any software updates that Ubuntu wants to carry out.
21. Once installed, launch TF2 and pray to Gaben you can get past the Valve logo screen.

How to get rid of the Ubuntu bootloader at start-up:

1. Turn on the computer and select Windows.
2. Login and download EasyBCD 2.
3. Launch the program and go to Manage Bootloader, select 'Re-install the Windows Vista/7 Booatloader' and then click on 'Write MBR'
4. Click on Add/Remove Entries and see if Windows and Ubuntu are listed, if Ubuntu is not there add and Entry under Linux
5. For Type select : GRUB 2, Name: what ever you want: 'Ubuntu' and for device: select the Linux partition.
6. Click on the Save button and exit program, restart your PC to see if it has worked.

You have the hat, how to remove Ubuntu:

1. Go to start, type in Computer Management.
2. Drop down to Disk Management in that window.
3. Delete the 25gb partition that you used for Ubuntu. (including the swap partition!)
4. Select your Windows drive, right click and click 'extend partition'.
5. Select the size you want to reclaim.
6. Launch EasyBCD 2
7. Click on Add/Remove Entries and remove Ubuntu from the list.
8. Save and restart the PC, your computer will directly boot into Windows now and will have no trace of Ubuntu.

 

[MMBosstones86]

What's the Steam update about? It's gigantic!

V

probably this stuff?

 

[Stallion Free]

I've heard Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet described as Metroidvania. I haven't played it yet. Any thoughts?

I wouldn't really say it is. There is like zero backtracking and very little reason to revisit areas.

 

[ROBOKITTYZILLA]

What's the Steam update about? It's gigantic!

Offline messaging, bug fixes, and performance improvements. Sounds good to me.

 

[nexen]

So is Dynamite Jack any good?

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

I don't want this update.

A Valve employee said that this is a temporary solution for people with slow internet connections. That they plan to introduce bandwidth controls and download scheduling soonish.

 

[dreamfall]

Picked up The Journey Down.

Happy Valentine's Steam GAF, I heart you all!

 

[thequickandthedead]

I'm kinda new to steam and i just tried to redeem a £5 wallet code(live in the UK). They want my billing address for the purpose of "collecting sales tax". I thought sales tax was only applicable to the state of Washington in the US? Also, if i do give my address what will happen?

 

[Rufus]

I'm kinda new to steam and i just tried to redeem a £5 wallet code(live in the UK). They want my billing address for the purpose of "collecting sales tax". I thought sales tax was only applicable to the state of Washington in the US? Also, if i do give my address what will happen?

I believe the tax is already included in the price you see. It's that way on the German side at least. You can see on your receipt how much it is exactly and that's that. Nothing bad happens.

 

[Jzero]

Well, this picture sums up people with idle accounts pretty well:

I want it but i don't want to re-download TF2.

 

[ZZMitch]

When I tried to load Steam today this little box opened up that said steam was updating and checking for available updates. It has been sitting here like this for a while now. I tried closing and reopening etc. but not having any luck. Any ideas?

edit: nvm after like 20 minutes it started going

 

[jediyoshi]

Thanks a lot for this. I thought the performance was terrible compared to Windows, but I now think it's because I was using WUBI. Is there an easy way to save it for later? Ah, heck, I'll just PM myself with a link to the single.

Jesus, I feel spoiled using the windows installer now. That looks like its own personal hell

 

[xJavonta]

Ugh, I literally just re-installed Windows. Don't want to go through this Linux bullshit but I have a feeling that that penguin will be worth something.

 

[1-D_FTW]

Snappy. This update does seem to make things zippier.

And in answer to Blizzard's earlier question, doesn't seem to be using any more GPU power than the old client. Definitely not taking any VRAM on the GPU.

 

[Blizzard]

Snappy. This update does seem to make things zippier.

And in answer to Blizzard's earlier question, doesn't seem to be using any more GPU power than the old client. Definitely not taking any VRAM on the GPU.

Cool. Maybe one day they'll even discover some dark magic that will let you verify a game's cache while simultaneously using say, a chat window. =P

 

[drizzle]

I wish Steam would add an option to list all the games under a category on my library.

For instance: show me all adventure games.

Games have categories on their Store Pages, why not allow me to sort them using that in the client?

 

[kennah]

I wish Steam would add an option to list all the games under a category on my library.

