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Sad that the mix got ruined, though somehow fitting. OMG, I'm so glad I found this post. I saw the QL pop-up too, then when I went to watch it it had vanished from the face of the internet without a trace. I literally came to believe that I'd dreamed it.

I'd say it's a negative. Valve have made a lot of changes over the last few years to make more money, generally without offering much value to their customers for said money. The trading cards for instance, exist solely for Valve to keep getting their percentage of the transactions.

This seem like another "sure, let them sell these things, so long as it's always in our ecosystem, and we're always getting a cut".

I don't hate Valve or Steam, but they're another corporation run by enough people who care more about profits than games, and generally that doesn't bode very well in the long run.

I imagine their games will be on par quality wise with the majority of phone games. Which is to say, garbage.

One of the games I missed in the early PS3 days by not having one. I'll definitely pick it up on Steam if it goes there.

Not always. I had a captain who was immune to combat, stealth, ranged and beasts. Along with a host of other strengths. His only weakness was a fear of fire, and most of the half a dozen times I fought him there weren't any nearby fire sources (his ranged immunity meant fire arrows wouldn't work). I met him fairly early and he inevitably got promoted to Warchief and reached level 20. I felt I had to ignore him for a while, and eventually came back and formulated a plan to take him out.

I'd say the game sways in both directions in difficulty. I've had instances where I'd be killed in 1-2 hits, and not be given a last stand opportunity. It felt as though you'd be easily annihilating most of the enemies in the game, until you get a bit greedy, or overwhelmed and fall really quickly.

Recently I've been having some fun playing a Boggle like game on my phone with some friends... so there's that.

I don't usually like too much of a challenge, especially those involving luck, but I loved Gods Will Be Watching. I'm all the happier for having beaten it before these updates too. I understand the reasoning behind the updates too, I don't expect most people have the patience for GWBW as it was released.

It's at least an interesting concept. Down the line it'll be more obvious if it's a good deal or not - but I appreciate there being alternatives. I've been trying to get more games on console than on PC lately, and feel as though I don't have much of a choice when games start at about £50 on new consoles and are more like £55-60 to download - sapping the convenience factor.

I watch speedruns all the time. New personal bests, and world records are great to watch - especially live, but I don't understand their prevalence in news stories. The speedrunning scene seems a bit niche for individual runs to show up on general games sites. A new world record is likely pretty indistinguishable from one set a year ago to a casual observer, with some exceptions.

I suppose everyone who watches speedruns has to be introduced somewhere, and it's cool for people like Cosmo to get some more recognition.

I think it's more that Dota 2 has been played since 2011. If we're leaving GOTY stuff that wide open - I played the original Bioshock again this year, and that would top my list again. Actual release date is pretty irrelevant if people have been playing for years already.

People can do what they like, but it seems redundant to name older games that you've played this year too in these lists.