Same here, started programming it on an Apple II+, I worked all summer long to make the money to buy in 1980. Did what I could programming it in BASIC, adventure games with graphics screens you that would pop up to show the story. I remember we used to Ctrl-C games and then change some of the data and continue it again. It was friendly cheating in a multiplayer, on same apple, space game, when the other person was in the other room ;) The founding Generation of the computer revolution is passing their way into Call -151.

Yea Steam was not around for HL1. (Launched on Nov 19th 1998). They used a highly modded Quake engine (Doom (id Software) in real 3d basically). I don't remember activating HL2 thru steam (Launched Nov 16th,2004),but looking at my Member status it says Since Nov 16th, 2004, so I guess I did. HL2 used their own built Source Engine, so they could push the graphics and gameplay more. I have the boxes for both games, HL2 collectors edition actually came with a HL Hat. I will wear it in celebration. Both games were great and really pushed what could be done with characters and AI at the time. I actually was in the Room at GDC when Gabe announced Steam, it was small room, most people didn't know what was to come, but he was convinced that digital distribution was the future.

..when we need him. I wish more people would watch his videos on Youtube.

That is his plan is to take over things. Starlink was a plan to take over the Internet, and cell phone companies, and its on track. Reusable rockets are a plan to take over the airlines for long distance flights. Who would not want to go from LA to Paris in 1 hour. Or even if it's just cargo, USP, Universal Space Parcel (tm)

Hats off to a Silent Hero of the Internet revolution. And to all the others out there that did amazing stuff no one knows about.

If it wasn't for Physics, then Hinton and Hopfield would not have gone from Physic to Neural Networks, as they used lots of physics ideas in it.

They might have released it on Playstation, Xbox, Ubisoft and Epic (it was an Epic exclusive), but as of now it's not on Steam. Most people on PC play from steam. If you want more sales, then put it on everything.
Out of touch with the PC market is more like it.

I agree with you, and I think society wants an open system with freely available information, except for the luddites (or slashitdes) that don't want society to change. The internet was built on the concept of free information and access to all, before the big corporations got involved. People should be compensated for their work, within reason, and it's usually the large corporation pushing for more than necessary, not the creative individual. But what is happening here is going to set a precedent for all future systems and AI's. We should all be resisting any one from pushing these copyright claims on AI systems (if your not working with it, then your against it). The AI systems will get more intelligent and have ways to read books or watch TV without training it all. Are we going to sue and AI system because it read a book?
If an AI robot walks into a book store, picks up a book and reads it, are we going to send in the Book Police to arrest this AI/Robot? And what if the AI system doesn't agree with our laws? You think that is going to stop them from fighting it? We are in dangerous times here and we should be pushing for more open access than ever for all systems so they can be trained properly. Like I said if people are not with this, then you are fighting against it and don't want to help change the world for the better.

If you only would have let Microsoft be the Monopoly it want to be, this never would have happened.

How does a company with $4 billion have layoffs, restructuring and push the rollout like this? Obviously something is not working.

Its the same as having a Messy Desktop, either virtual or your real desk. There actually is organization in it. I use Session Buddy plugin for Chrome and it works great, except that Chrome is a memory hog. But I have 1,110 Tabs open, used to have more until Session Buddy changed their format and I had to reset it all. Chrome will make them inactive till you need them. I don't understand how people cannot have so many tabs open. I use book mark manager also.

You mean like how Youtube degrades your service when the browser had an Ad Blocker?

So what your saying is that an Alien species threw a big rock at us, just so it would cover the earth to make all that carbon 1 million years later? Interesting.

Next it will be "X with AI"

What was the text that people were so upset about?