This is totally Lydy's fault!!
Jul. 31st, 2018 08:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamshark After I responded to lydy 's post about computer games I found myself feeling nostalgic for all that computer gaming I used to do. I went back and read through my file of notes and personal game reviews (have I mentioned that I am a compulsive documentor) and the next thing I knew I was installing Steam. I had tried it years ago and didn't like the way it bogged down my computer, but that was 10 years and 2 computers ago. Sure enough, it is much less obtrusive now.
Installing Steam is a lot like discovering Amazon streaming video, except that with Amazon Prime some of the content is free. But even if your original intent is absolutely to stick to the free stuff, it's so tempting to just buy the whole season of Orphan Black RIGHT NOW. I originally told myself I was only installing Steam to see what was available so I could advise Lydy. Yeah, right. Next thing I knew I was downloading Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers. Not the cheap $4 version (it's from 1993, after all) but the new remounted full-motion sound remastered 20-year-anniversary edition. So now I'm replaying that.
While I was browsing around on Steam I found a surprising number of old favorites still available for under $10, but didn't bite. But I did put some of them on my wishlist, just in case I ever finished GK:SOTF. Then today I got an email from my new BFF, Steam, letting me know that Under a Killing Moon was now marked down 80% (from $5.99 to $1.99) limited time only! Not only that, for $5.99 I could get a 5-pack of Tex Murphy games, including two that I have never played and one that I really liked but could not finish because the computer I was using back in 1998 was too underpowered to handle it. Zow! So okay, now I own those. And I seem to be logged into Steam again, looking for more things to put on my wishlist.
lydy 's post about computer games I found myself feeling nostalgic for all that computer gaming I used to do. I went back and read through my file of notes and personal game reviews (have I mentioned that I am a compulsive documentor) and the next thing I knew I was installing Steam. I had tried it years ago and didn't like the way it bogged down my computer, but that was 10 years and 2 computers ago. Sure enough, it is much less obtrusive now. Installing Steam is a lot like discovering Amazon streaming video, except that with Amazon Prime some of the content is free. But even if your original intent is absolutely to stick to the free stuff, it's so tempting to just buy the whole season of Orphan Black RIGHT NOW. I originally told myself I was only installing Steam to see what was available so I could advise Lydy. Yeah, right. Next thing I knew I was downloading Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers. Not the cheap $4 version (it's from 1993, after all) but the new remounted full-motion sound remastered 20-year-anniversary edition. So now I'm replaying that.
While I was browsing around on Steam I found a surprising number of old favorites still available for under $10, but didn't bite. But I did put some of them on my wishlist, just in case I ever finished GK:SOTF. Then today I got an email from my new BFF, Steam, letting me know that Under a Killing Moon was now marked down 80% (from $5.99 to $1.99) limited time only! Not only that, for $5.99 I could get a 5-pack of Tex Murphy games, including two that I have never played and one that I really liked but could not finish because the computer I was using back in 1998 was too underpowered to handle it. Zow! So okay, now I own those. And I seem to be logged into Steam again, looking for more things to put on my wishlist.
