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[Jimmy]

Yarr.

*Ahem*

What might be interesting to note for those here is that, in a beautiful twist of irony, there are records of game companies using warez cracks to patch games when their own DRM breaks them.

Company: Ubisoft
Game: Rainbow 6: Vegas 2
Source: http://torrentfreak.com/ubisofts-no-cd-answer-to-drm-080718/

Company: Rockstar
Game: Max Payne 2
Source: http://torrentfreak.com/did-rockstar-use-pirate-game-code-for-max-payne-2-on-steam-100512/

On the topic of Valve, interestingly enough the managing director stated in an interview with Kotaku that his company does not see aggressive DRM as a valid method of protecting their business.
Source: http://torrentfreak.com/valve-drm-is-backwards-and-piracy-is-just-not-an-issue-for-us-110830/

[Dsarker]

Well, of course he doesn't! He's already got that huge ocean of cash to swim in.

[Darvi]

More to the point, you can simply yank your cord, force shutdown steam, start it up in offline mode, and have no problems.

Whenever I do that Steam complains about having no connection anyway. *rolleyes*

[Criptfeind]

Also simple DRM wouldn't hurt, hilarious ones are even better

Yeah! What happened to the good old days of almost fun DRMs? I want a pirate to roll up to me on a landship in Skyrim and ask me trivia questions!

[Sir Finkus]

Also simple DRM wouldn't hurt, hilarious ones are even better

Yeah! What happened to the good old days of almost fun DRMs? I want a pirate to roll up to me on a landship in Skyrim and ask me trivia questions!

They still use that sometimes, look up GTA 4, Arma 2, and Earthbound.  The Earthbound one sounds particularly nasty.

[Johuotar]

Hilarious DRM in GTA 4? I must know more.

I remember when I found copy of Civilization 1 a while ago and after few turns the game doubted if I really was a rightful ruler and asked a question and the answer was hidden in the manual. Good thing the manual was included and in good condition.

[Sir Finkus]

Hilarious DRM in GTA 4? I must know more.

I remember when I found copy of Civilization 1 a while ago and after few turns the game doubted if I really was a rightful ruler and asked a question and the answer was hidden in the manual. Good thing the manual was included and in good condition.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8B_NBpJlfY

[Putnam]

... where does one go about finding the exe files for their steam games? They're well hidden.

program files/steam/steamapps/common

Or

program files/steam/steamapps/(steam username)

add an x86 to that program files if you're on 64-bit.

They're not well-hidden at all. Pretty much everyone who's used to steam knows their exact location.

[Cecilff2]

Also simple DRM wouldn't hurt, hilarious ones are even better

Yeah! What happened to the good old days of almost fun DRMs? I want a pirate to roll up to me on a landship in Skyrim and ask me trivia questions!

This game had one of the best ones.

[Itnetlolor]

Also simple DRM wouldn't hurt, hilarious ones are even better

Yeah! What happened to the good old days of almost fun DRMs? I want a pirate to roll up to me on a landship in Skyrim and ask me trivia questions!

This game had one of the best ones.

I recall Starcon 2 had an interesting one that serves the memory well. Essentially, you had to memorize the starmap, and luck out with the right coordinates that appear. Sometimes the RNG is a dick, and tosses you a really obscure system to call out.

We used to have a xerox copy of the map stitched together, until it was lost, and I only remembered just a handful of constellations according to region. Helped in the long run when playing the actual game.

[ECrownofFire]

... where does one go about finding the exe files for their steam games? They're well hidden.

program files/steam/steamapps/common

Or

program files/steam/steamapps/(steam username)

add an x86 to that program files if you're on 64-bit.

They're not well-hidden at all. Pretty much everyone who's used to steam knows their exact location.

They're not even supposed to be hidden in the first place.

[Putnam]

Yeah, believe it or not, Steam's first priority isn't to fuck your shit. It's to give you a good experience so you buy shit during their sales.

[penguinofhonor]

... where does one go about finding the exe files for their steam games? They're well hidden.

program files/steam/steamapps/common

Or

program files/steam/steamapps/(steam username)

add an x86 to that program files if you're on 64-bit.

They're not well-hidden at all. Pretty much everyone who's used to steam knows their exact location.

Gr, sonic generations doesn't have an exe for some reason. I guess that means I have to reinstall. Thanks, steam. There goes like fifteen hours of progress.

[Virex]

Not a .exe? Then how the hell does windows know how to run it?

[Putnam]

CTRL+SHIFT+ESC during gameplay to open task manager and look for the sonic generations EXE. When you find it, right click it and click "go to file location".