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kupoartist · Nov 12th, 2004, 11:03 AM

Yeah, I heard about this. I'm really getting the distinct impression that Valve are on to something with Steam (You register your CD key through it - you can't play HL2 until it's released). The leaks of Halo 2, GTA: San Andreas, Doom 3 and the leak of the HL2 Beta (Or was it an Alpha?) contrast amazingly with the total lack of a full pirated copy of Half-Life 2 appearing, with only 4 days to go until release. Steam once seemed like a scary invasion of my privacy when I first heard about it... I wonder now whether this is the future of Games distribution.

I'm hoping that my copy of "Raising the Bar" will be here soon... though knowing my luck, I'll open it up and find out the ending of HL2 or something ^^

Nov 12th, 2004, 11:03 AM	#3
kupoartist .illustrated.thingy. Joined: Mar 2002 Location: pixel-land Age: 37 Posts: 2,576	Yeah, I heard about this. I'm really getting the distinct impression that Valve are on to something with Steam (You register your CD key through it - you can't play HL2 until it's released). The leaks of Halo 2, GTA: San Andreas, Doom 3 and the leak of the HL2 Beta (Or was it an Alpha?) contrast amazingly with the total lack of a full pirated copy of Half-Life 2 appearing, with only 4 days to go until release. Steam once seemed like a scary invasion of my privacy when I first heard about it... I wonder now whether this is the future of Games distribution. I'm hoping that my copy of "Raising the Bar" will be here soon... though knowing my luck, I'll open it up and find out the ending of HL2 or something ^^ __________________ ~ the kupoartistry network ~ puppeteer ~ forever loyal ~ illustrated girl ~ arbitrary imposition ~ moonlight butterfly ~ うらぎりもの ~

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