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From: Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>
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Subject: Re: Finally, Valve!
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 18:08:10 -0700
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On 9/16/2024 9:33 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> 
> Twenty-one years after it was launched, Valve _finally_ adds in a
> feature where more than one game from a library can be played at the
> same time. God damn but I've been waiting for this.
> 
> Admittedly, there are a lot of caveats to this function. Obviously,
> more than one instance of the same game can't be played at time. You
> have to use the Steam Families feature and share your library, which
> means you'll need multiple accounts. And it's up to individual
> publishers whether they'll actually SUPPORT this feature and even
> allow it.
> 
> But it's still a very welcome step in the right direction. Being able
> to share my library across computers is all well-and-good, but in a
> practical sense it was pretty useless if only one person could access
> that library at a time. Now I can play a game on one PC, and somebody
> else can use another one of my PCs to play something else.
> 
>     [Yes, I am intending to create 'child' accounts for all
>      my PCs now. No, that's not what they're for. But if it's
>      the only real way for me to share my vast Steam library
>      across multiple computers that I own, Valve can suck it.]
> 
> As a 'family' feature, though, I'm still a bit creeped out that I'd
> have to create online accounts for each of my kids just to let them
> play my games. I understand the logistical and technical reasoning
> behind it, but it still feels weird giving corporations access to
> children that way. Maybe in another twenty years, Valve will figure
> out a way to let the kids play their parents games without having to
> sell their souls to the industry first...
> 
But isn't collecting children's souls the whole point of running a game 
company?!

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