My son has his own Steam account now - without a credit card assigned to it. He also has access to my library on his laptop through family share if I'm not using it or using my desktop. My PC does have my credit card info stored, but so far he's never bought anything without permission and now that he's 11 it's not likely to happen by accident.
I will say the lack of parent/child support on digital platforms annoys me. I can't play Minecraft locally across the house from my son because we only bought one account. We both had to buy Binding of Isaac on our 3ds's. I can't share my Google Play Music with him. I get that it's supposed to replicate a physical copy, but it still feels crappy to have to buy two copies of everything that we both like.
Stuff used to come with LAN copies. I'd love to see support for PC local multiplayer like that. If I've got another computer and my son wants to play Gauntlet with me it would be really cool if family sharing allowed for us both to be logged in and playing my one copy - particularly since it supports local coop (at least on the PS4).
It would be really cool if Steam could tweak family share to work on multiple copies from the same IP, where two people could play Gauntlet at the same time, from the same account, from two unique computers coming from the same home IP address.
That will probably never happen. But if it did, I could call up the gang to VPN over to my place to play some Gauntlet. It would just be like old times renting a copy of the game for sleepovers, except we're on opposite sides of the planet.
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There's also that guy from Abyss Odyssey, if we're just listing video game skeletons now
My son has his own Steam account now - without a credit card assigned to it. He also has access to my library on his laptop through family share if I'm not using it or using my desktop. My PC does have my credit card info stored, but so far he's never bought anything without permission and now that he's 11 it's not likely to happen by accident.
I will say the lack of parent/child support on digital platforms annoys me. I can't play Minecraft locally across the house from my son because we only bought one account. We both had to buy Binding of Isaac on our 3ds's. I can't share my Google Play Music with him. I get that it's supposed to replicate a physical copy, but it still feels crappy to have to buy two copies of everything that we both like.
Stuff used to come with LAN copies. I'd love to see support for PC local multiplayer like that. If I've got another computer and my son wants to play Gauntlet with me it would be really cool if family sharing allowed for us both to be logged in and playing my one copy - particularly since it supports local coop (at least on the PS4).
It would be really cool if Steam could tweak family share to work on multiple copies from the same IP, where two people could play Gauntlet at the same time, from the same account, from two unique computers coming from the same home IP address.
That will probably never happen. But if it did, I could call up the gang to VPN over to my place to play some Gauntlet. It would just be like old times renting a copy of the game for sleepovers, except we're on opposite sides of the planet.
If your gang is only one other person and one of you has a GeForce 660 or higher (I think) then you can use the nvidia share service which apparently works pretty well according to some people here
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Hey all, thanks to everyone who donated for my 24 hour marathon so far, it's in just two weeks! I'm already over $200 and received my Extra Life incentive shirt today!
Also, looks like nothing's changed over the last week in terms of most wanted game from PA G&T:
P.S. Most donators so far have opted out of the raffles, so chances are good that you'll win. :winky: Donations will be accepted until the end of October, but the contest will end on October 26th for both prizes. You do not have to enter the raffles if you'd like to be classy and sassy.
i don't know why so many people tell me it sucks. The combat might be a bit dull at times and lack some variety, but... Everything else is so good! it more than makes up for it.
(I'm at episode 5, though. Maybe the whole games goes to shit later on?)
I liked it a lot too! If I had one complaint it was that the environment was really neat and i wanted to explore a lot more, but the game doesn't let you backtrack once you leave a section of a level.
In 1989, a DOE investigation found widespread chemical and radioactive contamination on the property. Widely publicized in the local press, the revelations led to substantial concern among community members and elected officials, resulting in a challenge to and subsequent shutdown of continued nuclear activity at the site, and the filing of lawsuits. Cleanup commenced, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was brought in at the request of local legislators to provide oversight.
On December 11, 2002, a top Department of Energy (DOE) official, Mike Lopez, described typical clean-up procedures executed by Field Lab employees in the past. Workers would dispose of barrels filled with highly toxic waste by shooting the barrels with rifles so that they would explode and release their contents into the air. It is unclear when this process ended, but for certain did end prior to the 1990s.[27]
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My wife, who is a shark fan, just found out about Depth. I told her to wait for it to be cheaper.
