YianGaruga
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I never had UAC pop up for something I didn't want to do, so I started to disable it on every Windows installation. Never had a problem.
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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread 3 -
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I never had UAC pop up for something I didn't want to do, so I started to disable it on every Windows installation. Never had a problem.
Damn right, it's seriously annoying to have it come up every time I install a new game. When you're using BPM it's even worse.
Thanks guys, I disabled it and hope to never see it again
My laptop hard drive is in the process of dying (it will boot as far as the Windows login screen but then the drive just locks up and I can't do anything - verified it was a drive problem using SeaTools for DOS, which failed the short test and crashed out to a DOS prompt at 79% on the long test) but if I put it in an external dock and hook it up to my desktop PC I can still access the files on it.
Is there a way for me to save the saved games that are on there? I looked at GameSave Manager, but it seems like it's intended to be used on the machine the games are installed on? Failing that, is there just a big list somewhere of save game locations that games use so I can just look up the games I want to keep and back up the files manually?
Is there a way for me to save the saved games that are on there? I looked at GameSave Manager, but it seems like it's intended to be used on the machine the games are installed on? Failing that, is there just a big list somewhere of save game locations that games use so I can just look up the games I want to keep and back up the files manually?
uac owns for shoving all your shit in the user folder though
makes it painless to back up data
Of you have access to another PC and USB stick you can save data. Download Ubuntu and using own USB drive you make a Linux USB stick. Plug into laptop and boor from USB. There you can copy data to external.
HP_Wuvcraft
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Is it a hotline simulator?
throwawayname
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in Miami.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Deus Ex: No Subtitle.
Already played both of them. Oh and also both NOLF games, they are glorious of course.
All spy games are about shooting stuff and not, you know... spying =(
FlutterPuffs
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Yeah, my mind is drawing a blank as well.
There should be more games like this.
Edit: the only thing that just came to mind is 30 Flights of Loving. Its more of a 30 minute visual novel though.
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Splinter Cell 1-3 is pretty spy-ish.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Commandos maybe? Or that N64 Mission Impossible game. Metal Gear Solid. Merry Gear Solid. Hitman games if you try to be stealthy. Trilby Art of Theft. Gabriel Knight for investigative stuff. Etc. Not much bond style spying at all I guess.
I hope by having played both you mean you don't even consider Invisible War exists btw.
GoldenEye reimagining is okay if you go the stealth route as well but it's really an FPS, but you played NOLF1 & 2 so...
Of course!
balladofwindfishes
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well this is unexpected. Though theres still no news on PSN and Vita releases. Really don't mind if Steam gets the game first!
Everyone else read his full comment.
So I was wondering... are there press accounts on Steam which unlocks every game on the store? I have a friend on my friends list who owns every game I've ever checked (he's a gaming journalist). He has an incredible low gaming hours clocked on Steam though... a waste if you ask me :/
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Yes, not 100% of games but pretty close. How is it a waste?
So jealous. Thanks for the clarification.
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Welcome to the games industry.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Well, it's better they get games from Steam almost automatically than via a personal relationship with the developer and publisher. Ok, Steam is the publisher as well in this case, but they aren't going to blacklist anyone for reviewing one of the countless games in their library badly. I'd be more wary of games that don't get auto-unlocked and so require some sort of correspondence with the real publisher for a reviewer to acquire, or have embargoes and what not. Which aren't that few. As for the game time, he could have a personal account for his own stuff, or use a different shared work account for, er, work.
Mavromatis
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A game journalist playing games? This might cause him some problems; he may confuse PR with their own opinions and give a wrong impression about the game.
jediyoshi
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I believe it's more typically the case that reviewers just get steam redeemable codes that unlock earlier playable copies of games. Outside of that contest winner, I imagine Valve has the only accounts that literally just get free reign on the library.
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No stuff just gets added automatically to press accounts in most cases.
Angelus Errare
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Watching the Giantbomb QL on Hotline Miami...game looks soooo good.
FlutterPuffs
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Perish the thought! He might be playing it on a PC that wasn't recommended by the publisher, thus giving us a wrong review of the game.
jediyoshi
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Is it literally everything on Steam in that case then? Or do publishers manually white list certain groups of accounts for certain games? I love the idea that publishers would give up so much control over their PR process.
ClosingADoor
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Yes, accounts that get all the games automaticly are very rare. In 99% of the cases, game publishers sent out Steam codes to journalists.
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Journalist accounts are marked differently than Valve ones so I think publishers could block games if they wanted, but from what I have read they get damn near everything. Registry stuff shows up on their accounts too sometimes.
John Walker of RPS' blog said:
Nabs
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If anyone is looking for a cheap copy of Blops 2, Gamefly has a 20% off DD code and it seems to work on that. This deal may be US only:
Glass Rebel
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Just Cause 2 DD, apparently no Halloween sale (yet)
Nabs
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Just Cause 2 DD, apparently no Halloween sale (yet)
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So I'm playing The Darkness 2 and it's pretty good. I love the art style. They really went overboard with the talking though.
Mavromatis
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Just Cause 2 DD, apparently no Halloween sale (yet)
Allow me to say this, I have an extra Just Cause 2 key from the last bundle and still willing to give it for it's bundle price of 1.5$
Also it is a very good sandbox game and really fun to play especially with BOLO patch.
Wok
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shank is available now in Europe, at least in France.
one more zone-limited games goes to europe
Still no Warp.
With or without ammo/bolo mods, Just Cause 2 is one of the most pure fun open-world action games I know of, and it is on my eternally recommended list (along with Mirror's Edge which also goes on a sale a fair bit and is from a different genre).
Also, as far as I know the fan multiplayer mode for Just Cause 2 is still in development and may still be doing beta tests occasionally, so I'm guessing it should release eventually, and you can play it if you own the main game.
Also, as far as I know the fan multiplayer mode for Just Cause 2 is still in development and may still be doing beta tests occasionally, so I'm guessing it should release eventually, and you can play it if you own the main game.
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