ZakMckracken

So far I have a coupon for Shadowgrounds: Survivor, 60% off Hearts of Iron III (the same price it's currently on sale for), and 13 coal.

FNG_DirtyD, same as my Steam ID

Steam Calculator: $5517.28 USD Actual Spent w/o Gifts: $3231.33 USD Actual Spent w/ Gifts: $3401.87 USD I've spent WAY too much on Steam.

I've never really had any issues with offline mode. I used to use it all the time when I would take my laptop in to work, since the wi-fi there was terrible anyway. I'd just start up Steam without my wireless turned on, and Steam would ask if I wanted to start up in offline mode. I have also had occasions when the connection drops, and it seems like I've had more issues with Steam locking up at those times. Steam also gets really slow to respond when any downloads finish for me. As for Origin, I'm still not a fan. The overlay chat is terribly laggy and you have to import your Origin friends into your game friends (into Battlelog for BF3 friends for instance). My other complaints are more with Battlelog & BF3 (party system, server browser, & random issues joining games) so I don't know they'll also apply to other EA/Origin games.

5198-2585-6190 I don't have any 3DS games yet (just a couple DS games). Looking forward to Starfox 64 3D.

Maybe I missed this earlier, but does this mean the "Creation Engine" (Skyrim's engine) is just an updated Gamebryo? I thought Bethesda created an all new engine for Skyrim.

Oh, I'd forgotten how bad the English voice "acting" was in X (and X-2). That picture brought it all back. Thanks.

This! Or, in absence of that, Beyond Good & Evil. I know, Ubisoft still "has a small team working" on that, but I'd rather it not be at Ubisoft, and I'd rather see it actually produced sometime soon.

FNG_DirtyD

Right, it came off very ignorant of PCs and PC gaming. It seemed odd to me that the whole suggestion of how to get PCs back at the forefront of gaming was to make them like consoles. If we basically make PCs into consoles, why have PCs at all?

VII was the first one I played, and I genuinely enjoyed it. It's still my favorite, though I admit nostalgia may have something to do with it. My next favorite would probably be Tactics. I never did finish VIII, but I really liked Rinoa & Squall's story. XII would probably come next, then X. I've also played X-2 & IX. Still have to get to XIII.

Hello all, I'm ZakMckracken (as known by few on Kotaku) also known as DirtyD or FNG_DirtyD on Steam. Thank you MasterDex for telling me about this place. I'm 28, single, living in the U.S. I mostly play PC games, but have a PS3, 360, 3DS, PSP, and a very dusty Wii. @Deanb: I remember you from your Kotaku posts, and was very disappointed to see you get de-starred & banned, especially when so many of us agreed with what you were saying.

"You will still have to be logged on for the individual campaign, which features new functions online, but those parts which have no reason to be connected are still available offline, such as editors, LAN, splitscreen or Hotseat mode. Maniaplanet is a system of networked games like web 2.0, and as such, it is unnecessary to include a DRM. It's been like that for the last five years with TrackMania which has already sold many copies." - Hylis from Nadeo. I have purchased and played TM2: Canyon, and it's excellent. The system is set up much like TM: Nations Forever and TM: United Forever were. When you first get the game, you set up an account and verify your activation key. After that, you can play offline if you choose (a friend verified this one for me by turning off his network connection and starting up the game). You won't get access to some of the online features (earning "planets" - similar to coppers in Nations/United from what I understand) and obviously can't play online multiplayer, but you can play. Personally, I'm just glad Ubisoft pretty much left Nadeo alone for this one, especially after I got suckered into From Dust (Glad I got my refund today from Steam, though).