ARK was starting to wear a bit, until last night when I stayed up all hours of the night taming a critter and realized that one of the facets of the game I've been lax in doing more recently, taming, was what I was missing.
I think it's the immense time it takes to tame that really gets me in some instances.
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My wife, who is a shark fan, just found out about Depth. I told her to wait for it to be cheaper.
It's 66% off right now.
Sure, maybe it'll go 75% off during the winter sale and you can save another $2 but... really? It's a great game and worth the current price [plus some].
Did I mention it's a great game? Because it is. Eating divers was never this much fun.
My wife, who is a shark fan, just found out about Depth. I told her to wait for it to be cheaper.
ARK was starting to wear a bit, until last night when I stayed up all hours of the night taming a critter and realized that one of the facets of the game I've been lax in doing more recently, taming, was what I was missing.
I think it's the immense time it takes to tame that really gets me in some instances.
Depth is really awesome and it looks like they spiced things up by randomizing treasure spawn locations (before the divers were on a pretty rote path to maximize moneys for better guns).
@Kalnaur, @AngiKate is your wife correct? I may need to friend her....for reasons.
My wife, who is a shark fan, just found out about Depth. I told her to wait for it to be cheaper.
It's 66% off right now.
Sure, maybe it'll go 75% off during the winter sale and you can save another $2 but... really? It's a great game and worth the current price [plus some].
Did I mention it's a great game? Because it is. Eating divers was never this much fun.
Depth is a pretty awesome game, and I say that after only playing a few rounds of it with me, myself, and I (and the aI). It seems to me like a fantastic game for getting the max number of players (divers and sharks both) together in a voice chat and just having a grand ol time.
:biggrin:
I meant moreso the concept of having dangerous explosive barrels scattered around, and not just in Doom. Seems a little bit dangerous to me.
Red barrels always make me roll my eyes. It's such a automatic thing in shooters and it almost never makes any sense.
"...and this is where we keep our highly combustible chemical agents."
'Here, sir? At a military checkpoint on the road? Right next to the machine gun nest?'
"Well where the bloody hell else do you suppose we'd put it? In the general's quarters? I'm not sure you're cut out for military life, son."
Look man, we tried cleaning up the glowy shit. It was priority number 1 for awhile. But then we built this teleporter and demons from hell started pouring out and priority number 1 became not getting eaten by scary things.
I meant moreso the concept of having dangerous explosive barrels scattered around, and not just in Doom. Seems a little bit dangerous to me.
Red barrels always make me roll my eyes. It's such a automatic thing in shooters and it almost never makes any sense.
"...and this is where we keep our highly combustible chemical agents."
'Here, sir? At a military checkpoint on the road? Right next to the machine gun nest?'
"Well where the bloody hell else do you suppose we'd put it? In the general's quarters? I'm not sure you're cut out for military life, son."
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Explosive barrels, they may be among the most nonsensical game mechanics, but they have also brought us so much joy.
Also, PSA, Telltale is having a massive sale this weekend. I picked up Tales From The Borderlands. Even if you haven't played Borderlands, the humour is still pretty strong, and there aren't too many references to the main series. Each episode has a great soundtrack intro and outtro.
One of the few games in the past few years to make me tear up.
I meant moreso the concept of having dangerous explosive barrels scattered around, and not just in Doom. Seems a little bit dangerous to me.
Red barrels always make me roll my eyes. It's such a automatic thing in shooters and it almost never makes any sense.
"...and this is where we keep our highly combustible chemical agents."
'Here, sir? At a military checkpoint on the road? Right next to the machine gun nest?'
"Well where the bloody hell else do you suppose we'd put it? In the general's quarters? I'm not sure you're cut out for military life, son."
I want to hear this voice acted.
Thank you @an_alt for HuniePop, it will be fun to play as I stockpile children's books for the next 5 years. 2020 will see me roll up like Prince Ali, mighty is he, Ali Ababua.
Okay, so you guys are at the same time excellent and evil.
There was plotting behind the scenes: so thanks goes to @destroyah87 (who achieved giftdom) and @Karoz (who attempted giftdom but his efforts were thwarted). Be warned - when I can actually sit down and play this game in November, I will find you, and I will nom you. (^^^)
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Pious Augustus from Eternal Darkness maybe?
