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Gaming Then vs Gaming Now
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Meme transcription: A table comparing the steps to start a game ‘then’ vs. ‘now’.
Content of the “Then” column:
- Double-click GAME.exe
- Play game
Content of the “Now” column:
- Launch Steam
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Steam updates
-
Steam opens
- Close Steam’s ad window
- Select Game
-
Game launcher starts
-
Game launcher launches Game launcher updater
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Ok
-
Would you like to sign up for our newsletter?
- No
-
Our EULAs have changed. Please review them before continuing
- Scroll
- Scroll
- Scroll
- Scroll
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes, sell my soul
- Start game
- Skip vendor intro
- Skip vendor intro #2
- Skip vendor intro #3
- Sit through nVidia The way it’s meant to be played
- Skip opening cutscene
-
Main menu opens
-
Would you like to connect your Steam account to account?
- No
- Press play.
- Play game.
Same type of kid whom believes every single game worked perfectly on release and didn't need patches back then.
Sorry bro you only remember the Gems. At least a game isn't getting released that will delete your OS when you uninstall it.
Ooh, was there a game that did that?
Myth II by Bungie of all people
As well as Pool of Radiance 2
Actually there was a steam script that deleted your Linux root drive... that was a real thing.
I could also totally see a botched install script for win95 totally bricking a win98. Install...