Admodieus

Beat this game twice back in the fall, but I'm not playing through it again or picking up any of the DLC until this patch drops. I lived in constant fear of save games being deleted.

For people who don't understand this move, let me explain it to you.

For years now (probably close to a decade), GameStop has increasingly turned its back on the PC gaming market - both the gamers who went to the store to find new PC titles as well as the developers and publishers who fought for shelf space. This was one of the main reasons why Valve decided to transform Steam past just a DRM tool and activation mechanism into a full fledged marketplace - PC games didn't need to fight for shelf space, and all of them (even old titles dating back many years) could be sold just as easily as newer properties.

Now, GameStop realizes its colossal mistake - that they not only ignored a still relatively healthy PC market, but basically told them to "Get lost." Nobody downloads games digitally from their website because it's by far the worst option (in terms of price and features), so they feel compelled to buy into the market with Impulse, the #2 established brand behind Steam. Weekend impulse sales will probably be reduced to $5 off if they remain at all. Gamestop has no interest in giving PC gamers excellent deals on digital titles.

This is the same situation Blockbuster found itself in, although they decided to build their own online/mail rental service that tied back into their business instead of buying a lagging brand. People got just of sick of Blockbuster's limited movie availability, prices, and inconvenience that they just moved to Netflix en masse and never looked back.

@(Unverified) He didn't beat a piece of Microsoft software. He social engineered Stepto's web hosting provider, which is the email he had linked to his Xbox Live account.

@Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi To get a job, you disclose it through an intermediary such as a newspaper or privately to the company. You don't go onto Youtube, give shoutouts to your friends, and start spouting off racial slurs.

As far as I'm concerned, the real newsworthy item here happens at 2:45 when you can see somebody using Hulu Plus on the 360.Probably will be released at E3.

Nobody is going to be interested in this game much longer if they don't set a new release date or give us some indication of when it's coming.

@Vidaluko You only have to do it the first time you log into Steam on a computer.

@VeeDeeVee The Intel Identity Protection feature is coming in a later release. This initial Steam Guard release just requires you to grab an additional access code that is emailed to you when you try to log in on a new computer.