For instance: show me all adventure games.

Games have categories on their Store Pages, why not allow me to sort them using that in the client?

I wish steam would install Direct X and that other stuff in the background so I'm not surprised by it when I play a game that I have installed but haven't run.

 

[Nabs]

I wish Fez (or Dust) would come out soon so I could trade away my extra copy of Scribblenauts.

Cool. Maybe one day they'll even discover some dark magic that will let you verify a game's cache while simultaneously using say, a chat window. =P

Bam http://steamcommunity.com/chat/

 

[Enco]

Why the hell is the Steam site in Greek?

 

[Delusibeta]

Why the hell is the Steam site in Greek?

You're using the wrong store, use http://store.steampowered.com/?cc=us to get back to the US store. (Replace the "us" at the end of the URL with the standard two letter country code to get the respective Steam store e.g "gb" for the Great & British store, "au" for the Land of Oz store, "fr" for the French store etc.)

 

[Enco]

You're using the wrong store, use http://store.steampowered.com/?cc=us to get back to the US store. (Replace the "us" at the end of the URL with the standard two letter country code to get the respective Steam store e.g "gb" for the Great & British store, "au" for the Land of Oz store, "fr" for the French store etc.)

This works for the store but not community section.

 

[Nabs]

This works for the store but not community section.

You probably clicked a bad link that changed your language preferences. http://store.steampowered.com/?l=japanese

You can change that by clicking on your username. http://steamcommunity.com/?l=english

 

[RionaaM]

Steam Client Update Released
Client Update - Valve
Features
[...]
- Suspend all downloads automatically when a game is launched

Oh no!

 

[scorpscarx]

AAhahahahahahah the penguin is not tradeable, I just got it, probably old news.

 

[HoosTrax]

AAhahahahahahah the penguin is not tradeable, I just got it, probably old news.

Gift wrap like the ear buds? Or was that bills.

 

[Leon Belmont]

Sega Valentine's Day Sale

http://blogs.sega.com/2013/02/14/love-and-mayhem-valentines-day-sale/

 

[Dice]

Great discounts but I'd rather have Nights plz kthxbye.

 

[Salsa]

Sega Valentine's Day Sale

http://blogs.sega.com/2013/02/14/love-and-mayhem-valentines-day-sale/

fuck you SEGA my GF of five years left me a few months ago and you pay me with a sale on The CLUB

worst valentines

 

[HoosTrax]

Sega Valentine's Day Sale

http://blogs.sega.com/2013/02/14/love-and-mayhem-valentines-day-sale/

No Sonic love?

 

[morningbus]

No Sonic love?

Yes, that about sums up the last 10 years of Sonic games.

 

[Leon Belmont]

No Sonic love?

Computer says no

 

[RionaaM]

Sega Valentine's Day Sale

http://blogs.sega.com/2013/02/14/love-and-mayhem-valentines-day-sale/

Why no Nights HD? I want to play that game.

 

[Dice]

Yes, that about sums up the last 10 years of Sonic games.

So you're one of those.

 

[jaundicejuice]

If you're buying The Club you have to manually update the GFWL client otherwise you'll just get trapped in an endless update loop every time you boot the game up. It will update and reboot the game ad naseum.

 

[Kifimbo]

How long does this take ?

 

[Jzero]

How long does this take ?

Depends on the game but it shouldn't take too long.

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

Counter-Strike 1.6 for Linux and OSX is out of beta. Half-Life received Steam Cloud support.

 

[Kifimbo]

Depends on the game but it shouldn't take too long.

Still waiting after 30 minutes...

 

[Jzero]

Still waiting after 30 minutes...

Stop it and start it over. That is way too long.

 

[TronLight]

Nooo, the new update broke the tweak that let's you enlarge the font in the chat.
Any solutions yet? It's too small like this.

 

[Kifimbo]

Stop it and start it over. That is way too long.

How long should I expect to wait ? Started over with another game (after restarting Steam) and still nothing.

 

[haikira]

I think I've asked this question a long time ago on this thread, but can't see to find my post. If someone would be so kind to help me out again, that would be great. Seeing the new Ys games up, reminded me i bought Oath in Felghana and Origin a while ago and have never played them. Knowing nothing of the series, where should i start? Also, are things different with these two new releases and would either of those be a much better place to start?