It's just a Hang Out: Can you please stop whining for five minutes?

[GunSlinger Boy]

Ten of my little brother's friends drinking in the living room. Had to escape to my own room. Too loooooud.

Wild Elin appeared!

[Gare]

I don't quite get why people hate Steam so much, but to each their own. I've been in this discussion so many times in the past. I like that having a Friends list makes it easy to join co-op games and that Steam automatically patches all your games to the latest versions. It's just a neat interface in general.

[Elin]

Wild Elin appeared!

I'm not wild. I was caught by EP nearly ten years ago.

[Shane]

hmm?

I hate Steam because (1) it annoys me with 10 pop-ups per day, and (2) it slows down my computer so much that I have to exit it.

[Gare]

Ten loud Sctosmen drinking, this will not end well.

[Shane]

I'm not wild. I was caught by EP nearly ten years ago.

Emuparadise Elin appeared!

[Sheras]

I'm not wild. I was caught by EP nearly ten years ago.

Elin is old

[GunSlinger Boy]

OnLive ain't closing, the rumors are just that.

[Elin]

I don't quite get why people hate Steam so much, but to each their own. I've been in this discussion so many times in the past. I like that having a Friends list makes it easy to join co-op games and that Steam automatically patches all your games to the latest versions. It's just a neat interface in general.

If there comes a day when download only services become the norm, I'll start to hate them, as I like being able to have physical copies of the games I really like. Until then, though, it's a neat alternative to have.

[Shane]

Ten loud Sctosmen drinking, this will not end well.

Dit klink soos chaos. Ek sal maar bly wees dat ek nie broers of susters het nie
And yes, it's Afrikaans.
Never used on forums so I decided I'll use it out of boredom

[Shane]

Elin is old

Hi Sheras!

[Elin]

Ten loud Sctosmen drinking, this will not end well.

Considering that they're now discussing the downfall of Rare in the post-N64 climate, I'd say they're bucking the trend.

[Elin]

Elin is old

Shh, people don't need to know that.

[GunSlinger Boy]

Ten loud Sctosmen drinking, this will not end well.

ever been to a Scottish games? i have. over 500 Scotsmen drinking, well, Scotch...... and beer, and their kids getting into fights with big-ass swords and breaking each others fingers......

[Colamisu]

*ahem*

No need

I explained Tentacle Grape to my father the other day. He was amused.

i'm just hoping to learn to read it right now. anime, games, etc won't help since i need both the english and original versions on hand at the same time and the games i want to play are only in Japan

Generally, you can find a full game script to use for playing the game. Keep it open in another window or print it out. There'll be enough visual cues in most cases that you can match the window to its corresponding translation. It's arguably better, since the game script will be closer to the literal meaning rather than the Woolseyisms you generally get in localized games. i.e. "I'm going to knock you all down." vs. "Prepare to enter a world of hurt!" The former is what it says, the latter is what they'd make it say in the US version just to make more sense. Unless you're 1988 Squaresoft.

yeah but you still have to use Steam to launch them unless those are just shortcuts.

Yes and no. Steam is just shortcuts, but if you run the .exe without the Steam client running, the game will pop up saying AMG NO PERMISSIONS. Of course, if Valve were to go bankrupt, they'd probably be legally obligated to somehow allow users to get copies of all their games that don't require the Steam client to be run, at least for a few months.