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I mean, there are several incarnations, but this one was most unique to my memory.
That will probably never happen. But if it did, I could call up the gang to VPN over to my place to play some Gauntlet. It would just be like old times renting a copy of the game for sleepovers, except we're on opposite sides of the planet.
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If your gang is only one other person and one of you has a GeForce 660 or higher (I think) then you can use the nvidia share service which apparently works pretty well according to some people here
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Also, looks like nothing's changed over the last week in terms of most wanted game from PA G&T:
Just as your weekly reminder, donate at least $5 and be entered into a raffle to win $60 in Steam bucks. You'll also be entered to win a free copy of the most wanted game on my friend's wishlist (to be determined on the 17th). It's looking a lot like Fallout 4. That's a $120 value for only donating $5 to helping the sick kids over at CHOP! Do iiiiiiiiiiiit!
P.S. Most donators so far have opted out of the raffles, so chances are good that you'll win. :winky: Donations will be accepted until the end of October, but the contest will end on October 26th for both prizes. You do not have to enter the raffles if you'd like to be classy and sassy.
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I liked it a lot too! If I had one complaint it was that the environment was really neat and i wanted to explore a lot more, but the game doesn't let you backtrack once you leave a section of a level.
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There's that one level in Diablo.
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For our next trick, we should compile a list of games featuring explosive barrels
Was Doom the first? Probably not, but it was my first experience of exploding barrels. They might make no sense, but they are never not fun!
That one has been on the wishlist for a while (June 22nd, 2012). Lego games for the Lego throne!
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It makes perfect sense for that to be explosive.
There were exploding barrels in Donkey Kong. Pretty sure that's at least a decade older than Doom.
Apparently it was the game dnd, way back in 1975
Also the first game to feature bosses!
Apparently, this was actually done at a California industrial site sometime in the 80s:
Now playing: Teardown and Baldur's Gate 3 (co-op)
Sunday Spotlight: Horror Tales: The Wine
ARK was starting to wear a bit, until last night when I stayed up all hours of the night taming a critter and realized that one of the facets of the game I've been lax in doing more recently, taming, was what I was missing.
I think it's the immense time it takes to tame that really gets me in some instances.
It's 66% off right now.
Sure, maybe it'll go 75% off during the winter sale and you can save another $2 but... really? It's a great game and worth the current price [plus some].
Did I mention it's a great game? Because it is. Eating divers was never this much fun.
Depth is really awesome and it looks like they spiced things up by randomizing treasure spawn locations (before the divers were on a pretty rote path to maximize moneys for better guns).
@Kalnaur, @AngiKate is your wife correct? I may need to friend her....for reasons.
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Depth is a pretty awesome game, and I say that after only playing a few rounds of it with me, myself, and I (and the aI). It seems to me like a fantastic game for getting the max number of players (divers and sharks both) together in a voice chat and just having a grand ol time.
:biggrin:
Red barrels always make me roll my eyes. It's such a automatic thing in shooters and it almost never makes any sense.
"...and this is where we keep our highly combustible chemical agents."
'Here, sir? At a military checkpoint on the road? Right next to the machine gun nest?'
"Well where the bloody hell else do you suppose we'd put it? In the general's quarters? I'm not sure you're cut out for military life, son."
Also, PSA, Telltale is having a massive sale this weekend. I picked up Tales From The Borderlands. Even if you haven't played Borderlands, the humour is still pretty strong, and there aren't too many references to the main series. Each episode has a great soundtrack intro and outtro.
One of the few games in the past few years to make me tear up.
I want to hear this voice acted.
Thank you @an_alt for HuniePop, it will be fun to play as I stockpile children's books for the next 5 years. 2020 will see me roll up like Prince Ali, mighty is he, Ali Ababua.
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Noted, good sir, noted.
There was plotting behind the scenes: so thanks goes to @destroyah87 (who achieved giftdom) and @Karoz (who attempted giftdom but his efforts were thwarted). Be warned - when I can actually sit down and play this game in November, I will find you, and I will nom you. (^^^)
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