Tarnicus: I'm reading back to see what I missed whilst I was out and had to respond to this one! Between all the sites I use to purchase games, I have well over 1000.

Likewise I couldn't possibly finish the games I have in my collection, but I do like having the variety of choice and hoarding nostalgia in particular. I'm definitely focusing my purchases on DRM free where I can now, as I'm a bit unhappy with myself for how much I've supported Steam and the potential difficulties that may cause in the longrun for game development and publishing. Yes I can see how it's done some "good" but I'm concerned about the changes to the internet that have been going on since I started using it it 1996/7.

To put it simply, I'm starting to feel that I've sold out a bit in favour of cheap games and accessing stuff on the net that once upon a time I wouldn't have gone near.

What are those changes?

Everything being monitored - why just because I wish to access my email, social media, favourite gaming platform, watch a movie or listen to music or simply use an internet browser(W3C changes), is so much information about my browsing and computer usage practises sent to people? Yes I realise within so many user agreements(which don't supersede the law, at least in this country) I am "agreeing" to this, but seriously the choice to opt-out is becoming more and more difficult unless I ignore the internet.

DRM is mandatory - legislative changes influenced by corporations with more money than many governments has changed the definition of owning something to basically mean renting or using a service. Once upon a time not a word was said about maxing mix tapes, copying games, installing games on multiple computers etc.

Freedom - this is what it links back to. And as much as I loathe to use a term that I see as being misused or used to justify harming others, the freedom of ownership of people of the internet is eroding. In this country we are taking many steps backwards, and this is following the lead of the US power brokers unfortunately. I was reading proposed(or passed?) legislation a few weeks ago where government employees are not allowed to criticise the government, even anonymously via social media. Seriously WTF? 1984...

I went on a tangent almost unrelated to the initial post :D Er yes, I have lots of games! lol

nuketakuler: HAHAHA geezus. i dont think ive done that

jimnorth: My ex-wife liked to kill people in The Sims just so she could have decorative urns and gravestones to decorate her house.

Niggles: anyone got the link to the paired games remaining list?

Niggles: anyone got the link to the paired games remaining list?

XtremeDeformitY: Damn, you people never sleep? Good morning all :)

eiii: There's a paired games list, but it's not very recent, some of the games on it are already gone.

donsanderson: If I were you I would have been VERY afraid to sleep in that house. :/