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While that's true some games have poor steamworks implementation but just because something is dependant on API does not mean it's drm, even pcgw since 2017 they took stance on it and now defricate store from drm.

Hilariously enough, even many of Valve's older games strictly use Steamworks and nothing else (including Left 4 Dead 2).

Hi everyone, I hope this is the right place to ask. I’ve been struggling for the last couple of weeks trying to pick a best prebuilt gaming PC for home use. I am not a hardcore gamer, mostly casual gaming + daily work, but I still want something smooth and reliable.Honestly, I didn’t expect this to be so confusing. I spent a lot of time reading reviews and comparisons on sites like Wirecutter, New York Times tech section, Lifewire, Tom’s Hardware, and PCMag, plus scrolling through many forums and blog comments. Every place says something slightly different, which makes it harder to decide.After all this research, I noticed that most people keep recommending two options again and again. These seem popular, well-reviewed, and trusted brands. Dell 27 All-in-One Desktop ec27250 – 27-inch FHD Touch HP 27 inch All-in-One Desktop PC, FHD Display From what I understand, both are solid prebuilt systems, good display size, clean setup, and decent performance for everyday use and light gaming. Reviews are mostly positive, and both brands have good support history. Some people prefer Dell for build quality, others say HP gives better value, so I’m stuck in the middle. Just to be clear, I am honestly not here to promote anything, I only want genuine suggestions from the community before spending my money.Both of these have tons of reviews, features look amazing on paper, but real user experience matters more. If anyone here has used either of these, or has better insight into which one is more reliable long term, I would really appreciate your advice.Thanks in advance, your help will mean a lot.

So what would you think if steam would implement optional option for developers to implement that is "offline installer" for games inside a libary? This would be great as a solution to be able to install these games which have APIs that previous gen legacy windows support thus making these newer games work even when steam client is unsupported or use it when some older games are ported to pc for the first time thus testing on an era appropiate pc how this would play out if said game was pc day one release, being basically way easier, very plug and play and way more secure thanks to this when some people decided to build retro pc on unsuported previous legacy windows verions and potentially resolving an issue of trying to launch games on previous windows verions even if steam client is unsuported plus it will be very useful for people whom has more avareage/mediocore internet bandwith being way faster to install locally via SSDs than said mediocore internet bandwith. And the solution to counterattack potential piracy which might come with is to show inside the window of the said offline installer the username and profile of the original owner of the game and to verify the game ownership to counterattack the piracy even further is to also provide these pc users a special serial key within their game in a libary to then write it in the offline installer so to activate it thus able to install it offline, and whenever they would be once again installing same game again via this offline installer they would to write this serial key number again. So, I wonder if this feature would be successful on steam? My original steam labs thread: Offline installers for games on steam. :: Steam Labs

Can you help me hex edit pun.exe to skip the copyright screen every time The Punisher (2005) starts? I skipped intro videos using ThirteenAG's widescreen fix but I have not tried that trick yet. Thanks in advance.