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PC Gaming Era | March 2019 - The Ides of Smarch
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There's an epic scene in one Bean movie involving Rowan Atkinson putting pants on his head, sideways. Suffice to say there's a very good reason.
Easily
They managed to twist Valve's networking stuff earlier into a win for Epic
Stuff Valve has been working on for years before Epic even thought of a store.
GDPR is still taking off. They don't just fine every company that don't comply. And companies are actually given 2 days to prepare. It's still developing.
But they only implemented it because Epic introduced their thing, y'see, Valve use time travel
That joke of an article is getting lit the fuck up in the comments lol.
Maybe they are trying to set him up as a GabeN-esque figure of trust and fame?
But we have a wall of hypocricy from Sweeny showing he will do anything for money=
This is getting hilarious - at first this talk of media being in Epics pocket was conspiracy theory for me, but the constant downplaying and spinning of news is so consistent. It's embarrassingly obvious with each new scandal.
How is that a conspiracy ?
https://www.pcgamesn.com/genesis-alpha-one/genesis-alpha-one-ship-building
PCGamesN had promoted content in association with Epic Games.
Can't believe less than a year ago I liked Epic, Sweeney, Sergey, SteamSpy, etc.
Amazing how that all went to nothing
Amazing how that all went to nothing
You give someone (or company) a goose that lays golden eggs and you find out what they really stand for.
Because of the Tencent investment in Epic, people have been raising the specter of Chinese surveillance.
This is just saying that it's not a ploy by the PLA to get your Steam information.
Money changes people. Sergey went from a numbers geek into an arrogant powerhungry fool.
A bunch of people on Reddit asked if they were collecting the info on behalf of the Chinese government (who owns half of Epic), so the spokesperson is reminding everyone that this shitshow is entirely controlled by Tim Sweeney.
The "client" is just a web browser, so it behaves like one, and they also create a local copy of your Steam data so that you can opt-in to the friend-sharing feature.
They appear to collect far more than they need, but they say that it doesn't actually get sent anywhere. My guess is that it's future-proofing for stealing some more functionality from Steam (like profile sharing or something).
The real question would be why they are looking through your local files instead of using the API developed by Steam to share friends. There is a simple Steam API that Valve provides to do that and actually complies with privacy settings, while this method doesnt. So this leaves 2 options:
-They want friend information without going through privacy setting issues
-Steam is a bad guy and forces anyone that uses the API to put the Steam logo and they really just want to put the name in a non logo form.
Well, we know what the future articles from PC Gamer, RPS and Polygon will be. :p
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Relatedly, one of the things I want from the new Steam client UI is the ability to remove sources from the "Recent News" section of the Games Library. I haven't wanted to give RPS my time in months/years, yet the top-most piece of news for Sekiro is an RPS "Steam Charts" article. Like, no! I don't like them, plsgoawaynowkthnxbye.
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Can you still get achievements and time played in Offline mode? Shared my game library with my younger cousin and don't want him to not be able to play when I'm also playing something and all my stuff is sp
Edit: nevermind I learned how to google. No cheevo timestamps or time played. People will think I'm a cheater ;-;
Edit: nevermind I learned how to google. No cheevo timestamps or time played. People will think I'm a cheater ;-;
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Considering Steam is offering a simple API for all of this, their explanation is a bunch of horseshit.
And who'd ever trust them not to start sending the data when they feel like it? Knowing them, they'd probably come up with a bullshit reason about offering devs more data or something.
And who'd ever trust them not to start sending the data when they feel like it? Knowing them, they'd probably come up with a bullshit reason about offering devs more data or something.
I saw Radiohead live at a music festival and they were unbelievable(Yorke actually has a good voice!) as were the insane production values of the light show. 2 hours plus
Happy birthday!
Almost wish I hadn't been tripping lol.
Happy birthday!
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*Thinks about installing to play fighting game with GF*
*Then thinks 'Why is this free'*
*Seeing DLC packs 0.0*
Thanks.
Happy Birthday Aaron! Hope you have an awesome day. Keep up with the not mainstream recommendations, for your personal taste shares many similarities to mine :)
I have noticed a what looks like a pattern with PC Gamer.
Every time there's a piece of news that either i) makes Valve look good or ii) makes Epic look iffy
There's usually a second article (often from sometime earlier) about something good Epic did.
Cases in point:
The coming of the Master Chief collection to Steam was followed by reprinting the at the time day-old intervied Sweeney did for MCV about the "nearly perfect" state of the market.
Today's news about data-mining accusations are followed by reprinting the news that earlier today Epic announced its roadmap for the store.
I'll have to keep watching whether there's going to be a consistent trend over time.
Every time there's a piece of news that either i) makes Valve look good or ii) makes Epic look iffy
There's usually a second article (often from sometime earlier) about something good Epic did.
Cases in point:
The coming of the Master Chief collection to Steam was followed by reprinting the at the time day-old intervied Sweeney did for MCV about the "nearly perfect" state of the market.
Today's news about data-mining accusations are followed by reprinting the news that earlier today Epic announced its roadmap for the store.
I'll have to keep watching whether there's going to be a consistent trend over time.
So if I add a script to my game which reads Chrome passwords. This is now okay because it's Chrome's fault for having them laying around waiting for me?
Are everyones personal documents, photos, etc, all fair game because they are just laying around? I mean, if they didn't want them stolen, they would encrypt them obviously.
Good to know!
I wouldn't do this, I'm not a criminal.
Are everyones personal documents, photos, etc, all fair game because they are just laying around? I mean, if they didn't want them stolen, they would encrypt them obviously.
Good to know!
I wouldn't do this, I'm not a criminal.
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This is the stupidest fucking response that just tries to deflect the question by hiding behind a poor argument.
I have a lot of personal data "lying around" on my PC.
So, if I download an application from a supposedly reputable source, is it my fucking fault if this program accesses and processes this data without requesting authorisation?
GOG, Origin, Discord and other stores use the Steam API for user information just fine.
Guess it's okay for me to just go into someone's computer and make copies of their private files cause if they didn't want them stolen they wouldn't have put them there to begin with, clearly.
Guess it's okay for me to just go into someone's computer and make copies of their private files cause if they didn't want them stolen they wouldn't have put them there to begin with, clearly.
So I download the Core Fighters pack, get best girl Christie for.. £3.29, then enjoy? That's pretty good.
Oooh, this also means you can buy a game without Marie Rose. That's a net win for everyone!
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You just have to say that you took copies, but you didn't look at them while you were copying them, and you're not going to ever, until they let you, pinky swear.
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Do these people even listen to how they sound?
yes.
Now, if valve curated its store properly, none of this would have happened.
/s
Entering the SEGA sale page and seeing almost all the games have the "in library" tag is kind of depressing
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