Something specific Stan? I know I was not happy with it at HL2 release and there have been troubles with availability....
All I can say is after a year of my game box being dead, I simply signed on to my steam account & had a full patched version of HL2 downloaded & installed without the need for my discs. This is DRM done right in my book though I don't care for it's regular calls home to validate. In fact the call home method is one aspect of Alcohol 120% I really hate when I launch it from the wrong machine and have to go online to swap the active copy back to the right machine. zaske wrote: > Speak of the devil and he will appear. Steam is another DRM disaster! > > > j maccraw wrote: >> Funny how most non-game software vendors do just fine >> with license keys & internet validation. >> >> At least HalfLife 2 switched to only needing a valid >> serial number & steam account to install & play without the media checks. >> >> CW wrote: >> >>> Thank goodness someone else had these thoughts and >>> >> put them to pen: >> >>> http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=41921 >>> >>> Let me add what is not in the above: >>> >>> Running Vista 64 bit? Prepare for wild, >>> >> uncontrollable crashes at random. >> >>> Have K-Lite or other CODEC packs installed? Good >>> >> luck avoiding blue screens. >> >>> Run AVG Antispyware or Ad-Aware 2007? Prepare for >>> >> the software to not run. >> >>> What garbage >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________________________________ >> >> Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's >> updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. >> http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow >> >> > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/
