I never had them. Pirate life for me!

Gamepass is not free

It's just used as an excuse to shut down speech the government/tech companies don't like because it doesn't fit their narrative.

So what if someone believes the earth is flat, let the people hear and decide for themselves. That's a bedrock of democracy, people are capable of making decisions for themselves. Not you or anyone else has a right to tell them what to believe or filter down the information they get.

I gave Starfield a fair chance, I played it for 20 hours, patiently waiting on why it deserved an "8.4" rating from critics. But it never delivered. The gameplay is a copy of Fallout 4, the user interface is a mess (they've gone backwards somehow) and the world is just so generic and uninspiring that I couldn't bear one more minute of it.

I can see why it's got a 5.5 from real players.

On a side note, the gaming reviews now mirror Rotten tomatoes. What the professional paid "critics" love, doesn't necessarily mean the players do, and vice versa. The real players always give a more fair rating.

Because they can't see what you're downloading via direct download especially if it's over HTTPS. On the other hand, it's trivial to see everyone's IP if they download the same torrent you are, then they just send letters to ISPs owning those IPs who then pass it on to you.

As usual with new technology, some jobs go away and new ones appear.

Is there a need for VPN/proxy with this?

The problem with browsing Subscribed is that the subs I'm interested are dead/have very low activity. The problem with browsing All is that it's infested with politics and negativity.

This is interesting. Does this mean I can backup my game out of steam folder, replace the steam_api.dll and be able to just run this anytime without steam?

Yeah, it doesn't look like the GOG version has it out of the box.

I also have the GOG version but it doesn't have controller support or higher resolution support. Did Aspyr's update made it to GOG?