Wet Christmas

[mikailborg]

They have mounted speakers on the side of downtown Norfolk buildings for the holidays. Christmas carols don't sound quite right when it's 60 degrees and raining outside.

I hate that I'm not buying software anymore, but a software license. Half-Life 1 was fun, but I don't like the idea of playing Half-Life 2 enough to go online and beg for the publisher's permission every single time I want to play it. That's an irony, too, because a Mac version of HL2 has a much better chance of seeing daylight than the Mac HL1 did. I'd almost certainly have bought it.

DHTML Lemmings on the web. One more way to kill a few minutes anywhere there's an Internet connection.

Ever type up a really long rant for LiveJournal, then realize that typing it's gotten it out of your system and it's just not that important that the rest of the world see it? :)

Comments

[jsciv.livejournal.com]

Usually I scoff at the locals when they're bundled up in jackets listening to carols when it's a 60-degree sunny day here in LA. But I do have to say that with the cold snap that had it down to the high-40's while we were at Disneyland for the festivities on Sunday, it was quite nice for a change!

[pathia.livejournal.com]

Once HL2 is registered with your computer you do not have to logon to steam to play it.

[pathia.livejournal.com]

With your account I should say.

[mikailborg.livejournal.com]

So, is it one registration pass and then I can play single-player without an internet connection? It was looking like HL2 has to phone home at each launch, whether I was actually playing online or not. I'd be pleased to know I was mistaken there :)

[jsciv.livejournal.com]

dracono is correct. You only have to connect up the one time if all you're doing in single-player. If you buy it in the box, you can just use the CD key and never connect at all.

[pathia.livejournal.com]

Would help if I read the first sentence correctly, ignore that comment. LJ *SO* needs an edit comment feature, grrr grrrr.

[pathia.livejournal.com]

Yes, steam has a startup mode called 'Offline Mode'. You just run that and you don't have to communicate with Steam. Once the files are unlocked you can play without talking to the main servers.

One of the other points is that this allows you to install it on multiple computers. It's owned by YOU not a particular computer or CD-key. You can only play online in one instance, but you could have someone playing SP and one person playing online in a household with one 'key' so to speak.

[jazzfish]

Ever type up a really long rant for LiveJournal, then realize that typing it's gotten it out of your system and it's just not that important that the rest of the world see it? :)

Often. :) I'm a big believer in writing-as-therapy.