{"id":8628,"date":"2010-07-12T14:31:25","date_gmt":"2010-07-12T19:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=8628"},"modified":"2010-07-12T15:48:33","modified_gmt":"2010-07-12T20:48:33","slug":"steam-illustrated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=8628","title":{"rendered":"Steam: Illustrated"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part 1<\/h3>\n

I click “Play Garry’s Mod”:<\/p>\n

steam_fail.jpg<\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n

Actually Valve, that wasn’t a request. It was an order. Run the software I bought from you.<\/strong> I’m busy too. I’m trying to make a comic, and I didn’t ask you to get involved. <\/p>\n

Sigh. Fine…<\/p>\n

Part 2<\/h3>\n

I click “Restart in Offline Mode”:<\/p>\n

steam_fail2.jpg<\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n

Yes, yes. Just piss off and get out of my way already.<\/p>\n

Part 3<\/h3>\n

I click “Play Garry’s Mod”:<\/p>\n

steam_fail3.jpg<\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n

– Fin<\/h3>\n

I record this here because every single time we have a Steam debate we get fanboys who wave in the direction of offline mode every time someone has a problem with the platform. <\/p>\n

As always: Use Steam or do not. I do not evangelize either position. Like everything else, it is a decision with many complex tradeoffs. I only urge people to be aware of what they’re buying into when they do it. I would like to also urge Valve to get their collective act together.<\/p>\n

There is a very real possibility that we will get no comic tomorrow, the first miss in 210 strips. This is not entirely<\/em> Valve’s fault, mind you. Lots of other factors contributed to this hellish span of 24 hours that everyone else is calling “Monday”. But Steam failed when I needed it and added to the already considerable misfortunes of the day.<\/p>\n

EDIT:<\/strong> The “please try again in a few minutes” starts to sound really hollow after two freakin’ hours.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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