Recent content by Sock Bramson

Just tried this sucker out as Israel and had a blast, but I also noticed a few areas where resources need some readjusting. In addition to the aforementioned copper-less Greece, Phoenicia definitely needs some copper on Cyprus a.) because they loved them some of that Cyprus copper IRL and b.)...

It only takes a few more clicks to lock the tiles you want vs. turning on auto-manage. Take the extra few seconds to do so every now and then and you will be pleasantly surprised how much it improves your civilization's progress. Like others have said, auto-managing is fine for settler...

It's pretty easy for me to enjoy playing both, actually. I've especially liked playing Civ 5 over the past month or so to see what all has been patched since I last played it. (several months beforehand, went on a big Fallout 3/ Shogun 2 kick for awhile) I still splash in Civ 4 at least a few...

Methinks tom does not post on the forums as much because we simply cannot grasp his mastery of the art of implication. He can twist the underlying implications of others' sarcastic comments into their literal, unintended connotation, all while denying the implications of his own comments...

Don't worry about games requiring Steam. If you want a given Steamworks game bad enough you will buy it. If you like checking around for the best price, you will do so. Sometimes, it might be better to buy the game at a brick-and-mortar store instead of on Steam. All you have to do is buy it...

Mark- don't be too quick to blow the old socialism whistle, now. Yes, for the most part European countries have more socialist policies in place than the US, and some of them may very well account for higher prices. However, there are many other factors that you have to take into account...

Ohio, I never argued that people are wrong for worrying about the inability to resell games simply because I don't have an issue with it. In fact, I said that people who DO see that as a major issue probably shouldn't use Steam. What I am arguing for is that the minor rights you agree to...

..and that's exactly my point: the inability to resell a game shouldn't (and usually doesn't) make it's purchase undesirable. That's why I find it odd that people see this as a major downside of Steam simply because they can enforce a rule that was already commonplace. Just because you don't...

Excellent, balanced post there, themeinteam. I'll add (in another vain attempt to put peoples' minds at ease) that Valve would never let any massive game loss scenarios happen because that would royally piss off their market. Don't worry that Valve acts like a typical business; start to worry...

Tom, I can't decide if you're trying to troll or not; if so, you're not very good at it. It's hard to take your snarky "little birdy" comments seriously when you misinterpret facetious comments and accuse their authors of making erroneous claims. EULAs obviously hold a great deal of weight in...

deanej- How did this PayPal screw up go down? Did somebody buy a game with their PayPal account, successfully install it, and then have PayPal mess up the actual transfer of payments? More info would be nice for confirmation, but it sounds like that's more of a problem on PayPal's end as...

So much unfounded hate, most of it based on paranoia. And yes, it is a bit paranoid to not use Steam because you can envision bad scenarios that have not happened at all since the programs inception. As of right now, the only easy way to lose access to your Steam games is to blatantly cheat...

senethro- Don't worry about that part of Nemo's post; if you check back a page or so, he says that he was actually thinking about the whole EA thing and mixed it up with Steam. So far, the only people Steam has banned besides cheaters were a bunch of MW2 players who accidentally got banned...

Well, it seems like the argument has come down to the potential for something to go wrong because of Steam, rather than something actually going wrong. If Steam detractors don't want to risk using the program because they can envision technically possible (in my mind improbable, but I must...

Psy- Point well taken, but Andoo makes an appropriate counter-point. Plus, if you are worried about Steam shutting down, you can always backup your games onto your hard drive, then play in offline-mode. (this is assuming they don't remove the Steam requirement) Whatever the future may hold...