Well.  I am blown slap away.  Maybe my ISP's news server has dropped the
ball.  Dunno.  I know this is the first time in five years I've looked
in here and there are NO new posts, from anyone.   Spooky.
McG.

OKAY!   Steam is *NOT* a reliable means of keeping the damn game up to
date.
McG.

Jeremy Clarkson: A screen queen ate my pork pie
I suppose we all dream about the day when George Clooney calls to say he?s in
the area and would like to drop by for lunch. We fantasise about the Dover
sole we?d make for starters, and the sparkling conversation we?d serve up with

Look at this article on the BBC website, and read number 10.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4390397.stm
Very odd.

And you can still see the G-man in all those far-out locations...
(It reminds me of that scene in Apocalypse Now where seeing the G-man
was akin to realizing all the secrets of the Universe...)
(I worship Valve.)

Don't take my word for it.
Try it out. Switch all your steam-f.cked games to "Do not automatically update this game".
Wait a few days, next time they have any updates for the game in question, this game will switch
back on to "Automatically update...."!

There are a few half decent Rats maps available for HL2DM... Who's up
for an old fashioned HL2DM bash???? Let's hear it folks....
    "By our efforts we have lit a fire as well;
     a fire in the minds of men. It warms those

Hi, Is it possible to play Half-Life 2 without having internet access?
Thanks
Sam

I'm on my 2nd go-thru and taking my time.  I noticed that in Follow
Freeman, after you take out the generators that turn off the supression
fire coming down outside...  You get to a point where Barney comes up
with a weak excuse not to follow you and sends you up to the roof to

there is a low scum who is re-posting my posts with the
only difference he's taking away the no archive header,
everything else is the same
he's using the same alias

i fight steam but i don't fight other direct download systems like d2d
i don't have a problem with direct download systems if i have choice for
myself and to other pc gamers
if the direct download system adds to the market and not takes away, if

Chances are it's been posted before, but just in case:
http://www.g4tv.com/mediaplayer/index.aspx?video_key=9032
It's not as long as I would have wanted it to be, but nevertheless is
interesting to see the real person responsible for Dr Kleiner's voice. We

                       the extra costs in steam
                            by sayNO2steam
                             version 1.0
                              march 2005

we see massive amounts of completely off topic crossposting
we see posters adulterating others posters quotes
we see posters using other posters alias
we see posters impersonating other posters

warning!
this is the third and last post of the day coming from me!
only tomorrow will you get more great posts by me!
so any post with my alias "sayNO2steam" that comes next before tomorrow